Mr. Fake-Mute's Love Game Ended When I Stopped Playing the Fool novel Chapter 29

he crowd went silent for a moment, then exploded into whispers.

ienna looked like she couldn’t believe it.

he screamed, “Then Wren must be the other woman! A family like the Ashfords would never go for some old hag like her!”

Ah!”

ienna clutched her face in pain.

allum had casually taken a folder from his assistant and thrown it at her face.

ler lip split open. She gasped in pain, unable to speak.

If there’s any kind of transactional relationship between Wren and me, then I’m the one being kept by her.”

[e looked down at me, his eyes soft. “Isn’t that right, my fiancée?”

1st then, a group of people approached.

allum’s parents.

We came to transfer shares to our future daughter–in–law,” his mother said, her presence commanding.

Didn’t expect to walk into a show.”

he looked around at everyone.

The Ashford and Caldwell families have had an engagement for years. Wren marrying Callum? That’s a blessing our family earned ver lifetimes. Anyone who spreads rumors from now on–you’re fired.”

veryone was stunned.

asper opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

allum’s father pointed at Sienna and told security:

Get this woman out of here. Blacklist her from the industry, She’s never working again.”

Why?!” Sienna shrieked.

I’m a legitimate V10 lawyer! You can’t fire me over personal grudges! I’ll go to the media!”

ienna finally understood–she’d lost.

ler tricks would never win Callum’s heart. She’d never become Mrs. Ashford.

Ier eyes filled with calculation. Clearly, she had a new plan.

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Chapter 7

“Fine. You want me gone? Pay me. And it better be enough. Otherwise, I’m going to the press.”

“Doesn’t the Ashford family have a major deal in the works right now? If negative press comes out at a time like this, the damage would be huge, wouldn’t it?”

She grew more confident as she spoke.

“As for the amount, I want Mr. Ashford to negotiate with me. Just the two of us.”

Seeing the gleam in her eyes, I understood.

She still hadn’t given up.

She thought if she could just get Callum alone, she could make him fall for her.

I looked at her–blood at the corner of her mouth, face a mess of desperation and greed.

I remembered the first time I saw her. She’d been so proud, like a swan.

Now, all I saw in her eyes was cheap, frantic ambition.

The difference was almost sad to watch.

And definitely painful for Jasper.

He stared at her, his eyes full of disappointment and confusion.

Like he was asking: where did the girl I loved for so many years go?

Maybe, like the version of him I once loved, she got lost somewhere along the way.

Callum didn’t respond. He just glanced at his assistant, who’d rushed over.

‘Mr. Ashford, we’ve confirmed it. Sienna’s overseas degree is fake. She did enroll, but she got expelled shortly after for… certain reasons. And her entire résumé was stolen from Ms. Caldwell.”

The color drained from Sienna’s face.

Colleagues nearby leaned in to read the report in the assistant’s hand.

“Certain reasons‘? Oh wow, she was sleeping around, got caught by someone’s wife, caused a huge scandal, and got kicked out.”

k to accuse Wren earlier–she was just describing her own life!”

gambled, racked up a ton of debt, and only came back to the States to hide from collectors.”

ped around, staring at her in disbelief.

So when you asked me for a hundred thousand dollars, saying you needed it for ‘expenses‘–that was just to pay off gambling debts? You… never planned to pay me back?”

For the first time, he looked at her with complete disgust.

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