Chapter 16

“Ariana, did he apologize?” Belinda asked.

With Belinda questioning her like that, Ariana purposely cocked her head to glance briefly at Brian.

Seeing that Ariana was about to speak, Brian suddenly realized that she might be harboring ill will toward him and that she could spout nonsense to Belinda. So, he quickly rushed forward and grabbed Ariana by the arm, roughly yanking her to her feet.

“Grandma, I’ve got something to discuss privately with Ms Torrey. We’re going upstairs.”

With

that, Brian tugged Ariana up the stairs with huge strides.

Everything had happened so suddenly. By the time Belinda finally realized it, she shouted at Brian, “Brian, you imbecile! Ari is a woman! I’m not going to forgive you if you bully her!”

Brian pulled Ariana to the second floor and threw her onto the bed. Then, he locked the bedroom door behind him.

are you trying to do,

at the door, with mischievous eyes. “What if Ms. Granger learns about this? It’s going to break her heart. She’s

“Ariana Torrey!”

said coldly, “Who gave

had to come here to visit her,” Ariana said, looking up

into Ariana’s cunning eyes and felt anger rising in him. “You’re not

haven’t you? You did so many despicable things to us, and it’s all just to see me begging you for mercy, isn’t it? So, why would you strangle me to death if it’s just going to rob you of the pleasure of

go of Ariana. He said, “At least you seem to know what’s good for you. So, show me. How exactly are you going to

down on the couch nearby. He then took the wine

got up from the bed and said slowly, Welton Factory, Central City–There’s a monthly overseas trade fair there, and I remember that Lodge Co. has a huge auction hallin that area. Tens of billions of dollars worth of prized items are being traded there every year. Mr. Lodge, I’m sure that you’re

location Ariana mentioned. The places she brought up were all part of

anything about the outside world. Also, even if the top management people knew about it, none of them knew the details that Ariana just said.

hope that you’ll stop it with your funny business against the Torreys,

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