The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 90

Chapter 90: Gina's plans

Gina sat in her fancy living room, surrounded by expensive

paintings and silk curtains that she had picked out herself. The leather couch felt cool beneath her as she watched her husband Martin walk back and forth across the polished wooden floor.

His footsteps made soft thumping sounds that matched her heartbeat. She could tell he was really upset his face was red, and his hands kept clenching into fists at his sides.

His niece Anya had just gotten married without telling anyone.

"You are making me dizzy," Gina said, and he paused.

"Anya says she is married," he said, and Gina sat up.

"She said that? Martin, honey, maybe we should think about this differently," Gina said calmly, smoothing her skirt with her perfectly manicured hands. "Getting angry about Anya's marriage won't change anything. She could be lying." She watched his reaction carefully, like a cat watching a mouse.

Martin stopped walking and turned to look at her. His face showed how desperate and angry he felt. Deep wrinkles appeared on his forehead, and his eyes blazed with fury. "And if she isn't? Do you understand what this means? She did not marry who we chose. What if he looks into her assets and her mother's things pop up? That is all that we own!"

Gina was always good at coming up with plans. "Martin, sometimes we have to accept what happens and work with it. Instead of trying to break up Anya's marriage, why don't we try to use it to help us? We could find out who this man is and maybe make some good connections. Every problem can become an opportunity if you look at it the right way."

Martin looked confused, running his hands through his graying hair. "What do you mean? How could Anya's marriage possibly help us?" He collapsed into the armchair across from her,

looking tired and defeated.

her chair and looked straight

even know who Anya married. If we're smart about this, we might be able to use this new connection to help our business. Maybe her husband is rich or knows important people. In our world, connections are everything, aren't they?" "That's ridiculous!" Martin burst out,

found her someone perfect-Timothy! He has such a bright future, and she doesn't even care." He was so angry he looked like he wanted to yell

You're right

distress.

trying to calm him

Timothy, maybe she found someone even better. This is a big city with millions of people. There could be even more powerful people out there that we don't know about. Sometimes the biggest tigers are the ones hiding in the

you have a point, Gina. If we can learn more about Anya's husband and use that connection to help our business, it

would

smile. "We need to be clever about this. Instead of fighting against Anya's choice, let's find a way to make it work for us, even if we're just pretending to accept the marriage. We can't

work out, there are other ways to get what we want," Gina added

his pacing to stare at her with

be married to be a hostage," she

you mean?" Martin asked again, leaning forward

casual

they were discussing something as simple as the weather. "She only needs to stay with their family until the deal is done. It's a simple solution, really." "But what about her husband?"

that mean we have a powerful son-in-law?" Gina pointed out, spreading her

marriage, but secretly we'll gather information and make

"That's the right way to think about it. Let's make something good come from this surprise.