Dump My Ex, Dive into Love with His Billionaire Uncle-Chapter 165: One lie requires countless lies to support it

Chapter 165: Chapter 165: One lie requires countless lies to support it

"Sit down and eat, don’t let Bella stand for so long," Cyan Marshall reminded.

Oliver Hughes reacted and immediately let go of Bella Woods, helping her pull her chair back.

Bella Woods didn’t even dare to glance at Ashton Marshall; she felt a huge pressure but didn’t dare to show it, so she braced herself and sat down.

Cyan Marshall personally served soup to Bella Woods, "This soup is good for the blood, you need it since studying is tiring."

"Okay," Bella Woods replied obediently.

"Here’s the chicken leg, you like it," Oliver Hughes said, serving Bella Woods a roasted chicken leg.

"Thank you," Bella Woods answered obediently, accepting it.

Daniel Hughes poured a glass of juice for Bella Woods. "I remember you like orange juice?"

"Thank you, thank you, Uncle Hughes," Bella Woods hurriedly reached out to take it, almost standing up.

"Here, your favorite spicy beef," Ashton Marshall added some beef to a small bowl and placed it in front of Bella Woods.

This action immediately drew everyone’s attention at the table.

Three people had different expressions.

Bella Woods froze completely, watching Ashton Marshall bring over the small bowl. She was at a loss whether to take it or not.

"What? Not taking it?" Ashton Marshall raised an eyebrow. "No one else is serving you what you like, wouldn’t it be bad if I didn’t?"

"No, no, you’re overstating it, Third Young Master," Bella Woods quickly put down the orange juice to take the bowl full of spicy beef with both hands.

"Third Young Master? Isn’t it more appropriate to call me Uncle, hmm?" Ashton Marshall said meaningfully, "Future Hughes Family heiress?"

As he said this, Bella Woods almost couldn’t hold the bowl properly.

"Third Young Master, you’re overstating it..." It seemed that she didn’t knows what else to say.

"Ashton, don’t scare Bella like that," Cyan Marshall looked at Ashton Marshall with slight reproach, "She’s timid and gets scared easily."

"Am I that scary?" Ashton Marshall continued to stare at Bella Woods, "Kid, are you scared of me?"

Bella Woods didn’t dare to look at Ashton Marshall, let alone answer any questions.

"Ashton, I told you not to scare her," Cyan Marshall tried to smooth things over for Bella Woods, whispering to her, "Ignore him, let’s just eat."

Thanks to Cyan Marshall’s timely intervention, Bella Woods quietly started eating.

Fortunately, Ashton Marshall didn’t say much else and continued discussing business projects with Daniel Hughes.

Oliver Hughes persistently picked food for Bella Woods, "These sweet and sour ribs..."

"She doesn’t like that kind of sweet yet not salty dish," Ashton Marshall commented while discussing with Daniel Hughes, blocking the sweet and sour ribs Oliver Hughes was pushing toward Bella Woods’ bowl.

"Uncle, how do you know she..." Oliver Hughes was quite surprised. novelbuddy.cσ๓

If it had been just casual banter before, Ashton Marshall’s move was so natural and precise, especially since it was done without much thought.

Only someone who’s been paying attention would do something so effortlessly.

Oliver Hughes couldn’t help but think about how he received a message from Joy Thompson, rushed to Wood County, and brushed past Ashton Marshall’s car on the way.

After today’s dinner, he felt that the two of them seemed too ambiguous.

"Third Young Master, it’s your girlfriend who doesn’t like sweet and sour ribs, but I love them," Bella Woods reacted quickly, saying as she put the blocked sweet and sour ribs into her bowl and took a bite.

The strong vinegar and sourness almost made Bella Woods lose control of her facial expression on the spot.

"Bella, do you know Ashton’s girlfriend?" Cyan Marshall was curious.

"You know my future aunt?" Oliver Hughes was even more curious.

Even Daniel Hughes, who was always calm as the head of the family, was now focusing on Bella Woods.

Bella Woods initially found a quick solution, but now she had to follow through with the lie.

"Um, it’s just, Third Young Master takes care of me because his girlfriend and I are... fans," Bella Woods used the term "fans."

If she said classmates, Oliver Hughes knew she had few friends at school, which would easily fall apart.

"What’s ’fans’?" Oliver Hughes didn’t understand the term.

Both Daniel Hughes and Cyan Marshall exchanged a puzzled look, unfamiliar with the term.

However, Ashton Marshall watched Bella Woods with an amused expression, as if challenging her to continue this story.

Bella Woods took a deep breath, "Fans means we both like a certain celebrity and came together because of it."

"Oh, so you’re both fans," Cyan Marshall understood.

"Yes, I met Third Young Master’s girlfriend in a group; we all liked it because of a reality show, ten very simple people on the show."

"Are you saying Uncle is having an online relationship?" Oliver Hughes looked at Ashton Marshall.

"I don’t know about that. When I met the fan, she was already with Third Young Master, and later on, she asked Third Young Master to take care of me," Bella Woods stole a glance at Ashton Marshall, "So, Third Young Master has always taken good care of me."

Ashton Marshall took a sip of water indifferently, neither responding to nor denying Bella Woods’ story.

"Uncle, who would’ve thought, you have an online relationship," Oliver Hughes seemed to accept this story, grinning at Ashton Marshall with a teasing tone.

But a look from Ashton Marshall stopped Oliver Hughes from teasing further.

"That really surprises me," Cyan Marshall also expressed surprise.

"Is it that shocking?" Ashton Marshall raised an eyebrow.

As he finished saying this, Bella Woods secretly breathed a sigh of relief, understanding that he wouldn’t expose her lie.

Although she suspected from the time she entered the Hughes Family that Ashton Marshall wouldn’t reveal her, she was still nervous.

After all, she needed Ashton Marshall’s help to cover up such an outrageous lie.

In that moment, she had no other thought than wishing Cyan Marshall’s trip abroad would finish quickly so she could leave and distance herself from all these complicated relationships.

"It really is surprising, not typical of you," Cyan Marshall chuckled, feeling a newfound connection with her brother, which wasn’t there before.

"You said you’d bring her to Oliver’s engagement party but didn’t; I still haven’t seen the future sister-in-law," Cyan Marshall casually remarked.

"Yeah, Uncle, when will you let me meet your future aunt?" Oliver Hughes couldn’t wait.

Since learning about this person, Oliver Hughes had been eager to meet this future aunt.

So Oliver Hughes couldn’t help but say, "I’m really curious, what kind of woman can catch Uncle’s eye, that he’d keep her hidden so well?

Uncle, do you like her a lot?"