From His Fake Wife to Billionaire Heiress (Riley and Lucas) novel Chapter 365

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Chapter 365 Had Been Completely Ruined

Chapter 365 Had Been Completely Ruined

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Elsie slowly lifted her head with a soft, delicate look and said to Miranda, “Was Riley still unmarried the last time you saw her?”

Miranda’s warm smile faded right away. She frowned, and her gentle tone dropped sharply, carrying a subtle sense of pressure. “What are you saying? From what I know, Riley has never gotten married to anyone at all.”

Wayne chimed in at once, “Exactly. How can you, being Riley’s family, belleve such groundless gossip?” His calm eyes swept past Elsie before landing firmly on Zavier and Melissa.

Zavier lost his patience and snapped sternly at Elsie, “The adults are talking. Don’t butt’in like a rude child.”

Melissa instantly stepped forward to defend Elsie and shot back sharply, “She didn’t mean anything bad. She just cares about Riley. There’s no need for you to yell at her like this.”

Her words made Elsie’s eyes turn red instantly.

She covered her face with both hands and broke into quiet tears, looking extremely pitiful.

Elsie mumbled in a shaky voice through her fingers, “Dad, you don’t love me anymore now that Riley is back, right? You never spoke to me this harshly before.”

Zavier felt a dull throbbing ache in his head.

He did spoil Elsie a lot before he found Riley, mostly to keep Melissa happy since she doted heavily on this adopted daughter.

Zavier knew perfectly well who his real family was.

Now that his long–lost biological daughter was home, treating Elsie the same way would be unfair to Riley, and it would make him

a terrible father.

Elsie’s tears made Melissa throw all reason aside.

She pulled the girl tightly into her arms out of heartache and glared fiercely at Zavier, “What is wrong with you? What did she do wrong to get such harsh treatment?

‘Let’s leave. If he doesn’t care for you, I will always stand by your side.”

With those words, she took the weeping Elsie’s hand and walked straight out of the private room. She did not even bother to exchange polite remarks with Wayne and Miranda, and her stiff back showed clear dissatisfaction toward everyone present.

The room door clicked shut again.

Nayne and Miranda shared a silent look.

Neither of them said a word more. The family gathering meant to discuss the young couple’s marriage plans had been completely ruined.

Hot food still sat warm on the table, yet the atmosphere had turned icy cold.

Zavier’s face burned red with anger and embarrassment.

He said weakly to ease the awkwardness, “Please don’t take this to heart. Raymond and I truly support these two being together.

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Even without the arranged marriage agreement, we only wish Riley could find someone who would cherish her fully.”

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Raymond nodded in agreement, his lips pressed tight with sincere resolve in his eyes. “That’s right. Riley lived alone and went through so many hardships all these years away from home. Our family owes her so much, and we have no way to make up for it. All we want is for her to live happily for the rest of her life.”

Seeing their genuine sincerity, most of Miranda’s displeasure faded away.

She smiled softly and nodded in understanding, “We understand your feelings well. Young people get to decide their own love lives. after all. We can talk about all the plans properly once Sebastian and Riley come back.”

The dinner ended in such an awkward hurry.

No one present knew that Sebastian and Riley had sensed trouble coming long before this. They had already secretly gotten their marriage license ahead of time.

On their way home, Miranda could not help whispering her thoughts to Wayne beside her, “Riley’s mother is really unreasonable. Everyone was here to talk about her own daughter’s lifelong marriage, yet her whole focus was on that adopted girl. If I were a harsh person, I would already doubt her family’s way of raising children just from this scene.”

Wayne said in a steady, insightful tone, “Riley’s father and Raymond are honest and genuine people. But her mother clearly opposes this match. She even looks down on her own biological daughter with every word she says.”

Wayne and Miranda had already heard the full story of how Riley went missing as a child.

Given the two of their experience and insight, and combined with Melissa’s strange attitude tonight, they began to have hidden

doubts.

Could there be some hidden secret behind Riley’s disappearance all those years ago?

This thought made Miranda feel uneasy all of a sudden.

She let out a long sigh and said softly, “I really hope we are wrong about this… If it is true, Riley has suffered far too much pain all these years.”

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