Chapter 225

My brows furrowed.

"Already?"

She nodded, eyes dancing. “He says he doesn't need to wait till next month anymore. He's ready to sign. That is after I convinced him like you wanted. He even mentioned possibly inviting your parents to the council banquet next month."

I looked down at the floor for a second.

Fuck.

That moved faster than I thought.

"With this, you'll be in the big books once again, and your investors will come running back to you, including Wescor."

I didn't expect Mellors to be this eager.

Although, the partnership was only meant to be the first public move-to test the waters, to show the Wescor and Belinzo crowd and the other import lords that I wasn't radioactive. It also meant that my plans were almost at its climax.

Which meant I had a shorter time to pull out cleanly than I thought.

Which meant-

"...Why aren't you smiling?" she asked, her voice suddenly softer, her face dropping into a frown.

I looked up, forcing a half-smile I didn't mean.

quickly

collar of my shirt with a wide smile on her deep

want a repeat of what happened the other day. Kasmine couldn't see us like this ever again. She might never forgive me if

the man everyone talks about after

added, "And I'm glad I'm the one beside you when it

I didn't respond.

in the corner of my mind, all I could see was

plan had

I called, and she hummed a response, her hands still straightening out my sleeves as she tilted her

was

to make a press appearance tomorrow," I continued, "Talk about tonight's deal. About

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of pride I hadn't

that this move had nothing to do with s

because, I've earned it. Not

blinked once, slowly, her lashes

that had just realized the cage

I continued, "I don't want anyone thinking I used this marriage as a fucking elevator to get where I'm going. This win is mine.

A beat of silence.

she might protest, but the look in her eyes shifted, the wheels turning in her

a draft under a door she

asked softly, like maybe she wasn't sure anymore what

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