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    n instinctively nced toward Freya, wondering if discord had developed between them.


    Freya noted his hesitation and remarked, “He directs his question to you. Why divert your attention to me?”


    n’s internal rm systems activated with fierce urgency. These two were unquestionably embroiled in some disagreement. Without a doubt.


    n said, dead serious, without the slightest flicker of hesitation, “As a man, you ought to mean what you say.”


    “Well then, I insist you carry on as the president of Briggs Group,” Ellis quipped, a mischievous gleam dancing in his eyes.


    What did Ellis just say? n stared at him,pletely bewildered. “What are you talking about?”


    Ellis casually pulled out his phone and, without ceremony, hit y on a recording from the previous night. The audio echoed through the room, loud and unmistakable—their conversation, yed back word for word.


    “Do you want Freya to suffer?”


    “No.”


    “Do you want her to be overworked?”


    “No.”


    “Then how about you keep managing Briggs Group?”


    “No problem!”


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    As the recording clicked to an end, n stood frozen, blindsided. When did that even happen? He couldn’t remember a single second of it.


    “Mina,” he groaned, his good opinion of Ellis plummeting at an rming rate. “Let me help you find another boyfriend—this one’s way too cunning. You really can’t keep him!”


    He’d been duped. Ellis was way too cunning. What a snake!


    Even Freya was caught off guard. “When did you record this?”


    “Before I took him to his roomst night,” Ellis replied, absentmindedly toying with his phone.


    Naturally, he wanted the best for Freya. If that meant n had to take the hit, then so be it.


    n feltpletely wronged.


    “Elli and Mina want you to run thepany for your own good,” Ethel said soothingly, though it did little to ease the sting. “That way, your talents won’t go to waste. Sure, it’s tiring, but the fame and fortune make it worthwhile.”


    “If it’s so worthwhile, why don’t you do it?” n shot back, eyes narrowing.


    “No way, it’s far too exhausting.”


    “And I deserve that?”


    “Even if you’re tired, you’ve got to suck it up. It’s not like you have the world’s greatest elder cousin,” Ethel replied, blinking her clear eyes, her tone dripping with yful sweetness.


    n’s temper evaporated almost instantly. Alright, fine. He’d spoil them. After all, he was the best cousin in the world.


    “Let’s get one thing straight—I’m happy to be the best cousin you two could ever ask for. But once you’re married and have kids, one of them better take over thepany,” n relented, ncing at both Freya and Ellis. “If not, I swear I’ll break my promise!”


    He could hold the reins for a few more years. But the moment Freya and Ellis tied the knot and had a child, he was out.


    Freya stayed silent.


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