Could cousins have gone this far, or was he just out of touch, clueless about what the youth of today were thinking?

"Alright then, no worries, Ms. Miller. I guess I can head back now."

Carol thanked her again, feeling a weight lift from her chest.

She shot Felix a text, just a smug emoji. Felix didn't reply. She figured he was probably tied up for Listina was just out of surgery

and all.

Little did she know, Felix was at the cemetery, paying his respects to Listina's late parents and to his own. He saw Carol's message,

of course, but couldn't be bothered to respond.

All seemed to be wrapping up nicely, or so it should have been. But then Nathan dropped a text bomb on him.

[Carol's so into you now, you could probably ask for the Miller family fortune and she wouldn't blink. I mean, if it wasn't for her

dad's cutthroat takeover of the Geo family's company, you and Listina wouldn't have had it so rough. And when the company

tanked, it crushed your mom, right? Are you really just gonna swindle her out of measly few hundred grand? Sometimes I think

you're cold-hearted; other times, I figure you've got principles.]

Felix mulled over that text, unaware that his relationship with Carol was no longer a secret to Abner.

On his way back from the cemetery, Abner's assistant intercepted him and brought him to a coffee shop right under the towering

Miller Group building, where Abner awaited.

once from a distance when he was a kid; the man was the talk of the town, triumphant in the business

yet Felix's mother lay broken at his

face back then. Now, facing Abner again, Felix

from him, his assistant standing by, and slid a check across the table, much like a scene

about Felix's background or motives; if money could fix things, there was no

to walk

check lying on the

taking a casual sip of his

over there? That's going to be Carol's one day. Walk away now, and you can

I'll make sure you leave with nothing. Carol's

no time. Fill in whatever

time, the assistant respectfully passed a pen to Felix, who pushed

I'm not with Carol for

her likes and dislikes, set up the whole scenario, all to use her

"You're both young. I'm not asking you; I'm telling you. Do you know how much

a place in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she'll ccrawling back, unable to

then, she won't even spare you a second glance, no matter how much

would indeed act

you're

by Felix's

before; the greediest ones were

If she married him, then

on this route, let's see how it plays

and leaving without another word. Felix sat there, watching him go, lips

tight line.

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