Chapter 1726


    Could cousins have gone this far, or was he just out of touch, clueless about what the youth of


    today were thinking?


    "Alright then, no worries, Ms. Miller. I guess I can head back now."


    Carol thanked her again, feeling a weight lift from her chest.


    She shot Felix a text, just a smug emoji. Felix didn''t reply. She figured he was probably tied up for


    Listina was just out of surgery and all.


    Little did she know, Felix was at the cemetery, paying his respects to Listina''ste parents and to his


    own. He saw Carol''s message, of course, but couldn''t be bothered to respond.


    All seemed to be wrapping up nicely, or so it should have been. But then Nathan dropped a text


    bomb on him.


    [Carol''s so into you now, you could probably ask for the Miller family fortune and she wouldn''t blink.


    I mean, if it wasn''t for her dad''s cutthroat takeover of the Geo family''spany, you and Listina


    wouldn''t have had it so rough. And when thepany tanked, it crushed your mom, right? Are you


    really just gonna swindle her out of measly few hundred grand? Sometimes I think you''re cold-


    hearted; other times, I figure you''ve got principles.]


    Felix mulled over that text, unaware that his rtionship with Carol was no longer a secret to Abner.


    On his way back from the cemetery, Abner''s assistant intercepted him and brought him to a coffee


    shop right under the towering Miller Group building, where Abner awaited.


    He''d seen Abner once from a distance when he was a kid; the man was the talk of the town,


    triumphant in the business world. The media flocked to him, yet Felix''s mothery broken at his feet.


    He''d hated that face back then. Now, facing Abner again, Felix was the picture ofposure.


    Abner sat across from him, his assistant standing by, and slid a check across the table, much like a


    scene out of a cliché drama.


    Abner didn''t care about Felix''s background or motives; if money could fix things, there was no need


    for further discussion.


    "How much to walk away from Carol?"


    Felix stared at the check lying on the cold tabletop, speechless.


    Abner was patient, taking a casual sip of his coffee.


    "You see that skyscraper over there? That''s going to be Carol''s one day. Walk away now, and you


    can walk away with a hefty sum. Make a scene, and I''ll make sure you leave with nothing. Carol''s


    young, spoiled by me. Her affections are fickle; she''ll get over you in no time. Fill in whatever


    amount you want on the check."


    In no time, the assistant respectfully passed a pen to Felix, who pushed the check back.


    "Mr. Miller, I''m not with Carol for the money."


    Of course, that was a joke. He''d researched her likes and dislikes, set up the whole scenario, all to


    use her money to save Listina.


    Abnerughed, a note of authority in his voice, "You''re both young. I''m not asking you; I''m telling


    you. Do you know how much it costs to buy a ce in Greenfield? If I cut Carol off financially, she''ll


    come crawling back, unable to handle life without money. And by then, she won''t even spare you a


    second nce, no matter how much you beg."


    Felix wondered if Carol would indeed act that way.


    "Ms. Miller, you’re wee to try."


    Abner frowned, surprised by Felix''s defiant stance.


    But he''d seen this type many times before; the greediest ones were those who thought they could


    have a piece of the Miller Group pie just because Carol liked them. If she married him, then half of it


    would be his.


    "Fine. If you insist on this route, let''s see how it ys out."


    Abner didn''t see Felix as a threat, standing up and leaving without another word. Felix sat there,


    watching him go, lips pressed in a tight line.


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    Leaving the coffee shop, his phone rang; it was Carol. He''d been practically a ghost this past


    month. If it weren''t for the meals that kept appearing on the table, she''d think they were broken up.


    "Felix, can youe over today? I heard Listina''s surgery went well, congrats."


    Felix looked down, lighting a cigarette, "Just ran into a middle-aged guy. He kind of looked like you,


    with an assistant and all."


    Carol''s heart skipped a beat, her grip on the phone tightening.