Chapter 12 It seemed unlikely that someone with her lifestyle could have independently earned twenty million.

And if she had the means and ambition to earn that much, why would she settle for a marriage of convenience for just two million?

Oliver, with a quick, regretful gesture, bowed his head.

“I apologize, sir.

It was my oversight.

I’ll look into Mrs.

Norris’s financial activities immediately.”

Albin, smirking, nudged Elijah lightly, his voice filled with mockery.

“Elijah, don’t tell me you got dumped! I’ve always said, women need affection! If you neglect them too long, they’ll look elsewhere… And now, here you are, tangled in complications.”

He stopped abruptly as he caught the coldness in Elijah’s stare.

Only then did he realize that Sandra was still present.

Albin glanced at Sandra, noticing that her smile had stiffened slightly.

“Sorry!” he exclaimed, playfully slapping his forehead and making a show of zipping his lips.

Sandra turned her attention to Elijah, her fingers gently wrapped around his arm, her expression one of empathy.

“Did I somehow cause your wife to misunderstand? I can clear things up with her if you’d like.”

A deep furrow appeared on Elijah’s brow as he frowned.

this have to do with you?” he asked, his

promised silence, blurted out again, unable to

my! Elijah, have you been living under a rock? Haven’t

a

the paparazzi caught photos of you helping me out of

have

rumors as soon as they started, but

trailed off, heavy with a

became

to

Oliver, who was visibly nervous under

been focused on

affairs all day and missed

fault,” Oliver said, anxiety

“I’ll handle it immediately.”

urgency, Oliver excused himself

Sandra nervously fidgeted with her clothing, her eyes

bit her lip, her voice barely a

I becoming a burden to

phone face down on

you,” he

a bit of a meltdown,

got nowhere else to go

she

as influential as

golden opportunity that shouldn’t

Elijah’s companions interjected, raising his drink

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