The Billionaire's Genius Wife

Chapter 278 Mission (6)

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Carter couldn't help but wonder if this was one of her tactics to make him even more curious about her. He felt even more intrigued and thrilled, wanting to know more about her.

"Different?" Scarlett raised an eyebrow, skeptical of Carter's comment.

"Yeah! You're different from other girls I've met... you didn't even bother to tell me your name. Even after I've been so kind to you," Carter said before sipping his non-alcoholic wine.

Scarlett remained silent and maintained an ignoring look.

"Milady, I hope I didn't scare you. I just want to know your name, nothing more, completely harmless," Carter said with a sweet smile. "Could I be the lucky one to know your name, miss?" His voice sounded pleading this time, now calling Scarlett "miss."

Scarlett remained quiet, contemplating whether to reveal her name or not.

"Fine!" she finally relented. "Mr. Riley, you can call me Mrs. Roger!"

"Mrs. Roger?" Carter frowned, surprised by her response. "Oh, so there is Mr. Roger! Or is that your family name?" he asked, trying to remember the name. 

Although Carter didn't often visit this country, which happened to be his mother's hometown, he was familiar with the names of the influential and respected families in the city and had never heard of Roger.

Scarlett shook her head slowly, her eyes fixed on Carter as she said, "...No. That's my husband's name! And no, I won't tell my husband's family name or mine. Now, will you excuse me?"

Carter was utterly shocked. And inwardly, Carter was screaming to himself, 'Was this woman trying to get rid of me?? Ouch! You're really embarrassing yourself now, Carter.'

"Oh, Okay. If you say so," Carter couldn't hide his shock.

"Yes!" Scarlett replied firmly. She spotted Seven walking towards her and felt relieved. "Oh, you're finally here, my dear Roger..." Scarlett stood up from her seat and approached Seven.

"S...Sorry, wife... The bathroom is quite far, so I'm a bit late..." Seven smiled and held her hand, noticing from a distance that someone had tried to flirt with Scarlett.

"Okay, let's go, darling..." Scarlett said to Seven. Before leaving the mini-bar area, she gave a slight nod of farewell to Carter, who was still shocked to see her.

Still in shock mode, Carter watched as Scarlett and Seven walked hand in hand back to their seats. Countless questions now flooded his mind. He couldn't believe the woman was already married. And what made him even more shocked, her husband looked old with gray hair. And he was totally unattractive! Not a match to his wife's beautifulness and elegance.

'Did she marry him because he was filthy rich? Yeah, he must be filthy rich,' Carter is trying to cope with his defeat feeling.

After his mind calmed down, he turned his gaze to the Bartender and said, "Dude, give me some vodka! The strongest one you have!!" he wanted to drown out the pain in his heart with liquor.

The Bartender frowned at Carter's request and replied, "Sir, didn't you say you didn't drink alcohol?"

"Did I say that?" Carter sat up straighter while adjusting his black suit, trying to ignore the odd look from the Bartender. "Well, maybe you heard wrong..." he answered casually while cursing the Bartender in his heart.

'Could you give it to me without asking? Do you know that I am really torn to see that the girl I like has married an old man?' Carter couldn't help but vent the anger inside his head. Damn!

The Bartender gave Carter a funny look. Then without saying anything else, he served him the strongest Vodka in his cabinet.

e?glesn??el 'Fuck!! How could I lose the gorgeous woman I like... for the umpteenth time? To an ugly old guy too!? Fuck my life.' Carter continued to vent his anger while playing with his empty Vodka glass.

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"Did you meet him, I mean, Dax Withers?" Scarlett asked Seven the moment they sat down at their specially prepared table.

Seven glanced at Scarlett and said, "Yes, he's in the smoking room at the back."

Scarlett's eyes lit up with happiness upon hearing Seven's words. She had been searching for Dax Withers, a man who might become her cousin, but had been unable to find him in the hall earlier.

"No wonder I couldn't find him here," Scarlett breathed a sigh of relief. "Did you get what we needed?"

"Of course," Seven replied with a smile. He predicted the mission would be easy since he had observed Dax's routine and was more or less predictable. 

With the wedding party's tight security, Dax would have lowered his guard, making it easy for Seven to approach him at the back of the smoking room. Dax also seemed approachable, making it easier for Seven to secure what they needed.

"Wow, amazing!!" Scarlett was relieved. Their mission was accomplished for now. She couldn't stay here any longer because Carter was also here. 

Something bothers Scarlett now because Carter's name was not listed there from the guest list she obtained. How did he appear here? 

"We'd better go! There's no reason for us to stay here anymore, right?" Scarlett continues her words.

"Huh, why?" Seven raised his eyebrows and looked thoughtfully at the alert Scarlett. "Did you find anything unusual in this place?"

"Yeah! I looked at the guest list, and it's... fake. There's someone who shouldn't be on the list, but he's here..." Scarlett said as she glanced around, trying to see anything suspicious and not match with this place.

"Relax," Seven smiled, trying to calm her. "Maybe that person is a family member. You gave me the list of guests, not family."

Scarlett was stunned. Were Hill and Riley related? Why had she never heard of it? 

As she tried to remember, the name "Martha Bell" suddenly rang in her mind.

'Gosh!' Scarlett mumbled inwardly. 'Why did I forget... Aunty Martha is from this country.' She remembered that Martha was her mother's school friend in this country, and that's how she learned about the Withers family.

So maybe Bell and Hill are related by blood. Only this possibility can make Carter come to this event without an invitation. She secretly took a deep breath, feeling relieved.

"You should relax more. Let's enjoy this party and disappear from this place when the main event starts. We can't leave now. The guard outside will know if we are leaving before the primary event starts!" Seven reminded Scarlett. 

Scarlett nodded. She agreed with Seven but still felt uncomfortable that Carter was in this place. Now, she just needed to not stand out and quietly sit where she was until they could leave this place.

"By the way, who are you referring to when you say there's he that is unlisted but here?" Seven asked curiously to know who Scarlett was afraid of.

Scarlett turned her gaze to Seven, "That he was my brother-in-law, Carter Riley!"

Seven gulps in shock. 

"Shit! Does that mean your real husband could be here too?" Now, Seven panicked. If Xander Riley were here, they could be exposed. He had heard about Xander Riley from Rex, and the man was no simple businessman.

Hearing Seven say, 'Real Husband, ' Scarlett became tense and agitated at the same time.