Outside the building, the online influencers were puzzled when they saw Lucia walking Aurelia down


    the stairs.


    After saying goodbye to Lucia, Aurelia thanked Allen before getting into Leslie’s car.


    Before the car even started moving, Aurelia anxiously said, “Mr. Synder! What’s going on? Howe


    I’m the one who owns the ne?


    Leslie struggled to get the words out. He was about to exin when Aurelia interrupted him and said,


    “Oh, I get it! Your boss is the one who secretly owns the ne, right? Is that why you went to beg


    him again?”


    After pondering for a moment, Leslie replied casually, “Yeah.”


    Aurelia looked at him with urgency. “If Eva doesn’t want this to blow up, she’ll have to pay up. I’ll give


    you both sums once I get the money from the coboration with IN Magazine Publisher.”


    Leslie frowned and asked, “Why?”


    Aurelia exined, “You should hand it over to your boss. He must really trust you to bother getting it


    notarized and hiring such a toughwyer. Just these expenses alone are no small sum. If you owe him


    too much, you’ll feel troubled.


    “I know you don’t like being controlled, so let’s not dwell on it too much. I’ll return the money from the


    ne, and we’ll figure out the rest of the favors as we go.”


    Leslie stared at Aurelia in disbelief. Even at the lowest market price, she should’ve known. that


    coborating with IN Magazine Publisher under her own name would still rake in at six–figure ie


    after this event.


    And yet, she was handing everything over to him just so he wouldn’t owe his boss any


    favors.


    Sensing Leslie’s gaze, Aurelia looked at him, puzzled. “What’s wrong? Is it too little? But


    I’m broke.‘


    “It’s alright, keep the money,” Leslie said.


    “No, we’re married. We should…” Aurelia stopped herself mid–sentence, identally letting slip the


    word “married“.


    “What should we do?” Leslie was cager to hear her continue.


    “Help each other,” Aurelia replied.


    “Is that all?” Leslie didn’t like the awkward atmosphere, but he knew he had been pushing Aurelia away


    all this time. So why did it feel like he was suddenly being friendly?


    Aurelia didn’t understand what he meant. Even with close rtionships, financial rity still mattered.


    Shouldn’t fake spouses be even more urate with their divisions?


    As she was about to answer Leslie’s question, a reckless online influencer approached


    their car with a phone in hand.


    Aurelia quickly covered her face. “Hurry, let’s get out of here! These people will do anything for fame.”


    With a frown, Leslie nced at the person by the car window. Then, he hit the gas and sped away,


    leaving a trail of dust for those behind them.


    Leslie was about to ask his question again, but Aurelia’s phone ringing interrupted him.


    Aurelia answered the call. “Hey. Really? Okay, I’ll be there right away.”


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    After ending the call, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Leslie. “Mr. rk nabbed Seth at the


    airport and found tons of face–swapped videos and photos of me on hisptop. That settles it, then. Mr.


    rk wants me to swing by,” she exined.


    “Alright.” Leslie nodded and began heading toward the police station.


    As soon as Aurelia and Leslie stepped into the lobby, they heard Seth’s voice echoing loudly


    throughout the space. “It wasn’t me! Kimberly was the one who reached out to me! ” he said.


    “Bullshit! Seth, if you didn’t have that idea, would you have agreed so easily? And you even swapped


    faces with Aurelia overnight!” Kimberly snapped from the next room.


    Just then, Megan Grant, the cop handling the case, rushed over. “Aurelia, you’re here. You heard it all.


    There’s no need for questioning. They revealed everything during the argument,” she exined.


    “When can I publish the face–swapped photos online?” Aurelia asked.