บท 20: Have you fallen for Ms. Barton?
The check was somewhat stiff, causing a hard, painful scrape across her face. She froze in place for a few seconds before bending down quietly to pick up the check. Seeing the amount written on it, the bitterness from the corners of her mouth spread to her entire chest. Five years in exchange for five hundred million - quite a worthwhile trade. Five years ago, she really needed the money. But now, she had no need for it.
Alla calmly placed the check back in the car. "Mr. Davies is quite generous, but if I take this money, it won't be easy for me to marry into the Roman family with a clear conscience." Her words implied that compared to the position of Mrs. Roman, five hundred million was nothing. Accepting his money would instead affect her chances of marrying into the wealthy family.
Only at this moment did Casiano understand why she didn't want a penny from him – she had plans to marry into a wealthy family. The doubts in his heart completely dissipated. When he looked at her again, it was as if he was looking at a stranger, devoid of any emotion. "Alla, from now on, never appear before me again."
Alla smiled indifferently, "Don't worry." She would never have the chance to appear before him again, because she had no future. Her deep-seated love for him would also be buried in the grave over time, unknown to anyone...
At Casiano's private estate, the assistant parked the car at the entrance, and Eric quickly got out. Just as he was about to enter the villa to find Casiano, a Koenigsegg drove into the garden. A man nearly one meter and ninety centimeters tall stepped out of the car. His physique was tall and straight, with perfect proportions and not a single flaw. The arrogant aura he exuded carried a strong pressure that deterred people from approaching casually.
Even Eric, upon seeing Casiano like this, would feel a bit frightened, let alone his opponents. He adjusted his emotions and walked up to Casiano. "Second Brother, you're back?" He wanted to ask where his second brother had been, as he had left before him but returned even later. However, seeing Casiano's dark and ugly face, he didn't ask.
Casiano did not respond and walked straight past him into the villa. The servant waiting at the entrance saw him enter, quickly bowed, and respectfully greeted "Mr. Davies". Casiano took off his suit jacket and tie, handed them to the servant, and walked over to the wine cabinet. He casually took two high-end wine glasses, poured some awakened wine into them, and turned to hand one to Eric. "What's the matter?"
Eric rarely visited his private villa. Coming over so late, he must have something to say. Eric took the red wine, gave him a glance, and seeing his face no longer as dark as before, boldly spoke up. "Second Brother, did Ms. Barton offend you before?"
The always gentlemanly Casiano had actually poured wine over a woman's head, a sight Eric was seeing for the first time. Casiano gave him a cold glance, "Don't ask what you shouldn't."
Eric didn't get angry when rebuked; instead, he laughed, "Could she be the woman you're keeping outside?" He knew his second brother had a mistress, but he had never seen her. If his brother hadn't acted so unusually tonight, he might never have known who that woman was.
Casiano lifted his dark and gloomy eyes, looking at him coldly, "What are you trying to say?" Eric had intended to probe a bit further, but seeing him so straightforward, he decided not to beat around the bush. He put away his gentle smile and asked solemnly, "Second Brother, have you fallen for Ms. Barton?"
Seeing Casiano target Alla so much in the night, he guessed she was the woman his second brother had been keeping for five years. At first, when he saw that Alla looked a bit like Ella, he thought his second brother was just using her as Ella's replacement. But later, his brother unexpectedly lost control over Ms. Barton, to put it accurately, he was jealous. Anyone in the world could be jealous, but not his brother, so this was not a good thing.
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