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"Tried to seduce?" Kevan repeated with a sneer. "Does my fiancée need to seduce anyone?""It's true!" Seeing that he didn't believe her, she dragged Reuben the "witness" into the mess with her. "Reuben, tell Mr. Rogers what exactly happened in your room earlier!"Although Reuben had never met Kevan, he could tell from his attire and demeanor that he was not an ordinary person. So, when Lana asked him to testify, he hesitated. He had not wanted to be involved in something so vulgar in the first place, and it disgusted him.Under Kevan's stern gaze, he felt increasingly guilty. Thus, he chose to remain silent.When he was quiet for a long time, Lana stomped her foot in frustration and turned to Yvette for help. Yvette, of course, stood on Lana's side."Larissa did try to seduce Reuben," she said, sounding sad and ashamed. Larissa had matured after the countless times Yvette had hurt her. Instead of feeling angry or sad, she admired her performance, thinking that Yvette's past care
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Regardless of whom she married, it would be a union between the Coles and Seymours. Nonetheless, why did Dorian keep calling her "wife" as if he was certain that she would eventually marry him? Just moments ago in the study, Jay talked to her about her marriage with Reuben. Jay turned to glare fiercely at Dorian, sternly reprimanding him, "Shut up!" Then he replied to Kevan, "Of course, she will marry Reuben. Don't parents have the most say in marriage? Mr. and Mrs. Seymour and myself have already agreed to Larissa and Reuben's marriage. Larissa herself also has intentions—""No, no, no, Mr. Cole," Larissa interrupted him. "That was before. The situation has changed now."She put her head on Kevan's shoulder and smiled sweetly. "Kevan here is willing to give a dowry of ten million dollars! And it will be deposited directly into my account. Compared to your installment plan of five million dollars ..." She bit her lip, keeping the insult that followed to herself.Jay's face
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In the end, Jay didn't offer a higher bid. Ignoring Xavier and Yvette's attempts to get him to stay, he angrily led his whole family out of their house. Before going downstairs, Dorian couldn't help but look back at Larissa, reluctant to part with her.Once outside the Seymours' place, he started to complain, "It's just twenty million dollars! Last month, you paid Laura Newman thirty million dollars for that movie!""I gave Laura thirty million dollars because she can earn me several billion dollars in return. Can Larissa do that?" Jay retorted with a snort. "Anyway, forget about this marriage! Tomorrow, I'll find you a better match.""But I've set my sights on Larissa!" Dorian persisted. "I won't marry anyone else but her!""Then fork out twenty million dollars yourself for her. I won't waste a penny on her," Jay said resolutely. "Either marry someone else or never marry in your lifetime. You choose.""Dad!" Dorian took a few steps forward and grabbed his hand, but he shook it of
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When they reached the bottom of the stairs, a loud thud came from upstairs as if something heavy had fallen to the ground."Mom!" Lana cried in desperation. "Larissa, come back quickly! Mom fainted!""If she fainted, call an ambulance. What use am I?" Larissa did not fall for their trap again.From the first floor, Xavier ordered his staff, "Stop her!"Mrs. Harris, who was closest, rushed forward, but Kevan grabbed her arm and flung her aside, causing her to hit the wall and let out a loud groan. The subsequent people who followed experienced the same outcome, to the point that the other servants were too scared to approach and kept their distance.Larissa, with Kevan's help, left the Seymours with no obstacles.Kevan's car was parked outside the courtyard, a black Maybach with a Bartham license plate and the number 8888.Larissa thought to herself about how wealthy and mighty Kevan was. "Do you have your ID with you?" Kevan asked her.Larissa took out her ID from the pocket
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The plane touched down in Covenford, and Larissa felt a renewed sense of vitality as she took a deep breath. It felt as if all her troubles had been left behind. When Dylan arrived to pick her and Kevan up, the first thing he asked was, "Are you okay?"She nodded in response and said, "I'm fine."Dylan seemed relieved upon hearing that. "That's good. I tried calling you for two consecutive days but couldn't reach you. I also couldn't find you at your own home. I was worried something had happened to you. Fortunately, Kevan contacted Mr. Compton at your hotel and discovered that you had returned to Bartham with your stepfather. Your phone has been switched off the whole time, and we were concerned that you were being harassed by the Seymour family. Unfortunately, I had a meeting today, so I couldn't accompany Kevan. Sorry for that."Larissa waved her hand repeatedly. "There's no need to apologize." They were just regular friends, and she was grateful enough that he had shown concern fo
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Out of the blue, Kevan, who was usually distant, struck up a casual conversation with Lucas. "Not heading back to Bartham for New Year's?"Lucas seemed taken aback by Kevan's sudden "enthusiasm", and his smile turned stiff as his voice trembled a little. "No, I'm busy with work here. I don't have time to go back."Kevan nodded in response and asked, "I heard you helped the two anchors from StreamWave Studios establish a connection and secure the endorsement deal with Yenti Clan?"Lucas' face slightly reddened upon hearing that. "Yeah, well, it just so happened that Yenti Clan was looking for spokespersons, and I knew those two anchors, so I made a recommendation. I didn't expect it to work out."There was a significant discrepancy between what Lucas said and what Kevan knew. In reality, Lucas had used several million dollars from Torqua's external device procurement funds and the future exclusive supply rights for external devices to secure the endorsement deal with Yenti Clan.Of cour
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"Huh?" Larissa was puzzled. "Why should I go home with you?" However, Kevan didn't answer her question directly. Instead, he said, "We're getting married tomorrow.""Married? What are you talking about?" Larissa couldn't quite grasp Kevan's statement.He slightly pursed his lips and replied, "We're going to register our marriage."She could sense a hint of displeasure seeping through his cold tone.Simultaneously, her new phone made a "ding" sound, and a bank notification popped up on the screen. "Your debit card ending in 4408 received a deposit of 20,000,000 dollars on January 2, 2019, at 20:07. Your balance is now 20,023,125.86 dollars."She stared at the amount, counting the zeros behind the "2" multiple times just to be sure."20 million dollars?"This amount …She looked at Kevan, who also noticed the message. He calmly uttered, "Dowry." Instantly, she felt flustered and apprehensive."I demanded 20 million as a dowry just to scare Jay away ..."She had no intention of asking Ke
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Kevan continued reassuring her, saying, "Our marriage will remain confidential and will only be revealed to our respective families. We can terminate it anytime if you have any issues with my family."Larissa no longer hesitated and replied, "Deal!"...New Year's Day was a public holiday, and naturally, the City Hall was closed. However, Kevan somehow managed to find a way to expedite their marriage registration on that day. While Larissa was quite comfortable throughout the whole process since she had been through it before, Kevan was the "novice" and was overly nervous. The photographer even had to remind him multiple times to relax his stiff smile during the photo session. In the end, they could only select one photo where Kevan looked relatively natural from the dozen or so shots taken.Once they received the marriage certificate, she briefly glanced at it and casually slipped it into her backpack. On the other hand, he stared at their wedding photo for a long time, even gently c