Chapter 616

lan had figured out that simply trying to please a woman like Maja wouldn’t cut it. He needed to switch up his game.

He told her straight up, “No sex, just kisses”

He made a concession, and she agreed in a heartbeat.

She’d been married for three years, but she had no idea that sometimes, getting hot and heavy could be more torturous than anything else.

As lan was leaving. Maja walked him to the door.

Just as he was about to enter the elevator, he glanced back at her.

“Report to my office this afternoon,” he instructed.

Maja nodded.

As the elevator doors closed, his lengthy hand reached out and stopped them, “Did you throw away your wedding ring?” She once got mad at him over that ring. Now that she was divorced, she must have tossed it, right?

Maja had never had a wedding ring, so she nodded without hesitation, “I threw it away.”

A smile flickered in lan’s eyes. “See you this afternoon then.”

He pressed the elevator button.

Maja watched the elevator doors close before she headed back to her room.

lan immediately informed the Shepard family that he’d found a better business partner.

The Shepard family was thrown into chaos. Carlene even made several calls to him.

one of them. On the other end, he could hear her

this? Do you know how important this investment is to the Shepard family? You’d never

gripped the steering wheel,

me using my brother, that was

face paling. He knew everything.

the night his notebook was burned. He wouldn’t let

continued to cry on the phone, eventually blaming

were here, he wouldn’t let the Shepard family go bankrupt. You stopped caring about me because you fell for Penny. Are you treating Eric right? He was very

His voice was

Shepard family benefited

was speechless. His words were colder.

you continue like this, the Shepard family will go bankrupt even faster.”

in her heart as if she could hear her

could she forget? The Shepard family always said lan was cold–blooded.

up the phone in tears, then sent Maja a string of

them and

with one text.

making a fool of yourself, Ms. Shepard.”

fainted. But now the Shepard family needed investors, or they

news of lan refusing to invest in the Shepard family was well–known. If he didn’t want

people are likelier to kick you when you’re down

result, the stock of the Shepard family continued

of the Shepard family began to blame

messages to Maja from different numbers, mentioning Laura repeatedly, trying to pressure

put her phone on silent. She ignored it all. After all, Carlene was just

ineffective, Carlene could only vent her

heard a

rushed downstairs and saw Dalia slamming a document

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