Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

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Just as Theresa was urging Richard to speed up the process of squeezing money

out of Rebecca, her phone rang.

“Hello? Oh, Mrs. Paige Reed, of course, of course… Yes, I’ll be right there.”

She hung up and left in a rush.

Richard stood there, unsure what he was feeling as he gazed toward the Vireon

Technologies booth.

Interest in the newly launched domestic robot was skyrocketing. Many attendees

had already placed orders on the spot.

Though originally designed to care for elderly people living alone, the robot clearly

had potential for broader use in normal households too.

Vireon Technologies had surged to prominence like a dark horse, solidifying an

unshakable position in America’s tech industry.

The Morgan family had always been in foreign trade. If they could just lock in a

partnership with one of these international exhibitors, they might finally earn a

seat at the table of American innovation.

He spotted Henry, the same man who’d hit it off with Theresa.

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“Mr. Bourne.” Richard said, stepping up with a smile, “I was wondering if you

might be free for dinner after the expo?”

Henry shook his head. “I’ve already got plans tonight.”

Richard kept smiling, “How about tomorrow, then?”

Another shake of the head.

A cold sense of dread crept up Richard’s spine. “Perhaps another day? I’d love to

finalize the ideas you and my mother discussed…”

Henry cut him off with a polite smile. “I’m actually more interested in Ms.

Ashbourne’s proposal now.”

Richard’s face went pale. He stammered, “B-but… I thought you really connected

with my mother earlier…”

Henry gave a half shrug and a smirk, like he was humoring a child. “I just feel like

I connect better with Ms. Ashbourne now.”

Richard froze. His mouth opened and then shut again.

From across the hall, Alistair happened to glance in Richard’s direction and saw

him storming off toward a quieter area, his face drained of all color.

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him?” Alistair murmured. “He looks like

got terminal cancer.”

sounding completely indifferent, replied, “Probably because I

their deal.”

her in disbelief and then

done.”

soft amusement, filled with a

heart skip.

darling,” she said

Alistair blinked.

woman is going to

subject. “Did Leo talk to

together 24/7. Even with

were, there were still short

in that short time, Caroline had

help but be

again and

Caroline said. “I told him it’s fine if Eloise

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go.”

She paused after that.

looked down at her. “You’re not ready

been spending a lot of

see her almost every day.

a whole month.”

stranger,” Alistair said, half-joking. “And Grandma

dare run off

flashed. “If he tries, I’ll

to leave

Richard watched them climb into a sleek

completely at

his teeth so hard

away, Theresa wasn’t picking up her phone, and

He was panicked,

always clashed with Alistair. Even in school,

Richard never imagined that one day

roadblock in his life.

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fleeting moment of fame

it wouldn’t last.

all noise and no substance, strutting like he owned the room,

it came, it would be brutal. Richard,

this as nothing more than a

nobody who should’ve stayed

Alistair received a message from someone

man Paige had used and discarded like a

he’d met a beautiful woman earlier that day.

was excited, asking if it meant Paige

once thought of killing her with his own

stopped him

to make her pay.

Derek couldn’t let go of his family. That was the only reason

to Alistair’s plan.

had studied Paige

calculating, and always

one slip could be

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existence was a threat. A living, breathing time bomb in her

That constant sense of

Sooner or later, it would break

calm and caution. She would act. And when she did, she would