Chapter 83: Winning Again

"I will come to the hospital tomorrow for my own treatment. I have some things to sort out here. Thank you for coming by the way."

Athena didn’t bother nodding at the half-ass appreciation from Alfonso. She’d rather talk to Gianna, who was watching the ambulance officials carry Mag on the stretcher to the van.

Gianna, who wanted to shout, "Karma is a bummer," but who, like Athena, didn’t really wish damning sicknesses on people. That would be a tad too harsh, even if Mag had made things a bit difficult for her in the past.

"Will you stay for the meeting?" She heard Athena ask, and casually shrugged her shoulders.

"Since I’m already here, I might as well do the same. I was thinking the meeting would be held in another location, but this is better."

Athena nodded, and together they returned to find Alfonso had settled into a chair. He looked as though he had just lost a game of musical chairs and was trying to reclaim his spot at the table.

Not bothered, they shut the door behind them, sealing off the outside world for their little meeting.

"Thank you for agreeing to the meeting," Alfonso said, attempting to sound grateful.

Athena merely nodded, her expression as bland as the last piece of bread left in a lunchbox.

"The meeting was called because of the company. I want you to buy it."

Athena’s eyes remained as flat as a pancake as she looked at Alfonso for a mere second. "You changed your mind?"

"Yes," he replied with surprising enthusiasm.

Athena pressed, crossing her arms on

"Forget about Ewan."

the company, or he had offered a lesser amount, noting the current state of his company. "I’ll

already drafted it!" He immediately got up from the sofa and strutted over to

a glance with Gianna,

decided to voice her opinion. "Why the hurry, Alfonso? This is, as you call it, your baby. Why are

back a retort. Salvage? Even though Ewan’s truth at the press conference hadn’t shed light on his role in their divorce, his company’s stocks had continued to drain

but Athena didn’t need to know that his company was almost worth

got the hundred million dollars, he would leave the city with his treated wife. Or no, he would stay and start over, think

the shares. This was the best time. A thin smile perched on his lips.

watched as Athena blandly went through the document, and wondered why

here, Alfonso?" Athena said, breaking the

him. When he perused the document twice, seeing

like a teacher correcting a student. "You wrote

"You mentioned that you will buy the company at that

did so... but that was more than a week ago. There’s a different price for today, given the deplorable

His company’s situation with the shareholders should only be known to the inner circle,

told Athena? Those unfaithful pigs! What was

for it now?" He finally asked, his heart hanging in the balance,

no worth, except debts, just like Zack’s," Athena replied without missing a beat, then shook her head.

not believing what he was hearing. Just ten million

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