Chapter 574


    Chapter 574


    The authorities showed William Stuart onest gesture of respect by not punishing him. However, all


    Stuart Holdings assets were legally seized and liquidated to reimburse the victims, after which William


    was exiled abroad; to the masses, his departure was dressed up as retiring.


    And once William was gone, Monty Stuart’s side of the family took over.


    They did not need Stuart Holdings, since their partnership with Cordy already provided them with plenty


    of financial freedom. As for politics, Monty always retained a ce in the hierarchy, which shielded him


    from William’s scandal.


    After three years of augmenting, the Stuarts remained one of the four top families in the nation.


    However, with Patrick being the heir and constantly active in politics, how did he spare the time to get


    involved with fashion?


    “I’m your partner and your business is fashion. That makes me halfinvolved,” Patrick said, as if it made


    perfect sense.


    Cordy sighed. “Fine. You win.”


    “For you,’ Patrick said, handing her the bouquet of fresh roses he had been holding.


    Cordy merely stared at it.


    “Don’t like it?” he asked.


    “You know I don’t like you,” she said bluntly.


    “Could you not break my heart?” Patrick retorted, sounding a little hurt.


    Cordy was in turn speechless, but she had no idea what the issue was here.


    Patrick was supposed to be gay, wasn’t he? Why was he wooing her now? And so brazenly-even


    crazily!


    Be it in private or in public, he wasn’t hiding his affection towards her.


    Cordy presumed that he was just giving in because of his political career, to get a woman to make


    himself look normal. That was why she made it very clear to him that she wouldn’tpromise herself


    like that and ept such a sexless marriage.


    He in turn righteously refused to ept her rejection, iming that he was actually bisexual, and was


    only interested in men because of certain incidents.


    He even thanked her for ’fixing’ him!


    On the other hand, Cordy’s opinion was that this version of him needed even more fixing, which was


    why she would clearly reject him every time he puts the move on her.


    “Stop wasting your time on me if you don’t want me to break your heart,” she said, striding past him


    and walking towards the staff member again.” Sorry about the interruption. Please take me to Maron.”


    “Of course,” the staff member replied. “This way please, Miss Sachs.*


    However, when Cordy started to leave, Patrick started to follow her.


    “Don’t follow me,” Cordy snapped at him. “Maron doesn’t like strangers.”


    With that, she stormed off with the staff member, while Patrick was left staring at the bouquet of roses


    in his hand, suffering yet another snubbing.


    The path to Cordy’s heart was as long as it was difficult.


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    After having some small talk with Maron at the breakroom, Cordy was worried about imposing, and so


    told Maron about dinner tonight before leaving.


    As she stepped out, she ran straight into Bob, who was surprised to see her.


    Still, he soon understood. “Here to see Maron?”


    “You too?” Cordy asked.


    “No.” Bob smiled. “I’m just keeping Corapany.”


    Cordy nodded.


    Cora was doing very well for herself in showbiz, equalling Zoe-arguably surpassing her, in fact. Cora


    was actually not at all impressive herself, but there were many backing her. With the endless resources


    at her disposal, being able to take to the international scene would be no surprise.


    Cordy, however, didn’t expect Bob to date Cora for just as long…