Chapter 20

With that, he turned on his heel and strode into the private room without a moment’s

hesitation.

Aubree stood still, her fingertips trembling slightly. A mix of affection and grievance ebbed and flowed within her, surging up and receding again, causing her an unbearable

discomfort.

She took out her phone and sent a message to Brielle, knowing she didn’t want to see her, and she left first.

After watching Andrew enter the private room, Brielle felt uneasy all over. Andrew acted as if he had completely forgotten the awkward moment just before, deftly snuffing out his cigarette in the ashtray, ignoring Brielle’s presence as if she were invisible.

Women, in his opinion, were like monsters. You could treat them like dogs, beat them until your hand ached, but in the end, they would still love you. He had always been the golden. boy, never giving much thought to the sort of affection that came running at a beckon.

To him, women could spend all day dreaming of love, but for men, it was all about those few peak seconds.

another cigarette and finally broached the topic of the evening. “Breaking into that foreign market is like gnawing on a tough bone. I’ve been circling for half a year to secure mining rights for three ore sites,

chair and pushing a glass of juice towards Brielle, “Aren’t you a

knowing Andrew’s temper, she couldn’t predict how he might react. Fortunately, with Aubree gone, she had time

his teeth as if he was biting down on

been born a few years earlier, what would those bastards matter? If it weren’t for their control over ninety percent of the global diamond mining resources, I wouldn’t bother dealing with those savages who point guns at your head at the

their conversation, her

mineral resources at home, and

managed to procure a few mines, which laid the

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Andrew’s generation, the opposing company had resorted to gun-to-the-head tactics, trying to force him to relinquish his

to submit, but the current leader

was calm, “Doesn’t the director of

weakness?”

deeply in love, but while on

wife gave birth to a daughter. Due to the old generation’s monopoly in the diamond industry, they had made many enemies

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