Chapter: 123

He said this last line so quietly it was almost a whisper.

Ariana listened intently to the whole story. When he was finished, she sneered, “I want to take back what I said. That’s not love but the story of a stupid woman.”

She seemed to pique his interest with this comment. “Then what about you?” he asked, sitting up straighter and moving closer to her. “Love or profit. Which would you choose?”

As his eyes examined her, she felt it was oddly familiar. It was a feeling of being trapped in a cage, suffocating.

She lowered her eyes, avoiding the question.

“I’m not here to watch a movie. I just want to make that clear. I don’t know where you got that ruby necklace but that doesn’t matter. I want it.”

is very important to me. What would you like for it?

studied her quietly for a long time, as a light seemed to

him

want money, I

eyes were still fixed on her face and she felt

kidding me? I told you

that had appeared between her eyebrows. “Yes, I know. I want you to divorce that disabled man of

the man in astonishment. His words had puzzled

at her, like a hunter watching his prey. At any moment he could strike and

“Are you unwilling?”

of his face was covered by a mask but what she could see was beautiful. As he spoke, she watched his lips.

roses had thorns. His eyes were sharp, and

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