The Mariage Bargain: Betrothed To Mr. CEO

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d disbelief. "You know Orion

through his dark hair. "Juni

t bubbled over. "That man deceived me, humiliated me in the

er. No need to get riled up. Lucian and I g

made a mockery of my love? Who had

o what you did t

please calm down and let me expla

h of them. "You take his side, as usual

rs ago when my father disowned me after my accident, I was left with nothing. B

n's face and my anger softened a fr

ontracts, profit margins, unreleased projections - all priceless intel. I used it to

. "He gave me the means to build my independence, to esc

hreatened to strip me of my company shares and ruin my career. But

en when Orion's schemes got...questionable. I ignored what I disapp

en them, mutual sacrifices and looking the other way at times. No wond

ned to be fully honest going forward, Juniper. I hope you can accept the comp

uch deception and double dealings between ev

ut you must understand how difficult this is for me to accept. The man sitting in fron

y the depth of my pain and anger. He shi

d to believe in his decency, and his care for me. But now you tell me he's been in allian

promise full transparency from now on. No lies by omission, no half-tr

deception, it seemed impossible. But Lucia

ill negotiate revised terms that give you your fair share of the business

public legal battle. Likely for fear his father would catch wind of his dece

ou once. But he knows it's in his best interests now to make amends discreetly.

ast, I nodded. "Alright. I'll trust your judgement. But I won't hol

ed placating gesture. "You have my wor

would allow this negotiation to proceed, if only

**

draft settlement agreement. Lucian looked

r part, actually. Fifty per cent of future profits in perpetuity. S

ption with Orion had come to light, an undercurrent of tension existed between Lucian and

and scrawled his signature at the bottom of the contract.

solved amicably. But his cheerful manne

the study. I glared hatefully at my ex, wondering if Lucian truly graspe

ee table where the contract papers were laid out. Lucian h

"Glad we could handle this reason

in crawl. Lucian seemed to relax, assured all was well.

s me, along with a pen. "Your turn, Miss Junip

ing stronger despite Lucian giving me an encour

it over, darling?" comment, I pulled the contrac

s satisfied the terms seemed fair and matched Lucian's descrip

er copy and scrawled my signature on the dotted line at the bottom. I breathed a

ry photo with this signed contract to memoria

on a scathing look. If he thought I woul

fore we wrap up here sir, you'll need to si

heart skipped a beat. "After all the back and for

s shrug. "Just being thorough. Ne

noyance. "Very well. But this had better

s that he look it over carefully, Orion snatched up the c

nced at the text, just signed blindly. Why t