Chapter 53 Marrying Oliver for Money
"Madam, if you care about the young master, you can personally talk to him. You are his wife, and your words are more persuasive." Mr. Liam was always good at judging people, and although this Madam was a substitute bride, she was humble and polite, living an organized life. She appeared cold, but was actually a gentle person, and the food she cooked could even open the appetite of the young master, who had anorexia.
She suited the young master very well.
"Well... uh... forget it." Natalie awkwardly smiled, frantically shaking her head inwardly.
'Me, persuade him?'
'Who knows how he might humiliate me!'
Not long after Oliver landed, he received a call from Mr. Liam.
"Young master, when will you return home?" Oliver furrowed his brows. Mr. Liam had never asked about his whereabouts before.
"Young master, Lady is worried about your health and cares about you."
Natalie had no idea that Mr. Liam, the only person in this house who would put on a smile for her, was quietly selling her out.
Oliver glanced at the gift box in his hands and replied, "I'll come back today."
Charles, who was nonchalant, felt his eyelid twitch. Did he just see a smile on Mr. Windsor's lips?
Too bizarre!
Even more peculiar was the fact that their usually workaholic boss had personally gone to the auction house in Paris to bid on women's jewelry!
As the evening approached, Natalie received a call from Jane, who sounded very anxious.
"Natalie, I heard that Hailey and Adrian are going to have an engagement ceremony at the end of the month. Isn't Adrian your boyfriend? Isn't Hailey engaged to Mr. Windsor?"
"Engage?" Natalie widened her eyes in shock. "So soon?"
'Are those two really in such a hurry?'
"Natalie, what is going on?" Through the phone, Natalie could imagine her best friend's fierce expression as if she wanted to chop someone up.
"Don't worry. Let me explain."
Natalie briefly narrated the whole incident.
"I planned to tell you in person when you arrived."
"These people are truly shameless!" Jane, elegant and cold on the outside, was actually fiercely protective, and she was seething with anger. "Hailey not only stole your man but also made you marry that weirdo on her behalf? That woman has been after Oliver since childhood."
She considered herself to be his fiancée, but now that Oliver was ugly and frail, she avoided him at all costs. She got Natalie to marry him in her place.
"Jane, calm down!" Natalie quickly tried to placate her.
"Forget it. Let Adrian and Hailey get engaged, and the whore deserves a male dog!" Jane's tone changed suddenly. "Natalie, you're telling me this major news now? I've already booked my ticket to go back home and I'm at Charles de Gaulle Airport. I'm telling you, you’ll be in big trouble when I come back!"
"Jane..." Natalie sighed, both exasperated and amused. 'Luckily, Jane is currently abroad; otherwise, she wouldn't be at the airport but on her way to confront someone.'
"What about you now? Do you... still have feelings for Adrian?" Jane asked cautiously after her outburst.
Every word from her best friend oozed with genuine concern, and this precious warmth finally diluted the bitterness in Natalie's heart.
"I'm already living at Oliver's estate now. I don't like Adrian." She was now Oliver's wife while Adrian was about to become Hailey's husband. How could she still have feelings for him?
No, she couldn't like Adrian, and he was even more unworthy of her affection!
"But why did you agree to marry Oliver instead of Hailey?" Jane couldn't help but worry.
"For money," Natalie replied weakly, sinking onto a chair in the garden. Her voice sounded distant, almost absent-minded. "I married Oliver for the money."
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