<b>Chapter </b><b>182 </b>
Owen messaged Aria, but she still hadn’t replied.
He was about to knock on her door when, through the tracked doorway, he heard the sharp sound of a p.
Instinctively, he fore–walking out now would just be awkward.
The p had at least masked the noise of the door opening, but now the apartment was so quiet, any sound would be obvious.
He left his door just barely ajar and waited by the entrance.
Liam, smarting from the p, sobered up a bit.
He knew he was out of line, but he <b>couldn’t </b>let the Cole Group copse–not if there was even a chance Aria could save it.
At this point, he’d lost all pride, every shred of dignity scattered at his feet.
Aria stared at him coldly. “Try acting pathetic again and I make sure the Cole Group disappears from this world. Don’t believe me? You’re wee to
tast me..
There was an icy, dangerous edge to her eyes<b>, </b>a chill that couldn’t be disguised. It was nothing like the way Hannah looked at him.
In fact, A
<b>Aria </b>had never looked at Liam with warmth, not even the first day they met.
Her words <b>had </b>been gentle, but her attitude was <b>always </b>cistant.
For the first time, Liam understood–<b>maybe </b>she truly never liked him. “Then why.. why did <b>you </b>agree to marry me in the first ce?” he finally asked.
She paused mid–motion, looking at <b>him </b>intently. “Because you proposed.”
Liam’s mouth twisted in disbelief. “So, if anyone else had proposed, you’d <b>have </b>said yes to them too<b>!</b><b>” </b>
“As long as he wasn’t a terrible person and had a <b>clean </b>record, sure.
He clenched his fists. “You think marriage is some <b>kind </b>of joke?”
Aria answered evenly, “I told you from the start–I needed the mariage to avoid something, and that i <b>have </b><b>a </b><b>cold </b>personality and a bad temper. <b>I </b><b>could </b>never promise I’d fall for <b>you</b><b>.</b><b>” </b>
He froze. That really was what she’d said; back then, he’d just thought she was ying hard to gi
Aris let out <b>a </b>mockingugh. “You proposed to me so Daniel would let you go abroad. We both had our reasons so let’s not point fingers.
“I respected your choices, whether you left or <b>stayed</b>; I took care of the Cole Group and <b>your </b>family, I owe you nothing. I owe the Cole family nothing. Now, get out<b>.</b>”
She mmed the door. Liam just stood there, stunned
Daniel had said he couldn’t leave for overseas unless he found a wife to take
From the very start, he’d been wrong about everything.
He stumbled away<b>, </bpletely lost.
over thepany.
Owen, who’d been waiting in his doorway, looked across the hall, aplicated expression in his eyes.
He never would have guessed the reason Aria had married Liam was to escape something.
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But what was it? He considered for a second–two years ago, she was only twenty, and the Solemnity <b>Guild </b>didn’t let <b>people </b>go <b>eatly</b>. She wo
with the Sons, so…..
If only the Saxon family had shown her a bit more love, she’d never have ended <b>up </b>entangled with Liam,
Leaning against the wall, Owen waited five minutes before pressing the doorbell,
This time, Derek opened up, yelling, “Who the hell–He stopped short, jaw dropping. “You.. you’re Mr. Shaw
Owen was surprised too. “Der…”
“Derek,” he corrected quickly, “Derek Fletcher. Sorry about earlier, I thought you <b>were </b>that other guy. What brings you here?”
Owen replied gently, “I live across the hall, I was Aria’swyer.”
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