"The Prescott Family's financial support to the Aldridge Family must not be interrupted. You need to have the contract written out in black and white before we talk." With a sharp sound, he slammed the contract onto the table in front of me.
I was momentarily stunned, instinctively picking it up to examine it.
The contract was meticulously detailed, laying out all my demands, even specifying Aldridge Family's future shares, dividends and the contract’s duration.
I looked up at him, feeling a strange mix of unfamiliarity and pity.
Seeing the person I loved give his heart to someone else, that suffocating pain tugged relentlessly at my chest.
"Mr. Prescott, you spend a fortune for love? you really have guts." I let out a cold laugh, then signed the contract without a second thought.
I pulled out the phone with Astrid’s number stored in it and tossed it toward him.
"Astrid came back a month ago. Use this phone to call her, she’ll pick up."
Not long after Lucian left, the phone at home rang.
"Lucian doesn't want you anymore? Do you have any idea how hard the Aldridge Family is struggling right now? And you're just going to let go of someone like Lucian?"