Chapter 53 Clash with a Schemer

"Violet? What are you doing here?" Brian Mosley asked, frowning. Violet wanted to ask him the same. She had no recollection of Brian owning property here, yet the way he and Evelyn Conrad stood suggested this villa at No. 91 was their home. Suddenly, it struck her—Brian and Evelyn Conrad were about to marry. Was this their marital home? A bitter laugh stirred in her chest. Violet, Violet—childhood companion of Brian, the one who once placed him at the center of her world. And yet the difference in how he treated her and Evelyn was glaringly obvious. Forget everything else—when it came to a marital home, Brian had never considered alternatives for her. She hadn't demanded much—only to marry him, to care for him all her life. The rest meant nothing. Now, for Evelyn Conrad, he had spared no expense to purchase a private villa here. "You two can be here—so why can't I?" Violet said, eyeing Brian and Evelyn with the contempt reserved for those without conscience. Brian felt an odd discomfor