“So before my brother returns, I need her to be utterly reliant on me.”

Ian spoke calmly, glancing at the documents in front of him. “Once she’s dependent on me, she won’t ditch me.”

For once, Fitch was left speechless.

After Ian hung up the phone, he saw another incoming call from Tyler.

This time, he didn’t pick up, guessing yet another one of Tyler’s lousy ideas.

By the evening, he had sent Maja eight messages, all left unanswered.

At five in the afternoon, when he was about to head for a meeting, he passed out.

He had pushed himself too hard the previous night, stubbornly refusing to take medicine despite running a fever. Now, he had fainted.

His collapse instantly sent the Raymond Corporation into a frenzy. Jeff rushed him to the hospital, while rumors of Ian’s fainting began to circulate quietly amongst the circle.

Many people who had seen his Facebook posts were left puzzled.

There were recent rumors about him breaking up with Maja, and he had been seen with Judith. Word was that Judith had even been hurt because of him. So why was he suddenly proclaiming his love for Maja again?

[If you ask me, Maja must have put a spell on Ian. How else to explain his devotion to a girl from nowhere?]

now. She pursued him so relentlessly, only

so great about

rampant, and when word got out that

is unparalleled. In my

family, there’s never been

If only Ian would spare me a

he was infamously cold, barely engaging

from the circle. Some women, hearing that he was forced into marriage, tried to engage him in conversation, only to

international art exhibitions and tried to strike up a conversation, but he was

due to Carlene. But it turned out that he didn’t actually fancy Carlene. Upon his return, he immediately got

his apparent desperation for Maja was driving everyone green

leaked Ian’s news to the

been scared when he heard

started stalking him. With her looks, who knows how scared he must

should teach this ugly woman a lesson and kick her

internet users were busy hurling insults at Maja, Judith felt a sense of satisfaction upon reading these

had called Ian in the morning, only to find that she had been

only for him to warn her not

you’re really not

clung to Dylan’s arm while instructing

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