Second Marriage to Mr. Rich (Ned Fletcher)

Chapter 42

“You worry too much.” Miles exhaled some smoke. “Angeline may not have the best background, but she’s always been proud and clear of mind. As far as I recall, she’s always been a woman of her word, especially

when it comes to you…”

“What do you mean?”

Miles didn’t respond immediately to Ned’s question. He gazed at Ned with a complex expression and said,

Ned, now that you’ve divorced Angeline, it’s best to move on from your past with her and focus on being with

Ingrid.”

When Miles saw how quiet Ned was at that, he suddenly straightened up. “Be honest with me. Did you

remember something?”

“No,” Ned persisted, flicking off some ash from his cigarette. “I’m just concerned Angeline will come back and

try to interfere in my relationship with Ingrid.”

Miles thought about Angeline’s expression and behavior when Ned and Angeline had gotten their divorce registered. He said confidently, “Based on what I know of Angeline, she really did let go of you on the day you Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

two went to get divorced.”

“Is that so?” Ned puffed out a cloud of smoke, fiddling with his phone. He mumbled, “Good then.”

“I heard Ingrid’s cousin, Tommy, say that you were the one who told the Emmerson family that Angeline was

studying at Oceanford College?” Miles said, fiddling with the lighter.

Ned stayed silent.

Yes, it was him who did it.

Ned had done it two weeks before being drugged and sleeping with Angeline. He had gotten sick of her pestering because Ingrid ended up refusing his proposals to her, insisting that she would wait until Ned

regained his past memories.

That was when Ned remembered the Emmerson famil..

Ned had only wanted to have that family take Angeline away from Oceanford. He hadn’t expected that the Emmerson family would end up thinking it was Angeline’s grandfather who paid for her tuitio

“That family kept clamoring in front of Oceanford TV’s headquarters after shooting the episode. The old lady even threatened to take her own life, saying livestream just now and doxxed Angeline. They kept telling the netizens to harass her. I think they were blacklisted afterward.”

Ned looked up upon hearing this.

“Actually…” Miles took a drag of his cigarette, gathering his courage. “I didn’t tell Angeline the truth the other day at the hospital.”

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“What truth?” Ned asked.

“It was Mallory who slipped the drug in your drink the other day. She Intended It for Zachary. It’s not a secret that she’s always been fond of him. Who knew you

“I only told Angeline that Mallory did it because I wanted Angeline to drop the charges against her. But I’m sure Angeline knew the truth. The fact that she me. She’ll never want anything to do with us ever again.”

Ned was shocked.

He had refused to believe that Angeline wasn’t the one who drugged the drinks. He assumed Miles and Angeline put up an act for him because the narra

However, if it was Zachary that Mallory had intended to drug, then everything made sense.

Ned had indeed misunderstood Angeline.

Miles gazed earnestly at Ned through the clouds of smoke, saying, “So please, have mercy on Angeline.”