Elijah was momentarily speechless. "What? You gotta be kidding me!"
Regaining hisposure, he exploded with rage. "Logan, what are you ying at?" Logan simply smiled, calm and unbothered. "This is nothing more than the truth"
Elijah''s face contorted in anger. "Truth? This is clearly clearly yourtest scheme!"
Logan raised an eyebrow, teigning confusion. "A scheme? 1 just thought of in moments ago-pretty fresh, wouldn''t you say?"
Elijah''s face darkened further, his usualposate slipping
Jocelyn, watching us with clenched fists, suddenly interjected, "But wasn''t the six million transferred directly from Ms. York to Silverwood''s ount?" Teri shot back."1 loaned that money to Ana. Do you have a problem with that?"
This left Elijah and Jocelyn momentarily speechless
I felt a surge of satisfaction, though I knew Elijah wouldn''t give up so easily.
Sure enough, Elijah''s cold gazended on me "Fine, Ariana. Let''s take this to court and see if your line story holds up. Let''s see if the judge believes you."
I returned his re. "Very well then I''ll see you in court. As for the money, Mr. Linden, you might want to focus on your own finances. If I''m not mistaken, Linden Group doesn''t have the liquidity for five billion dors right now. Elijah fell silent. He finally turned to Jocelyn and said, "Let''s go."
With a cool tone, Logan said, "Just a word of advice, Mr Linden-a man who wrongs his wife won''t see fortunee his way."
Elijah halted in his tracks as if something had struck a chord, and a flicker of guiltersser
Tossed his eyes.
A pang went through me, a half-forgotten echo of past hurts and regrets. But he left without another word, taking Jocelyn with him. Ms. Trenton looked at Logan and me with a smile. "You two make quite the couple."
Embarrassed, I murmured, "Thank you, Ms Trenton, for standing up for us earlier
She smiled warmly. "Please, just call me Crystal. And Mr. Wood is absolutely right-you need to ensure your assets aren''t at risk of division" She shook her head with a sigh. "I heard that Mr. Linden was some kind of business genius. Today, I see he''s not all that impressive."
Logan turned to her and said, "Ms. Trenton, allocate my investment share to Ms. Stuart."
Logan shook his head. "Silly girl prime investment opportunities like this don''t alwayse around
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Just as I was about to get in the car in the parking lot, I saw a car door open from a short distance away. Elijah stepped out and started walking toward me
Instinctively, I pulled back, wanting to get in the car quiddy
Elijah''s expression wasplicated as he called out, "Ari, can we talk?"
I nced at Logan, and he stepped out of the car, moving to stand in front of Elijah with aposed expression.
"Mr. Linden, talling after someone isn''t very gentlemanly. If you have something to discuss, take it up with herwyer."
Elijah shot him a cold look "And trying to steal someone''s wife is hardly the act of a gentleman either."
A vein in Elijah''s neck throbbed, his frustration turning into anger. "Logan, have ever wronged you? Why are you so intent on getting in my way?"
Logan''s smile was faint, almost taunting. "Well, that was because you never appreciated her "
Logan shook his head, histone dismissive. "You''ve done nothing to me. I just don''t like you, that''s all."
Elijah was at a loss for words
I was stunned after hearing their exchange. Afraid things might spiral out of control after Logan''s words for him, I quickly ushered Logan back into the car.
If they kept talking, a fight would break out-and I had a feeling Elijah wouldn''t stand a chance against Logan
I turned to Elijah. "What do you want to talk about?"