Whispers Of Betrayal (Anastasia and Alastor)

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Alastor parked his car outside the mansion and then entered the living room.

Anastasia would usually be waiting for him quietly on the couch, or she would be painting in her study. However, on this day, the house was unusually quiet.

“Anastasia?” Alastor shouted, but there was no response.

Even the restroom and the master bedroom on the second floor were empty.

“Anastasia?” Alastor called out.

Alastor called Anastasia on the phone, but she didn’t answer.

Alastor tugged at his tie, feeling a little annoyed. It was clear that he wasn’t willing to spend much effort trying to appease a

woman.

For the past four years. Anastasia had been incredibly obedient and sensible, to the extent that Alastor had never had to expend energy on her.

Even though Alastor was aware that he was at fault this time, he still felt angered by Anastasia’s disobedience. Alastor rubbed his temples irritably and ordered his assistant to find Anastasia. “Find out where Anastasia went.”

“Mrs. Lopez is being quite unreasonable. How can she argue with you over something as trivial as breakfast? Can’t she be more understanding? You’ve been extremely busy these past few days, and yet she’s only adding to the chaos,” the assistant ventured to say.

“You talk too much,” Alastor warned in a low voice.

apologized and ended the

traffic jam on the way to the airport. Tears welled up involuntarily in Anastasia’s eyes when she saw the bridal car on the road.

bridal car, the bride was wearing a wedding dress and holding a bouquet of

how it looks like to marry true love,

Anastasia got married before she

disembarked from the vehicle and distributed wedding favors

took the wedding favors

marriage, Alastor provided her with the home she desired, yet failed to provide her with the sense of being officially married, complete with a wedding

deal. “My name is Alastor Lopez, and I believe

Anastasia Lawson. I have no house, no car, no family, and

Anastasia was planning to refuse his proposal that

Alastor and felt that

silent for a while and said, “Anastasia, I

in Anastasia and made her waver.

life was

a

would be, would stay with her for the

like you, but you don’t have to pay them any attention. Our family will consist only of the two of us, and it won’t involve others. If conflicts arise between you and my mother, I’ll handle them.

mother, Naomi Lopez, didn’t approve of Anastasia, the Lopez family never recognized Anastasia as

as attempting to climb the social ladder by marrying into a more affluent family.

Chapter 7

better. Why did you choose

business, I need to start a family first. This is what Grandpa wrote in his will,” Alastor didn’t lie, but he concealed one thing: the person he loved abandoned him and

couldn’t wait any longer. He needed to get married first before he could