My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

I didn't understand her, so I said, "Tell me everything, then we'll sort it out."

I thought that my tone was adequately calm.

However, she still spat back in disdain, "You used the profit Advancer Tech has been gaining all these years to help Irvin turn his business around. But have you ever considered that this money and action of yours can be used against Irvin? This was obviously an illegal loan! Now that the news is out, the Granger Group shares are plummeting, and the Grangers will soon be a laughing stock. We will never survive this. Arianna, you're despicable."

I frowned, "What do you mean it was an illegal loan?"

The profits from Advancer Tech had always been in my account. I never used them in all these years. If it weren't for my need to repay Irvin's kindness, I would not have used the money at all. "That money was Advancer Tech's official earnings. How did it become an illegal loan?"

"You'll need to ask your husband," she sneered. "You two are really something. One is acting innocent while the other pretends to be all righteous but stabs us in the back, not even letting us off for one bit." What she said got me confused.

I was silent for a while before telling her, "If the Granger Group is having problems because of this money, I'll take care of it. It's getting late. Please head home."

After all, we were friends before. It was inappropriate to say more.

still pregnant, so I couldn't blame her for getting worked

to the study and found Hendrix smoking on the

smoke filled the room. I looked at the

him and asked, "It's already

back facing me; things felt distant

on the table,

life. He would normally not accept the money, but he had no choice this time because it could save him his life. So,

the cigarette he held in his hands still had

I continued, "If you blame me for not discussing this matter with you, then that's my problem. It has nothing to do with the Granger Group. Hendrix, if

with furrowed brows. He stared at me and asked, "What's fair

I returned a frown, "Didn't we agree to let

of the one month Irvin spent taking care of

his gaze visibly

me, and his grim aura overwhelmed