Chapter 1431
Chapter 1431:
Allan couldn’t penetrate Sally’s exact thoughts, but the liquid warmth flooding her eyes telegraphed his victory—he was conquering her trust with every passing moment. Their inaugural meeting had detonated beyond his wildest projections.
Elsewhere, Elliana navigated the car toward Rosewood Villa with Adah secured in the passenger seat.
Recently, Adah had nested with Leonel in the cramped apartment he’d secured for them. The space offered nothing impressive, but sharing walls with family had saturated their days with an intimacy that glowed like captured sunlight. The game had shifted now, though. Adah blazed as an ascending star, and stars required fortresses with bulletproof privacy. Without proper sanctuary, paparazzi and rabid fans would devour her existence whole—twenty-four hours of relentless siege, seven days a week, until she collapsed or cracked.
Midway to Rosewood Villa, Elliana’s phone erupted. Ruben’s name flashed on the screen. The moment she answered, his voice crackled through the speakers, vibrating with manic energy. “Elliana! How could you not tell me that the girl Lance has been spending time with is Adah from the Norris family?”
The old man’s excitement practically bled through the line. This obsession stemmed from a single, delicious irony: Adah was once Allan’s discarded fiancée.
The social circles were already buzzing with the scandal of the Shaw family’s botched engagement. Based on the desperate displays from Raymond and Allan at the recent banquet, the Shaws were drowning in regret, clawing for a way to reclaim her. Ruben was possessed by a single, burning ambition—to ensure they failed.
Decades ago, Ruben had outmaneuvered Raymond in winning a woman’s heart; now, he demanded his grandson, Lance, deliver the same crushing blow to Allan.
Elliana had parsed Ruben’s motives long ago. She swallowed a laugh at his theatrical fervor, deciding to feed his fire. “My apologies, Ruben. It slipped my mind entirely. That’s on me.”
“Oh, that’s quite alright!” Ruben’s laughter boomed, hearty and jagged. “I’ve already interrogated Lance—he’s into Adah. He told me he’d sprint to the altar if she gave him the nod. Do me a favor and pitch the idea, will you? Tell her the Evans clan won’t just welcome her with open arms—we’ll greet her with a million!”
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“Understood. I’ll ensure your proposal rings loud and clear,” Elliana promised.
Ruben unleashed a torrent of final instructions, his mandate echoing with singular intensity: get Adah to join the Evans fold at any cost. He capped off the demands with a dramatic flourish, swearing that if Elliana botched this, he’d succumb to a hunger strike out of pure heartbreak.
Elliana hung up the phone and glanced toward the passenger seat, an amused smirk dancing on her face. “Well? What’s the verdict?”
Earlier, she had toggled the speakerphone on purpose, ensuring Ruben’s every boisterous word landed directly in Adah’s ear..
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