A Bride’s Revenge: No Longer The Back Up by Cozy Season

Chapter 229

Chapter 229

The next morning, Brian had arranged for the housekeeper and driver to escort Ariana back to the Lodge residence while he headed to the office for a meeting

Despite sitting through the meeting, his mind was elsewhere, replaying the scene of Ariana lying in bed the night before, deliberately cursing him in her sleep. The realization that she had been faking it amused him, and unconsciously, a faint smile tugged at the corners of his mouth.

The room fell silent as everyone in the meeting stared at him in shock. What was wrong with Brian?

“Ahem!” Emily coughed twice, subtly reminding Brian to maintain his composure. Noticing the eyes on him, Brian quickly composed himself. He straightened and said coldly, “Alright. Proceed with negotiations with this proposal.”

“Mr. Lodge, there’s one more thing.” A department manager spoke up. “We’ve started excavation on the land at South Gleaston. Just yesterday, we received news that a natural spring was discovered there.

“This conflicts with our planned hot spring resort project for the second half of the year. I propose we immediately acquire that land to prevent potential competition and to integrate it into our expansion plans for the resort.”

half–listening until the mention of South Gleaston.

“Mr. Lodge, isn’t South Gleaston the plot that Ms. Torrey…”

Ariana had spent five billion dollars to acquire that very piece of land. His expression

fell into stunned silence.

Now,” he

gathered the documents and followed him out of the room, leaving the other executives

been going on with

he got into

out an urgent message to the project team, causing a flurry of activity back at the office as employees scrambled to compile the

to Brian’s phone, just as the car pulled up to the Lodge residence. At the gate, the housekeeper at the front door froze upon seeing Brian return. Why

is Ariana?” Brian asked.

her room, as per your instructions. She’s been taking good care of