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“Alaric, what did you say… You don’t like me?” Clarisse’s voice suddenly rose, the color draining from her face, “How is that possible? You clearly…”
“I’m sorry for giving you this kind of misconception,” Alaric’s voice was calm to the point of cruelty, “There were too many people chasing after me back then, I needed a shield.”
Shield?
At that moment, her face turned pale.
He paused for a moment and continued, “As compensation, I will deposit a sum of money into your account every year. I thought you understood that this was just a transaction.”
“Later, you saved me from a car accident and got injured, so I have been very obedient to you over the years.” His gaze fell calmly on her pale face, “Besides that, there is nothing else.”
The whole scene was in an uproar.
The originally admiring eyes instantly turned into mockery and disdain, and whispers flooded towards Clarisse like a tide.
“I told you, someone like Mr. Savrelle, with his status and position, how could he possibly be interested in her…”
“She used to pretend as if it were real, but it turns out it was all in her head.”
“Mr. Savrelle was known as a cold man, even the actress was thrown out
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after stripping naked and climbing onto the bed. What is she…”
“It is said that her mother was a mistress. Sure enough, the daughter is not a good person either. She really loves to climb the social ladder.”
Every sentence stabbed into Clarisse’s heart like a knife.
She loved face–saving the most. She had been planning this confession for
three whole months, inviting all the celebrities, just to become Mrs. Savrelle in a grand and glorious way today.
Now…
She was trembling all over, her nails digging deeply into the palm of her hand.
If Alaric didn’t like her, then who did he like?
A terrible thought crossed my mind: Could it be… Sylvie?
This thought drove her almost crazy.
Clarisse shook her head abruptly, refusing to believe this possibility.
The next second, Alaric had already turned around to leave.
“Alaric!” she grabbed his sleeve with the last bit of dignity, “Have you really… never had a moment of affection for me in all these years?”
“Okay,” Alaric withdrew his hand, “Never.”
Those three words stabbed into Clarisse’s heart like knives.
Her legs gave way and she fell to the ground, her carefully arranged hair coming loose and her makeup smudged by tears.
Without looking back, Alaric left the banquet hall and quickly walked
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towards the luxury car waiting outside.
The assistant had already prepared the things he had ordered.
“Mr. Savrelle, everything has been bought,” the assistant handed over the gift box, “the sapphire brooch, and the cake from Ms. Ainsley’s favorite dessert shop.”
Alaric took out his phone and sent a message to Sylvie: “Come to my villa in the south of the city, I have something for you.”
No reply.
He tried calling again, but the phone was still switched off.
Furrowing his brow, he continued, “Are you still angry?”
“Before I put you in detention, I thought you had really gone too far and I needed to give Clarisse an explanation.”
“But I had already taken care of everything, not a single hair of yours was missing.”
“Later, you faked those injuries, deliberately fainting and ending up in the hospital to make me worry. Wasn’t I also playing along, pretending to be deceived by you?”
His fingers paused on the screen for a moment, and then he added:
“And there’s that necklace. I didn’t lend you money because you got it
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wrong – your mother’s real heirloom is in Sweden, the one in the country is just a replica.”
“I have already bought the authentic product now.”
Message after message was sent out, but it was as if they had fallen on deaf ears.
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Alaric rubbed his forehead and sent another message: “Villa, you’ve
burned one already. If you’re still not satisfied, want to burn another one?”
After a long wait, the phone remained silent.
Patience finally ran out, Alaric directly dialed Devin’s phone: “Is Syl at home? Let her answer the phone.”
On the other end of the phone, Devin’s voice was filled with surprise: “Alaric, don’t you know? Syl… has already been married off to Orlando by me!”
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