<b>Chapter </b><b>175 </b>
Katrina logged into her all ount and spilled the messy love bute saga between Griffin and Hannah, leavingizens arly thinned.
“Turns out he’s just a hopeless romantic crazy in love”
“He’s maliciously ndering his own cousin for a woman who’s alreadyken. What a lost cause
A reached out to Mason and entrusted him with thewsuit.
At that moment, Mason sat at home, his heart pounding wildly
Why did Aria ask me to handle this case?” he thought anously. ‘Shouldn’t she have gone to Cheen? Could it be that she found out..? This is bad, really bad:
But he couldn’t refuse. Turning her down would only make things more suspicious
Suppressing! hispanic, Mason considered contacting his aplices, but he was afraid of leaving more evidence behind
Resigned to his fate, he opened hisptop and <b>began </b><b>drafting </b>thewsuit
It wasn’t until the next day that Owen learned Aria had hired Mason for her case.
As Owen passed by Mason’s office, he lingered for a few seconds.
Mason abruptly looked up and met his gaze, his heart nearly stopped.
“M… Mr. Shaw, if something wrong?” Mason stammered.
“Nothing,” Owen replied coolly.
With that, he walked <b>away </b>
Tormented by quilt and fear, Mason could only bury <b>himself </b>in work, desperately <b>trying </b>to numb his ansiety
waspletely baffled when the police showed up at his door.
Griffin was
He didn’t know that Aria was highly respected that spreading rumors about her would cause serious trouble.
Tristan and Amelia rushed to the Saxon family home. When Zog found out that Griffin had been spreading rumors, she was <b>so </b>funous that she smashed <b>a </b>cup and immediately drove her elder brother and sister–inw away.
Hannah sneered as <b>she </b>read the news of Griffin being hauled away by the police. Tossing her phone aside, she scoffed, “What a useless piece of trash.”
Liam walked into the bedroom, startled by the icy expression on Hannah’s <b>face</b>.
<b>But </b>as soon as she saw him, her features softened into a gentle smile. She wrapped her arms around his waist and asked sweetly, Lam, when should wo have our wedding?”
Liam slowly <b>snapped </b>out of his thoughts, his gaze <b>fanding </b>on the phone on the bed. He saw the image.
Suddenly, realization hit him.
He turned to Hannah, his voice sharp. “Hannah, have you been in contact with Griffin”
Hannah’s expression faltered for a moment, but she quicklyposed herself. “No<b>, </b>he keeps bothering me, but I haven’t replied at all, I can show you the chat history
“No need,” m replied everly. “I trust you.”
He didn’t dwell on it. “Hannah, I’ve already asked my assistant to pick out wedding gowns for you.”
Without another word, Hannah rose on her toes and kissed him.
Just then, the shrill ring of a phone shattered their intimate moment.
It was Liam’s secretary on the line.
“Mr. Cole, there’s been an explosion at the factory. Several engineers have been injured
y advisor” he waited dramatically
Meanwhile…
Derek rushed over to Aria’s ce, just to freak out,
“Aria! Now I totally regret switching majors for grad school, otherwise, I could’ve picked you as my
Aria shook her head. “It’s way toote for regrets. The exam’s only a few days away.”
Aria looked <b>at </b>him, her expressionplicated. “What major are you applying for?”
“Computer science, Derek replied.
“Do you really like it?” Aria asked.
“Then what are you regretting?” Aria pressed.
Derek grinned.” my advisor were you, that’d be such a fast
Ariastuted him with <b>a </b>prating gaze.
“What on earth did the Fletcher family do to him? This poor kid is so starved for love that he came to me, she thought.
“Are you staying at home those days?” Aria asked.
“Yeah.” A flicker of loneliness shed in Derek’s eyes.
He and his cousin were both at Mandine University. His cousin was aiming for Kanit University’s graduate program, while he was reapplying to Mandina.
Both were top universities in the country, equallypetitive to get into.
No one seemed to believe he could make it. All the attention and expectations were <b>on </b><b>his </b>cousin
Only his eldest brother ever bothered to ask how he was doing.
Aria asked again, “How far <b>is </b>your exam location from home<b>?</b>”
“About an hour’s drive, Derek replied.
“Will the family driver take you <b>there</b>?” Aria continued.
“Well.. I suppose sol Derek answered hesitantly.
Aria said, <b>“</b>give you a ride at six–thirty”
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Derek’s head shot up, his eyes instantly lighting up
Ana grinned. “Just kidding.”
“Really?”