Chapter 238: Chapter 230: Possessiveness

Bella Woods wasn’t sure if Oliver Hughes had seen Ashton Marshall come out, and maintained a calm facade.

“How long have you been waiting for me here?” Bella Woods took the initiative to ask.

Oliver Hughes thought for a moment: “Not long. I just noticed you hadn’t appeared, and was thinking maybe you’d left. Then I heard people gossiping about a man and a woman slipping into the bathroom one after the other.”

As Oliver Hughes spoke nonchalantly, he moved closer to Bella Woods until he stood right in front of her, staring intently at her.

Bella Woods had been quite nervous, but with what Oliver Hughes said, she was essentially sure that he only knew she was with a man in the bathroom and probably didn’t know that man was Ashton Marshall.

“Isn’t there anything you want to say to me, or anything to argue?” Oliver Hughes asked, looking at Bella Woods.

“No.” Bella Woods was very straightforward.

Although she disliked the word ‘indiscreet,’ her relationship with Ashton Marshall was inherently questionable. While the term sounds unpleasant, it’s somewhat fitting.

Besides, for someone like Oliver Hughes, who uses such a term, any argument from Bella Woods would just be seen as an excuse.

So there was no need to waste efforts trying to explain.

“Bella Woods, in front of me now, you feel there’s no need to pretend at all?” Oliver Hughes stared at her in shock.

“What do I need to pretend?” Bella Woods said, “When we were still engaged, you could sleep with Sienna Warren, be ambiguous with various people, and I had no right to say anything.”

“Now we have no relation. The only thing left is the upcoming family gathering where we’ll be recognized as siblings.

But I think, rather than being siblings, I’m just a goddaughter to Aunt Cyan and Uncle Hughes.”

“What do you mean?” Oliver Hughes looked angry.

“I’ve said all I needed to say. It’s not early, I should get going. Had a good time today, thanks…” Bella Woods paused and finally added, “Young Master Oliver.”

After speaking, Bella Woods intended to leave, but Oliver Hughes grabbed her arm.

Bella Woods frowned: “Young Master Oliver, anything else?”

“Bella Woods, I don’t care how far your relationship with Ethan Marshall has gone. But I must remind you, before the party starts, you’d better cleanly break it off.”

“You have no right to interfere.”

Bella Woods directly shook off Oliver Hughes’s arm to leave, but he suddenly forcefully pinned Bella Woods against the wall.

Bella Woods’s back hit the cold wall, causing her expression to twist in pain: “What are you doing?”

She struggled desperately, but Oliver Hughes pressed firmly on Bella Woods’s shoulders, making her unable to move.

“Oliver Hughes!” Bella Woods was very angry.

“Are you going to get angry? Show me then, I’d like to see,” Oliver Hughes looked at Bella Woods with an interest that came out of nowhere.

Bella Woods felt he was being inexplicable: “Let me go!”

“In those years with me, I never saw you show your claws. But after leaving me, you seem very lively. I’m curious to see what you’re like when you get angry?”

“If I start shouting now, Third Young Master Marshall will hear it, do you want Third Young Master Marshall to come and see this scene?” Bella Woods didn’t get angry; she just brought up Ashton Marshall.

Just as Bella Woods expected, mentioning Ashton Marshall made Oliver Hughes hesitant.

Taking the opportunity, Bella Woods broke free from Oliver Hughes.

“Young Master Oliver, Aunt Cyan might have told you. After the party, I will go abroad and won’t come back here again.”

Bella Woods looked at Oliver Hughes, making things clear.

Anyway, she didn’t think Oliver Hughes wouldn’t know.

“Aunt Cyan wants to recognize me as a daughter, hoping that after I study abroad, I’ll feel like I have a home and family here, not ending up isolated and helpless in a foreign land, feeling alone.

I really appreciate Aunt Cyan’s deep kindness, and I don’t want to hurt someone who cares for me so deeply.”

“So I ask you, no matter how much you dislike me, or feel dissatisfied with me, please bear with it. It’s only a matter of a few days anyway.”

At this, Bella Woods thought for a moment and still gave Oliver Hughes a bow.

“Thank you, Young Master Oliver.”

She politely said.

Oliver Hughes was shocked by Bella Woods’s actions: “Bella Woods, you…”

Bella Woods didn’t answer, just turned around and walked out.

Oliver Hughes stood there alone, his chest heaving violently with anger, and his expression appeared somewhat grim due to the lighting.

After about three or four minutes, Oliver Hughes took out his phone.

“Get everything ready as I instructed! At the gathering in a few days, I want the entire Peace City to know that Bella Woods is my fiancée!”

Even if the engagement has been canceled, in the end, Bella Woods is his, Oliver Hughes’s!

“Not a single wild man should think of touching her in any way!”

Oliver Hughes directly hung up the phone, eyes full of possessive obsession.

Previously, he never insisted on Bella Woods becoming his fiancée and even looked down on her a bit.

But ever since knowing Bella Woods was with Ethan Marshall, Oliver Hughes became uncomfortable. He felt that if someone he didn’t want was taken by Ethan Marshall, he wouldn’t be able to sleep for the rest of his life.

He wanted the men around Bella Woods, whether it’s Ethan Marshall or any other wild man, to fully realize.

That she, Bella Woods, could never leave him, Oliver Hughes!

…

Bella Woods left the competition venue with Calvin Marshall.

It was already late, and under the night sky, Peace City was still bustling. Bella Woods sat in the back seat, feeling the city’s decadence and grandeur.

It seemed always to shine with a golden hue, never to decay.

“Peace City is too prosperous.” Bella Woods suddenly sighed.

Calvin Marshall parked the car beside them: “What did you say?”

Bella Woods laughed: “I said Peace City is too prosperous. So prosperous that it’s blinding.”

So dazzling that staying in this city for too long makes a person particularly tired.

“This city has always been like this, thriving on indulgence and hedonism.” Calvin Marshall chuckled lightly.

From the time of her birth, it was destined she would enjoy the finest resources of this city. Even her leisure was among the best, the top tier, something ordinary people couldn’t access.

“I truly envy you.”

“Sometimes I quite envy you.”

Almost simultaneously, Bella Woods and Calvin Marshall looked at each other and spoke these words.

Bella Woods was very surprised that Calvin Marshall envied her: “Why?”

“Not sure, I just feel…” Calvin Marshall thought for a moment: “You seem very fragile, yet your core is strong. It seems no matter what you encounter, you’d handle it calmly, rather than wallow in self-pity or give up on yourself.”

“Unlike me, when I encounter a bit of displeasure, I give up on myself.”

Calvin Marshall criticized himself.