Bullied and Dumped, But She Won in the End (Adriana) novel Chapter 353

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Adriana didn’t ask more questions. If she asked any further, she’d probably arouse Marcus’s suspicions.

It was clear that Marcus’s father was extremely cunning–using retirement and poor health as a cover while actually controlling the company.

He would be tough to deal with.

“I’m going to rest in my room. Make yourselves comfortable.” Adriana smiled and got up to leave.

Once in her room, she immediately called Ronan. “Marcus is probably just a puppet.”

“Then the likelihood of this person being the mastermind is very high.” On Ronan’s end, he glanced at Curtis.

They could basically lock onto Marcus’s father as the target now.

“This person won’t be easy to deal with. You all need to be careful.” Adriana warned with

concern.

“Don’t worry about things here. Stay away from Matthew, be good.” Curtis stepped forward and snatched Ronan’s phone, coaxing Adriana to ignore Matthew.

Adriana laughed helplessly. “Matthew and Marcus have a good relationship. If I didn’t go through Matthew, I couldn’t have found this out.”

Marcus still protected his father’s reputation from outsiders.

“The Gills really aren’t simple. You need to be careful too on your end.” Curtis was also worried about Adriana.

“Don’t worry, I’m very safe here. The babies and I miss you so much.” Adriana sat on the bed, looking at the two babies still fast asleep.

The nanny entered the room, so Adriana didn’t say more and hung up.

“Mrs. Lincoln, I’ll take care of things here. You should rest.” The nanny spoke softly.

Adriana nodded and leaned back on the bed to rest her eyes.

The two babies were really so well–behaved–eating, sleeping, and playing when awake,

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Adriana often wondered what kind of living hell her life would be now if she hadn’t met Curtis…

In Harborton, Savannah sat on the private room couch with a dark expression, looking at Lily. “Useless! You better figure out a way to get to Pastalia! Denton has been getting really close to that little tramp from the Gills lately. Don’t end up unable to even keep a man!”

Savannah slammed the photos on the table.

Denton getting close to the Gill heiress was obviously beyond Savannah’s expectations.

Once the two developed feelings and formed an arranged marriage, Denton could use the Gills‘ power to establish a foothold at Lincoln Group.

“No way, I need to think of something.” Savannah’s eyes darted as she started scheming.

Lily bit her lip and quickly spoke, “Savannah… Denton has already been infected by me. He’s probably still in the asymptomatic phase, but he’s still contagious. Why not just let things run their course and wait for him and the Gill heiress…”

Lily looked at Savannah meaningfully.

This way, wouldn’t they have leverage over the Gills too? “Then we can stir things up a bit. The Gills will definitely think Denton deliberately concealed it and will resent him. This could actually work in our favor.”

Savannah looked at Lily, her lips curving up. “Not bad. You’ve suddenly gotten smarter.”

Lily nervously lowered her head and said nothing more.

In Pastalia, Denton walked down the street with Maya. Neither of them spoke, and they’d already walked over a dozen blocks.

Maya snuck a glance at Denton. He clearly had something on his mind.

“My brother has made it clear he wants us to form a marriage alliance, but Adriana hasn’t agreed. She said as long as we’re both willing, she has no objections.” Maya looked at Denton. She was reminding him not to let other unimportant matters affect their marriage alliance

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“Yeah, Adriana won’t interfere too much.” Denton came back to his senses and nodded at

Maya.

“You like Yolanda, don’t you?” Maya smiled. A girl’s intuition is always accurate. She could clearly sense Denton’s special feelings for Yolanda.

When you like someone, your eyes can’t hide it.

Denton nodded helplessly. “But she doesn’t like me.”

“I think she does like you.” Maya smiled at Denton. “Trust a girl’s intuition.”

Denton’s eyes brightened for a moment, then dimmed. “Impossible. She likes mature men. To Yolanda, I’m… just like a younger brother to her.”

Maya shook her head. “She has this inexplicable hostility toward me, which means she’s possessive of you. If you trust me, I’ll help you.”

Maya whispered softly in Denton’s ear.

Denton paused and looked at Maya. “Will … will that work? Won’t it be unfair to you?”

Maya smiled and winked. “You’re helping me too.”

Maya also had a boy she liked–a Pastalian guy from an ordinary family. The Gills would absolutely never allow Maya to be with someone from a common family, especially a foreigner.

The Gills had always been traditional–daughters were tools for arranged marriages, while sons were heirs to carry on the family name.

Although Marcus loved his sister, he couldn’t overcome deeply rooted traditions, nor could he overcome the fact that control of the Gills was in his father’s hands.

So Maya was happy that Denton had feelings for someone else. Otherwise, their marriage alliance would actually be unfair.

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