Chapter 448: Chapter 450

Chapter 449 Luke stood up in a disheveled manner, staring at Thea in disbelief, his eyes burning with anger. “Miss Fletcher, do you think I wanted you to pretend to be my girlfriend? It was not you, but your father who morally blackmailed my father with a past favor, forcing him to make me date you...”

Thea’s face turned pale and then green.

It was so embarrassing.

Just like she was an unsold item in the display case, being despised by customers, the shop owner treated her cheaply.

But Thea couldn’t blame her father, because he was also doing it for her own good.

Thea slapped her forehead and said, “Luke, I’ve told you. before, I can never love you in this lifetime. I told you not to waste your energy on me. So when you asked me to pretend to be your girlfriend to help you out, I honestly thought you were just keeping me busy. I never expected the truth to be like this.”

“I apologize on behalf of my father. He just came up with this bad idea because he was worried about me and couldn’t handle my heartbreak.”

“But should you apologize to me? After I opened up to you, you couldn’t be honest with me? Letting me be misunderstood and targeted by your female classmates?”

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O O O Q Chapter 440 believe that you’re not interested in Luke? What if this is just your way of playing hard to get?”

Thea glanced at Luke and said, “He wasn’t my type.”

This statement somewhat insults the aesthetic preferences of those girls who liked Luke.

“Hehe, go ahead and pretend.”

Thea was helpless and took out her marriage certificate from her bag and handed it to the girl in front of her, saying, “I had someone I liked.”

Theo’s flawless face, filled with boundless indulgence, looked at her with adoring eyes. He was so handsome. Luke, an ordinary man like him, instantly paled in comparison.

Several girls exclaimed in awe, “He’s so handsome.”

Having seen someone like Theo, how could she possibly be interested in an ordinary person like Luke? So those girls who had wrongly accused her immediately apologized to her, saying, “I’m sorry, Miss Fletcher, we misunderstood you.”

Luke’s girlfriend blushed even more.

On the contrary, Luke, who had always been idolized, suddenly noticed that the girls were looking at him with inexplicable charm.

Curious, he wanted to take a look at the details of Thea’s marriage certificate, but she closed it and carefully put it into her bag.

Then Thea looked up and said very seriously, “I loved him. I only loved him. So, you don’t have to worry about me getting involved with Luke, because no one can compare to him in my 17.62%

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17 2018 Mouchers Luke’s competitive spirit was ignited, “After all, I was the top. student at the Imperial College. Surely, my intelligence and talent are superior to his, right?”

The female classmates also saved face for Luke, “Miss Fletcher, we know we were wrong. You didn’t have to degrade Luke the great just to regain your dignity.”

Thea spoke calmly, “I was telling the truth. There was no exaggeration, only a slight understatement.”

The crowd was shocked, their mouths wide open, and exclaimed, “What kind of ghost is this?”

“I don’t believe anyone was smarter than Luke.”

Thea took out a small figurine from her bag and said, “This is a figurine he designed for me, to make me happy.”

She opened one of the buttons and ordered, “Luke, the student from Imperial College, give me his information.”

“You haven’t been paying attention to me for a long time. I’ve missed you. I’ll go help you find it right away.”

“Luke, height 178 centimeters, weight 60 kilograms, oh, body fat percentage severely insufficient.”

“But the IQ is still mediocre, 180, far inferior to mine.”

“Proficient in applied physics, intelligent systems, chemistry, and bioengineering... Achieved the highest honors... Won a bunch of worthless awards in national competitions. Unfortunately, has extremely low emotional intelligence, speaks without thinking... I wonder if it’s related to a head Chapter 449 injury he had when he was six.”

“This kind of person is not suitable for the workplace. Don’t hire him.”

When Thea closed the button, she looked up and saw that everyone across from her was shocked.

“Luke, how did this thing know so much about you?”

Luke’s face went from pride to dismay.

“Thea, you didn’t have to embarrass me in front of my classmates like that.”

Thea laughed and said, “This evens things out.”

She picked up her bag and waved goodbye to him, saying, “I will explain to my father. You don’t have to show up at the Fletcher Manor anymore.”

After saying that, she left without looking back.

She heard her classmates joking about Luke’s voice, “Luke, you’ve met your match.”

“I saw you lose for the first time, and I never expected the opponent to be a weak woman.”

“Hahaha.”

The Fletcher Manor.

Thea returned home and locked herself in the bedroom.

In her mind, she recalled the recent experiences, the mockery from the prison female guards, the contempt from Luke’s Chapter 440 classmates, which made her realize clearly: this world actually has some prejudice against divorced women. Well–off boys. with good conditions would not easily accept divorced women.

This realization made Thea vaguely uneasy. She was extremely worried that she would fall in love with Thorne unrequitedly.

Because he was too similar to Theo, too similar. Sometimes she couldn’t even tell, whether the man who doted on her and loved her was Theo or Thorne?

Her strong self–esteem caused her to wrap herself in a thick. cocoon. All she could do was to actively stay away from Thorne.

She took out her phone and dialed Drake’s number.

“Drake.”

“What were your orders?”

“Find a reliable person and send him to prison. I want him to take care of someone for me.”

After a pause, he added, “As for the payment, let him decide.“”

Drake said, “Okay.”

Hanging up the phone, Thea let out a deep sigh.

And so, she kept all her feelings for Thorne locked away in her heart, just like how Thorne secretly protected her.

William heard about his daughter’s ordeal from Luke, and he felt both guilty and heartbroken.

He came to the door of Thea’s bedroom and kept apologizing ...

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Chapter 449 to her, “Jade, I’m sorry. Dad was wrong. Dad didn’t know that Luke had a secret girlfriend, so that’s why he introduced him to you. It was Dad’s fault that you were humiliated by his girlfriend.”

Thea opened the door, hiding all her insecurities and pain. She smiled and said, “Dad, I know you did it for my own good. I don’t blame you.”

“But, Dad, can you please stop interfering in my life decisions from now on? I don’t want to get married in this lifetime, I just want to be by your side, is that okay?”

William’s eyes welled up with tears. “Okay, okay. If Jade doesn’t get married, daddy will support you for the rest of your life.”

From then on, William completely gave up the idea of arranging a blind date for his daughter.

Prison.

The detective team sat in the conference room, with the projection screen hanging down from the podium. On the screen, several criminals‘ faces were displayed. Next to them were their profiles.

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