Chapter 32
Oliver’s gaze swept through Hailey, and he found he liked Natalie’s look more.
His answer was four soft–spoken words. “None of your business.”
Hailey’s face twisted in embarrassment. Oliver’s curt reply was like a slap on her face. However, he was too outstanding, she was unwilling to give up just like that.
“Mr. Oliver, do you know about Natalie…” she said.
Hailey trailed off. She pretended to hesitate, acting like she was withholding something about Natalie. She wanted to pique Oliver’s curiosity so that he would ask her about it.
Contrary to her expectations, Oliver remained indifferent and turned around to leave. Clearly, he saw talking to Hailey as a waste of his time as she had nothing to offer. Naturally, Haiely was infuriated. She caught up with him in two strides and asked, “Mr. Oliver, do you know that Natalie likes Adrian?”
Oliver paused in his tracks. His eyes glinted coldly as he asked. “What did you say?”
Hailey suppressed the smile that threatened to appear on her face and said with feigned concern. “Natalie liked Adrian so much that she refused to give up Jeven after we were together. However, please don’t blame Natalie, Mr. Oliver. She didn’t know she was going to marry you before, and Adrian is the one she
truly loves…”
With a dark look, he chided impatiently, “Don’t try your stupid trick with me. Get lost!”
If he didn’t hear their complete conversation in the garden, Natalie’s love for Adrian and the intimate scene would cause him to get the wrong idea. But Natalie had turned Adrian down. Oliver might have genuinely thought that Natalie was unfaithful to him if he didn’t hear that. Nonetheless, Hailey’s words still caused his mood to sour. He felt terrible…and betrayed.
Hailey knew that her plan worked as Oliver looked livid. She wanted him to suspect Natalie.
“Mr. Oliver…” she said.
“I’m not interested in you. Use your poor tactics on Adrian instead.” Oliver impatiently cut her words.
He only returned to the Windsor’s mansion to pay tribute to Hillary. He walked away, leaving Hailey behind.
Hailey flushed in humiliation. Oliver’s sarcastic words and cold treatment felt like a slap to her face once again. She believed she was going to go crazy from
anger.
She thought, Oliver has beautiful eyes. So? He’s disfigured. He’s just an ugly monster It doesn’t matter that he can intimate everyone in the Windsor family. He’s in poor health with a poorer temper. Not to mention that he doesn’t have any actual say in the family.‘
Hailey tried to convince herself that Oliver was not the man she wanted and that he could not compare to Adrian at all in all aspects. She thought she must have gone crazy for being attracted to him and talking to him. She didn’t deserve the humiliation, though she brought it to herself.
However, the more Hailey thought about it, the angrier she became.
She mused, Oliver is supposed to be mine! He’s nice to Natalie. Why is he so harsh toward me?‘
Suddenly, an idea appeared in Hailey’s mind.
As night fell, Natalie heard a knock on the door. She assumed it was one of the servants calling her down for dinner. So, she was caught off guard when she saw Hailey at the door.
Natalie did not want to see Hailey and asked impatiently, “What do you want?
Natalie reminded Hailey of Oliver’s curt replies and the humiliation. She had the urge to rip Natalie’s face off.
Hailey composed herself. Crossing her arms, she scoffed contemptuously, ‘I don’t want to see you at all, but Oliver is asking for you.”
“Oliver?” Natalie frowned and looked at Natalie skeptically before asking, “Why would he send to you to fetch me??
“I don’t know,” Hailey said with a shrug, sensing Natalie’s doubt. Perhaps he took a liking to me? to any case, I’ve already delivered the message. He’s waiting for you in the west wing.”
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Married to an Ugly Husband? No!
