Chapter 835: Chapter 835: Loving Husband and Wife

At the office door.

Willow Grant stared, eyes gone wide in shock, almost doubting her own ears.

What had she just heard? 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

She had actually heard... Professor Osborne’s wife say that Professor Osborne liked his own student?

A student who could be called a "bastard"—who else could that be but Summer Monroe?

Did Professor Osborne actually like Summer Monroe?!

How was that possible? Hadn’t Professor Osborne always really disliked Summer, constantly making things hard for her, being especially strict with her?

But when Willow Grant glanced at the expression on Mio Osborne’s face, she finally confirmed she hadn’t misheard.

Professor Osborne really did like Summer Monroe!

This was an earth‑shattering piece of gossip!

To avoid being seen by Mio Osborne and Claire Woodward, Willow Grant hurriedly slipped back behind the wall, hugging the stack of papers in her arms as she continued listening to the conversation inside, and at the same time, she didn’t forget to switch on her phone’s recorder.

Inside the office.

Neither Claire Woodward nor Mio Osborne noticed Willow Grant’s fleeting figure at the door.

Claire’s lips curled in smug satisfaction. Bracing both hands on the desk, she looked lazily at Mio Osborne and said, "Now that I’ve said it out loud, you’re angry? It’s true I did force you a bit into marrying me, but the main reason was still you. If you hadn’t fallen for Summer Monroe,"

Mio Osborne ground his molars hard.

"Claire Woodward, don’t push it! If you expose this, you won’t end well either! If you hadn’t egged me on to drug Summer back then, I wouldn’t have ended up like this today. Just to get back to school and keep teaching, I had no choice but to marry someone like you!"

"Someone like me?" Claire let out a cold laugh. "What kind of person am I? You and I are the same at the core; neither of us is nobler than the other. Let me tell you, if I can’t get the position of Woodward Family Head, I’d rather go down with you. We’ll drag each other to hell, and no one will come out of it looking good!"

Mio Osborne slammed the desk again in fury, but Claire wasn’t frightened in the slightest. Instead, she lifted her chin and said, "Mio Osborne, since we’re already married, we’re like grasshoppers on the same rope. Your glory is my glory, your loss is my loss. You still can’t let go of that bastard Summer Monroe? Fine, I can wait. But when it comes to me becoming the Woodward Family Head, you are not allowed to hold me back in the slightest."

The color in Mio Osborne’s face shifted between green and red; he really was livid.

But he still had enough sense left to know that before he got his diploma from Britton University, he truly couldn’t afford any more negative press. In other words, he had to cooperate with Claire Woodward—he had no choice.

Seeing the look on his face, Claire knew perfectly well that Mio Osborne had already compromised.

She softened her tone and said, "Five o’clock this evening, I’ll be waiting for you at the campus gate. Don’t be late. By six, you have to appear with me at the old Woodward estate."

Finished speaking, Claire Woodward didn’t give Mio Osborne any chance to refuse and turned to leave.

Hearing footsteps, Willow Grant hurriedly put on the act of someone just coming up the stairs and stepped toward the office.

"Professor Osborne." As soon as Willow Grant spoke, she saw Claire Woodward walking out. She deliberately showed a surprised expression and asked in delight, "Ma’am, you’re here? I’m a fan of yours. I’ve heard your medical skills are amazing."

No one dislikes hearing flattery.

Claire Woodward smiled faintly and said, "Thank you. If you ever feel unwell, you can come find me at Ross Hospital."

"Thank you, ma’am!" Willow Grant’s smile grew even brighter.

"Then I’m off, Mio." Claire waved at Mio Osborne, and Mio Osborne just gave a slight nod.

The two of them looked every bit the loving newlywed couple.