章 36: Chapter 36: Her Feelings For Him

Avery can feel her heart race as she continued the conversation. She knew making deals with a bunch of people would not do her any good but there were just some things she couldn’t control on her own. If she eliminated Ji, everything would go as planned.

She and Carson would be happy. She suddenly paused by her own thought.

“Okay. I want you to end up with Carson. That’s all I ask.”

She frowned by the request. “Alex, you know I don’t---“

“I am risking a lot of things with your request too. My company could go down because of what you wanted.”

Avery gulped. “Are you sure this is what you wanted?” Alexander laughed from the other line, “Seeing you happy is what I want. I’ll give an update within the month.”

Before she could say anything else, the line was cut off. She took a deep breath and turned to Carson. How could she settle?

That afternoon, Avery was almost done with her work when Carson walked up to her. “You mentioned that charity that would let me paint, remember?”