Sentenced to Marriage by MadlainQ

His health

We had to wait for another hour until the chaos that we had caused at the shareholders’ meeting would finally pass, and we could hope for a moment of privacy. The pictures found by Alan and Norton helped define the ultimate villains and heroes in our story, and no one dared vote against firing the current CFO, COO, and CMO. Nonetheless, even if Aren had always been prepared to offer those positions to somebody else, in case it was necessary, a change like that could never look positive in the public’s eyes. Besides, there was one more issue that worried me…

“What if Hill, Cooper, and Dawson start spreading rumors about the company? They can say anything now; they are already fired, which means they have no restraints,” I said, as we walked out of the auditorium, heading to the elevator. Aren chuckled. “They are not going to talk “How can you be so sure?” “They broke one of the fundamental laws in their contracts with Lan Diamond Corporation. They know that they can expect lawsuits because of that, and adding insulting my wife as an acting CEO of the company is only going to increase the number of zeros in the demands paragraph.” He smirked and pulled my hand, heading toward the elevators. I narrowed my eyes at him. “I don’t get it. If they can already expect things to be bad and they no longer have anything to lose, wouldn’t they try to bring the company down with them?”

Aren locked his beautiful black irises on me, looking at me with absolute confidence. “They have everything to lose. They are going to count on a settlement that could save at least a tiny ounce of their fortunes. They are not going to jeopardize that.”

“Is Lan Diamond Corporation planning to go on a settlement with them?” I smiled wryly, starting to feel annoyed that those jerks could get away with what they did.

Aren grinned evilly. “Oh, we are surely going to make them an offer, but I doubt if any of them would accept it.”

His words made me more and more confused. “The more reasons they’ll have to defame Lan Diamond Corporation. All they have to do is go to the press, and -”

“No one will talk to them,” he claimed, walking into his private elevator and pressing the top floor button.

I followed him, giving him a crooked smile. “I’m not certain what gives you all this confidence.

“You,” he said before kissing my forehead. “You gave me a perfect weapon against them.’

I gasped. “You mean the information I found to blackmail them? Are you going to threaten them that you will leak it to the press?”

“No, we will release it anyway because I am planning to crush them all for what they did. I merely don’t intend to put my former executives in the recent headlines.” He chuckled coldly.

“I will wait. I will let them live, breathe, and hope. And then I will take their money for defamation, destroy their lives by using the information you found, and finally, send them to jail for bribery.”

down my spine. “Remind me never to

laughed and slid his arms around my waist. “That will never

to stroke his cheek when suddenly I realized that his skin was cold. I looked at him closely… Only then did I see that he was pale, pretending to

feeling guilty that I hadn’t noticed it before. He didn’t answer, only smiled faintly before leaning forward inertly into my arms. Under his weight, I stumbled back against the elevator wall. “Aren!” I called out, watching him lose consciousness. He lifted his head slightly to look at me but wasn’t strong enough to stand. Once the elevator door opened, I pushed him away and put

the clinic,” I said to Neil while I trembled in fear, guilty that he had overstrength

my heart with anxiety again. I rushed to give him a glass of water. I sat next to him on the sofa and held the glass against his mouth so that he

when I took Mr. Lan out of the clinic, and” His words were cut by the sound of the slamming open door as Miranda stormed into Aren’s

door behind her. “If he has a death wish, then I could be the one

front of her,

your voice down. I know that he acted recklessly, but he did it

Miranda,” Aren mumbled, a faint smirk crossing his

and examining his pupils, and couldn’t help but feel annoyed. I knew that she was a doctor and his friend,

should go back to the clinic. You didn’t even let any doctor examine you before

that suit and escaped from the clinic.” Her irritation

I burst out

tell me what was going on, and going here seemed

your life?! Are

shout at

him!” I hissed. “Ladies… please…” Neil stepped in, trying to calm us down, but he only made our glares shift

didn’t want to act reasonable, then at least you should,” Miranda said, crossing arms over

be sure that you are really all right.” I stroked

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