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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with him?” Alistair murmured. “He looks like someone just

got terminal cancer.”

completely indifferent, replied, “Probably because I

their deal.”

in disbelief and then

done.”

amusement, filled with a quiet warmth

heart skip.

you, darling,” she

Alistair blinked.

is going to

the subject. “Did Leo talk

they weren’t exactly glued together 24/7.

were, there were still short windows when things

that short time, Caroline had

Alistair couldn’t help but be

hadn’t seen Leo again and didn’t know if he’d followed

did,” Caroline said. “I told him it’s fine

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go.”

She paused after that.

her. “You’re not ready to

“She’s been spending a lot of nights at Grandma’s lately,

almost every day. If she

a whole month.”

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

run off

“If he

to leave the expo

watched them

and completely

teeth so hard

was slipping away, Theresa wasn’t picking up her

apart. He was panicked, desperate,

clashed with Alistair. Even in school, they couldn’t stand

imagined that one day Alistair would

roadblock in his life.

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watch Alistair enjoy his fleeting moment of fame

it wouldn’t last.

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

the fall that was coming. And when it came, it would be

more than a setback. He had no

to a nobody

message from someone long buried in the

man Paige had used and discarded

said he’d met a beautiful woman earlier that day. She’d come on to him,

it meant Paige

destroyed his life. He’d once thought

revenge. But Alistair stopped him and

to make her pay.

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

to Alistair’s plan.

had studied

dangerously controlling, calculating, and always cautious.

one

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existence was a threat. A living, breathing time

would eat at her. That constant sense of

would be unbearable. Sooner or later, it would

act. And when she did, she would try