Then she nced at Andrea: “Since Geoff has agreed to marry you, you should find a way to get pregnant soon. Today, I’ll help you once.”

Andrea’s eyes filled with gratitude: “Aunt Heather, don’t worry. I won’t disappoint you.”

Heather gave a slight nod.

After her secretary informed her of Geoffrey’s arrival, she brushed off other socialites and walked straight toward him.

Andrea stood watching nearby, nervously clutching her wine ss.

The moment Geoffrey appeared at the banquet, he became the center

of attention.

Heather had her secretary lead him aside, then ordered more wine.

“Geoff, thepany owes its sess to you. Mom’s toasting you on behalf of your father and grandfather.”

Geoffrey couldn’t refuse.

Meanwhile upstairs,

Maureen sat in the private booth overlooking the view.

The one–way ss allowed her to see outside while remaining unseen.

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She sipped her wine, scanning the bustling crowd until her eyes locked onto Heather, Andrea, and Geoffrey surrounded by bodyguards.

Maureen was about to look away when her gaze froze.

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She’d just seen a server slip something into the wine near Heather.

Heather handed that exact ss to Geoffrey.

Simultaneously, Andrea approached them.

Even Maureen understood what was unfolding.

She rose abruptly to intervene.

Bodyguards blocked her path: “Ms. Ramirez, Mr. Sutton asked you to wait here.”

Maureen looked pale. “Am I not even allowed to use the restroom?”

Her concern wasn’t Geoffrey being trapped by his own mother–but rather someone else beating her to it.

If her guess was right, why not take this chance?

The guards reluctantly stepped aside.

At the anniversary celebration.

Geoffrey watched his mother hand him ss after ss of wine, his peripheral gaze drifting toward Andrea.

He understood everything now.

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“Work tonight, can’t drink more.”

Geoffrey declined the offered ss.

Heather, noticing his slight tipsiness, shot Andrea a meaningful look.

Andrea immediately moved to Geoffrey’s side, steadying him: “Geoffrey, you’ve had drinks. Let me take you home.“.

Tonight, no matter what, she’d make something happen between them.

Still lucid, Geoffrey started pulling his arm away when his eyes locked onto the woman in dazzling azure gown across the room.

He didn’t push Andrea away but stared intently at Maureen.

Maureen’s entrance instantly drew attention.

Her striking looks left most guests unaware she was once the hearing- impaired heiress of the Ramirez Family.

Heather nced her way and froze.

The old Maureen never dressed to turn heads.

This version seemed reborn.

Meeting curious stares head–on, Maureen strode straight toward Geoffrey and Andrea.

“Miss Rowe, I’vee to take Geoff home.”

Her deration snapped every eye in the room toward them.

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That’s Maureen?

Mr. Sutton’s wife.”

“That’s Maureen?

She looks so different, so beautiful now?”

“She was always beautiful, just rarely seen in public before.”

“Looks even prettier than Andrea. But if she’s here, doesn’t that make Andrea the other woman…”

Andrea overheard the whispers, humiliation burning her cheeks

crimson.

Just then, Geoffrey pulled his hand from hers, his deep gaze settling on Maureen. “Why’d youe down?”

Maureen studied him; the sober–up pills hadn’t kicked in yet.

“I saw you drinking heavily. Worried you’d get drunk, so I came.”

Their exchange twisted the knife for Andrea.

Had Maureen been here all along?

A faint, involuntary smile touched Geoffrey’s lips. “Go wait for me outside.”

“Alright.”

Maureen turned and left.

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At the entrance, a man in a crisp suit approached, his cool demeanor faltering as deep eyes flickered with surprise upon seeing her.

“Maureen?”

He called out tentatively.

She paused, meeting his gaze. Fox–like eyes, striking features–a face impossible to forget.

If memory served, this was Larry Nguyen, third son of the Nguyen Group

One of Geoffrey’s friends.

After she married Geoffrey, he was the only one who never bullied

her.

But he never helped her either. When Sean bullied her, he always stood by and did nothing.

“You’ve mistaken me for someone else.”

Since they weren’t connected anyway, Maureen didn’t want to invite trouble.

She lowered her head and quickly walked past Larry,

Larry didn’t expose her. He watched her retreating figure meaningfully, his expression unreadable.

At the cocktail party.

Geoffrey vaguely sensed something was wrong with his body and

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quickly realized.

There was something off about the wine he drank.

He turned to Andrea with a sinister look and lowered his voice: “Whatever my mother told you, I won’t tolerate this happening again.”

Andrea was confused and slow to react: “Geoffrey, don’t be mad. Your mother just really wants a baby.”

Before she could finish, Geoffrey cut her off.

“Does she want you to die?

Would you go?”

Andrea’s throat tightened.

As Geoffrey turned to leave, she grabbed his sleeve and whispered: “Geoffrey, I truly love you. I’d do anything for you.”

“Maureen’s different. She’s been spoiled rotten since childhood and doesn’t understand love. She and Gareth spent years abroad–who knows if they’re together?”

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