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    II Kinghed dryly. "I never wanted his money. After all, we''re only in the early stages of dating"


    clocked on tongue in dissatisfaction as I said it.


    I thought about my rtionship with Logan. I didn''t think I felt anything. He was like a breath of fresh air, appearing in my world of darkness. Then, without a word, he stayed. We had a decent rtionship, but itcked passion Perhaps we were trying to avoid suspicion. Avoid suspicions? The woods flickered in my mind. Instantly, the ck card in my hand didn''t seem as intimidating anymore.


    Teidi''t know why I was suddenly upset. She urged me to get ready and quickly head out to ripe that card


    Ichanged into a dress and put on light makeup.


    As I was cleaning up. Mr.Wb-called.


    "Ms. York Mr. Linden wants to settle with you outside of court,"


    I was confused "Has he agreed to settle?"


    Mr. Webb said, "Yes I suggest listening to Mr. Linden''s proposal. If we''re agreeable to the terms, we don''t need to take this to court."


    I paused for a long time before asking. "Is he really willing to return the money to


    Mr. Webbhetated briefly. "He should return some of it, but we need to discuss this. Mr. Linden said he''d like to discuss the specifics with you personally."


    Tinstinctively avoided it. "I don''t want to speak to him face-to-face about this "


    Mr. Webbsighed. "know. Why don''t we meet with Mr. Linden''swyer to find out more?


    I quickly nodded, "Okay, go ahead. It''s best if we cane to an agreement, but..


    I hesitated for a long time before I said, "Tell Elijah I don''t want to talk about it face-to-face, I don''t want that at


    Mr. Webb replied Elijah swiftly.


    However, au Teri and were about to head out, Mr. Webb called again.


    Lfrowned "What does Elijah want now?"Property of N?)(velDr(a)ma.Org.


    1. Webb sighed. “He said if you''re willing to meet him, he''ll unconditionally return the 50 million dors and the dividends.”


    I was shocked and locked at my phone It really was Mr. Webb, not some kind of prank call


    Teci came and asked about what happened I repeated what Mr. Wabb said to her. To my surprise, Teri got angry.


    She took the phone from me and said to Mr. Webb, "Mr. Webb, tell Elijah that the money is rightfully aui''s. He can dream on if he wants to push Arito a corner with the money!" I quickly snatched the phone from her and asked, "Mr. Webb, how sincere do you think be 10"


    Mr. Webb seemed to hesitate.


    After a long time, he finally said, "Based on my years of experience, Mr. Linden seems pretty sincere. But the amount is too huge, so I''m unsure if he''ll return on his word."


    I nodded. “Okay. Tell him that agree to settle, but if I''m happy with the settlement perms, there won''t be another chance,


    Mr. Webb immediately agreed


    After ended the call, Terexpressed her dissatisfaction "Ari, this could be a y. He''ll never return the money. It''s a huge amount...


    I shook my head. "I know he''ll never return all of it to me, but this is a chance, isn''t it?"


    Teil sighed. "I still think Elijah is up to no good


    Trii widened her eyes. "You know, yet you agreed to it."


    I appeared indiferent.” still have stry, right? Maybe Mom and Dad will forgive me it I can get the money back"