Chapter 9
Hansen Richards''s harsh words made Aria McAdams''s face turn pale. This was the first time she
was seeing Hansen get mad in front of her in a long time, and it was because of that woman. Her
heart was burning with rage.
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She was well aware of Hansen''s upromising personality, so she knew that she couldn''t bring
up this problem in front of him again. Otherwise, the engagement would be in danger if she pissed
him off.
She had put in so much blood and sweat and worked so hard for her marriage. Everything was
going great, until this woman unexpectedly appeared like a ghost from the past, and was even
invited to work at a Richards Group office. How could she let it slide? She couldn''t let this woman
ruin her bright future.
She didn''t want to, and couldn''t afford to miss out on such a perfect opportunity.
She loved Hansen, who could only belong to her.
They were already divorced, and Hansen had agreed to marry her, that was enough. There was no
need to push things too hard!
Aria wiped away her tears and did a new makeup look. A radiant smile appeared on her face, but
the light in her eyes was cold as ice.
"Jenna Murphy, just wait and see how I''m going to deal with you. I will kick you out of the Richards
Group forever." She cursed in her heart.
Inside the fanciest karaoke in A City, the room was dark as colorful lights shed around this super
fun and lively party.
Jenna emotionlessly sat in the corner with a resigned smile on her face.
The Richards Group threw a party for her tonight to celebrate her bing a member of the
company.
She didn''t want toe at all, but Perrie incessantly pushed her to go. The assistant was extremely
stubborn, so she had to force herself toe. Most importantly, she knew that Hansen would never
bother to take part in events like this, so it didn''t matter since she won''t see him anyway.
The morous noise andughter made Jenna''s head buzz with dizziness, and she also felt very
nauseous. She stood up and walked out of the room. She looked lithe and graceful in her light
green dress.
The karaoke suite was connected to an empty outdoor stage. Lush green trees swayed in the
breeze beside the stage, and a crescent moon was hanging high in the sky.
The faint aroma of French red wine wafted through the wind. Jenna walked out of the private room
as a breeze mixed with the smell of fine wine blew past the wisps of hair in front of her forehead,
cooling her down a little. She rxed her eyebrows and let out a sigh of relief. She was in a much
better mood now.
This high- end club was the most expensive and luxurious spending facility in A City. Every single
person who entered this ce was a top-ss elite of A City, the ce was exclusively for the
wealthy and superior. The Richards Group, which was the top financial group in A City, threw all
kinds of parties here every year, including their annual new year party and all the wee bashes.
It was an amazing honor for every young talent in A City to be able to work at the Richards Group.
Jenna casually walked through the club. As the darling daughter of the Murphy family, she was used
to ces like this.
Silvery sounds ofughter streamed into her ears like floating clouds.
Jenna stopped dead in her tracks, and her eyes were shrouded in a dim light.
Aria, who was extravagantly dressed up, was walking gracefully towards her with her sylphlike
figure, and her prettyughter flowed through the air.
There was a charming and confident smile on her face, the smile reached her eyes and sparkled.
However, Jenna could feel an ominous chill from the shining light in her glistening dark eyes.
They encountered each other on this narrow path and stood face to face!
Jenna''s heart suddenly sank and she avoided eye contact with her.
But the other beautiful figure next to Aria made Jenna''s eyes widen even further. Jenna was
bbergasted when she met her arrogant gaze.
The woman standing beside Aria was wearing a sexy slip dress and extremely heavy makeup on
her face. She looked obscenely morous, and was ring at Jenna with cold disdainful eyes and
a cocky expression.
"Minnie Murphy, why are you here?" Jenna eximed.
The hazy lights reflected on Minnie Murphy''s stunning yet still adolescent face, making her look
strangely ethereal.
"Why can''t I be here?" Minnie raised her eyebrows and replied defiantly and insolently, "Did you
think that you were the only one who deserved to be at fancy ces like this?"
"You..." Jenna was speechless for a moment. She didn''t expect Minnie to be this shallow, and the
reality made her feel incredibly sad. Although her uncle''s entire family had betrayed her and stolen
her family''s wealth, Minnie was still her cousin and a member of the Murphy family after all, she at
least deserved to be admonished.
But why was Minnie hanging out with Aria? She had just turned eighteen years old, shouldn''t she be
in school?
Aria was a careful, arrogant, and vicious woman. Someone as ambitious and blindly focused on
climbing the socialdder as Minnie wouldn''t understand the danger she is in.
Minnie''s eyes were filled with admiration as she stood happily beside Aria and desperately ttered
and fawned over her.
Jennaughed grimly on the inside. She could at least give her some advice. The Richards Group
had booked the whole ce for tonight. This was supposed to be the night where all the men and
women could freelyugh and y and de-stress and release themselves with no holds barred,
they were having the time of their lives!
But as soon as Aria arrived, the entire room fell silent. Everyone watched her movements. No one
expected Aria to be here, she usually considered herself to be above employee parties such as this
one.
"Hello, Ms. McAdams." Everyone unanimously and respectfully greeted her.
Aria raised her head and smiled slightly. She nodded and looked like a queen.
"Jenna, where are you going? Are you satisfied with tonight''s wee bash?" Aria''s face was
stered with smiles as she blocked Jenna''s way and asked in a concerned tone, like a boss
greeting their subordinate.
Jenna was unfazed and smiled indifferently, but her eyes looked towards Minnie. She reached out
and grabbed Minnie''s hand. "Minnie,e with me. You shouldn''t be here, go home now."
She put in so much strength that she gripped onto Minnie and was about to drag her outside.
Minnie forcefully shook off Jenna''s hand and pushed her hard, then furiously spat at her, "F*ck you
Jenna Murphy, who do you think you are? How dare you shoo me away? I''m with Ms. McAdams,
and what are you? You''re just Hansen''s ex-wife that he threw away, and you''re somehow still
shamelessly staying in the Richards Group. You''re a hag who was abandoned by a man, who gave
you the right to poke your nose in my business?"
Minnie''s face was filled with disgust as she shouted loudly and announced to the world, "Did you
think that Hansen would fall in love with you if you nted your feet in the Richards Group? Dream
on."
She scowled at her with her smug eyes, and her face was full of conceit and contempt.
Jenna was pushed away and fell heavily onto the ground. She identally bumped into someone
who was holding a wine ss behind her, and the ss was also shattered into pieces on the
ground with a loud crash.
All the onlookers were stunned! Soon after, all the people present whispered,
"So she is Mr. Richards''s ex-wife that people were talking about."
"Tsk tsk. I heard that Mr. Richards hated his wife and never went home."
"So she was the unloved wife. I heard that she never appeared together with Mr. Richards."
"But she isn''t as ugly as people said she was! She''s really pretty and elegant. Why didn''t Mr.
Richards like her?"
"Ah, what a poor woman. Still thrown away by Mr. Richards in the end."
She was surrounded by all kinds of awfulments. All of them turned their eyes towards Jenna on
the ground, and their eyes contained surprise, wariness, contempt, sympathy... No one took the
initiative to help her.
They wouldn''t dare to attend to the woman who was hated by Mr. Richards himself!