The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 120 The Game Just Changed

“It wouldn’t bother me, even if they did end up working together, Stella said calmly.

er partner up. That much, Stella was sure of

Besides, there was no way Ethan and Abraham would ever

“Then can you at least throw me a bone?” Louis was at his wit’s end. Abraham had completely shut him out, and it had been cating at him for days,

“This doesn’t sound like a personal issue,” Stella replied. “It’s probably a problem with the contract you gave him.”

“The contract?” Louis blinked

Stella nodded, “You’re not like Ethan. There’s nothing personal going on with you–at least not from Abraham’s side.”

“You really mean that?”

“Why would I lie to you?”

Louis fell quict. The contract… is that really the issue? Wait–now that Stella had said it out loud, something suddenly clicked The Parker Group always used the same standard contracts when partnering with others. No exceptions. Could it be that one particular clause–the one that restricted the other party- was what pissed Abraham off?

As the thought hit him, Louis slapped the table and stood up. “Damn, I totally overlooked that.”

Stella said nothing,

have someone take care of it right away. Oh, and… Louis glanced at Stella, then added. “There’s history between Lillian and Ethan. She saved his life once. When something starts with that kind of bond and turns into something more… it’s not

the favor. Louis had just handed over

right now. She was the one who spread the news about

truth was, no one could ever say for sure what a woman

just didn’t want her wasting her time on a guy like

out–wasn’t someone

to be

velvet box down on her desk. “Anyway,

he taking it back. Taking back a gift just wasn’t something he

Stella’s office, he

pissed And when he saw Louis walking

thought–the one he hated–came

other, Ethan grabbed Louis by the wrist. “What the h’ll were you

Ethan knew, Stella and Louis had no connection

was Louis visiting her

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to conclusions about Stella, as if she were some kind of reckle more than ready to sit back and watch Abraham

pushed Ethan over the

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hand’s still busted and it looks like your legs not doing much better. Are you sure you want

anything that just made it worse. The second Louis said in the fury on Ethan’s