"I'm your wife! Why can't I have a look?!"

Astrid, forgetting all pretense of decorum befitting a councilman's wife, grabbed his collar and shook him violently. She shouted hysterically. "I've been so good to you, and this is how you repay me? You heartless jerk!"

As she raised her hand to slap Theodore, he quickly grabbed her wrist and shoved her back forcefully.

"Argh!"

Astrid lost her balance and crashed into the door. The pain made her gasp, and her eyes widened in shock.

"How dare you hit me? I'm the heiress of the Iverson Group! How dare you lay your hands on me? Aren't you scared of me going home and telling my Dad and big brother that you've been hitting me?!" "Go ahead. Tell anyone as you please! I've had enough of you!"

Pushed to his limits, Theodore pointed accusingly at Astrid's stunned face. "The election is just around the corner. If you want to cause trouble and destroy everything we've built for years in one moment, just go ahead! Let me make this clear. Right now, our fates are intertwined. If I go down, so do all your aspirations!"

turned ghostly pale. She

could turn her dedicated efforts to build him up into

me, and I've endured it. You wanted a publicly affectionate and caring relationship, and I've given you that! From now on,

words translated into one clear message. He had grown confident under Astrid's care and was ready to take

sparing his wife another glance, he stormed out, slamming the door behind

floor, pitiful tears streaming

off fiercely, and forced a smile

going to be the future mayor's wife! I need to be magnanimous and see the bigger

for the inspection team took place at the

Solloway, Councilman Savoy, their wives, and other high-ranking officials and business elites from Savrow

the chairman and president of the Iverson group, Lance and

injuries, and the always-enigmatic Christopher, all members of the Iverson family were

the grandeur of the event, unnoticed by all, a black luxury minivan silently

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