bChapter /bb104 /b

Hannah exined, her voice trembling slightly, “Even if you and Henry Lester didn’t officially register your marriage, you lived as husband and deleter name and reality, Marrying Liam afterward constitutes bigamy”

“Husband and wife in reality?” Aria scoffed, her voice dripping with disdain as she locked her gaze onto Hannah and Liam. She spoke dowly, enunciating each wordb, /b“So, you’re saying I was ruined by some old man and should just crawl into a hole–never step foot in Mandino Cily, never return to the Saxor family, and definitely never get married? is that what you’re implying?”

Liam and Hannah’s faces stiffened, stunned that she would so boldlyy everything bare,

The crowd exchanged uneasy nces, their whispers growing louder as shock turned into contempt

People instinctively sympathize with those who’ve endured suffering. To the onlookers, Aria might appear strong now, but she was still a pitiable figure a girl sold by her foster parents and abandoned by her family.

Hannah hurriedly denied, “bThat’s /bnot what bwe /bmeant! You’re overthinking it

b“/bOh, so that’s not what you meant? Then what are you trying bto /bbsay/b?” Aria’s voice was calm, but her gaze was sharp, cutting through their pretense. “Pretending to be so righteous and babove /bit all–must be bexhausting/b.”

Liam frowned. “bWhat’s /bbwith /bthat sarcastic attitudeb? /bWe’re just stating bthe /bfacts. If you can’t handle it, why keeping after us?”

Aria sneered. “Facts? Oh, really? Did the indenture explicitly say I was sold to be his child bride?”

Liam froze, momentarily at a loss. The indenture didn’t say that, but Henry had admitted it himself.

“A single old man buying a little girl–what else could it be bif /bnot to bmake /bher his child bride?” Liam retorted, his jaw tightening.

Amanda, unable to stay silent, stepped forward and said calmly. “Why assume “bchild /bbride‘? Couldn’t it bjust /bbe adopting her to care for him in his old age?”

Vanessa, barely holding back her anger, bsnapped/b, “Wow, you guys are really something. Can’t find any dirt on Aria now, so you’re making up stories about her childhood? Picking bon /ba ten year old–how low can you go?”

“bThat’s /bnot true!” Liam denied it, but the crowd’s expressions bhad /bbalready /bshifted. Forced to exin, he added, “Everything we said came straight from Henry Lester. We’re not making anything up

Aria raised an eyebrow. “Really? So you’ve met Henry bLester/bb?/bb” /b

Liam nodded firmly. “Yes”

Aria’s lips curved into a faint smile, her tone light yet sharp. “bThanks /bfor finding him for me. Looks like you’ve done all the work–evidence and everything”

She turned to Hannah, her voice dripping with mockery. “Ms. Gibson, you’re so kind. I’m sure you’ll help me report this to the police, right?”

She smiled faintly,pletely unbothered, as if the term “child

hild bride” didn’t faze her at all.

Someone said, “Buying a girl? People who’d ever do that deserve to rot in hell”

“The Saxon family braised /bSilvia Saxon wholeheartedly, but her bbiological /bparents soldb/ /b

Aria Saxon for money. I wonder if the Saxon family knows about

this, someone muttered.

Another one said, “And even if they bdo/b, what difference does it make? They’ve already cut ties with bAria /bSaxon!”

Someone chimed in, “Neither her biological bparents /bnor her foster parents cared for her. Poor Aria Saxon–her life is just too tragic.”

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From the crowd, a girl cupped her hands around her mound deliberately shouted, “Ms. Gibson’s always been to charitattas this, she’ll definitely help A Saxon report 11,

an, there’s evidence and witnesses“:”

Some people nodded. “Exactly! Ms. Gibson and Mr. Cole are both in the medical hold they’re supposed to bepassionate people.“.

bThe /bmumsured discussions reached Hannah’s ears, and her face flushed with embarrassment and anger. She had nned to expose A for bigamy, búa now everyone expected her to help report the crime. “How did things turn out like this?‘ Hannah fumed inwardly

Aria had orchestrated this moral dilemma in front of everyone, forcing Hannals to take action against Henry and Aria’s foster parents.

Liam, now fully aware of Aria’s ploy, looked livid, “We’re divorced Why should I bother with you?”

Vanessa red at him and Hannah, “Then what’s your excuse for deliberately framing and tarnishing your wife’s reputation? What’s your real motive?”

Triggered by Vanessa’s earlierment calling them “a scumbag and his side chick, Liam, already furious, lost all restraint in his words. “This has nothing to do with you, you shameless actress who slept her way to fanse…

What responded to him was a p, which echoed, loud and sharp.

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