❝𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒇𝒂𝒊𝒓'𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒂𝒓.❞
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There's a saying that one is entitled to keep whatever they find but the question is: can you always keep what you find?
Wren Ashenherst was raised as a boy and expected to live under the...
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her expensive deal
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I knew how much I was dying to hear those words from her but when she finally said it, I was rendered utterly helpless. Forcing the words that were clogging against my throat down, I reluctantly declined, "I'm sorry, angel. This turned out to be a deal I cannot fulfil."
"Can you afford to lose this lawsuit, Mr Illiades?" Wren challenged. "From the surface, this could be dismissed as a petty lawsuit that the Suttons raised out of spite. But they knew that the loss would've got a significant impact on the Illiades because this is going to be at the cost of a business alliance underway. They're trying to waste your time, which your three major investors had no spare to play this game."
"You seemed to know that situation very well," I commented.
"That's a given," she stated confidently. "I wouldn't make this call if I hadn't known the seriousness of this case. They're bound to get back at you when you convinced one of their investors over to your side."
"Hmm," I hummed out a quiet laugh.
"Aren't you a little happy too soon?" Wren questioned. "If I represent the Suttons, you're going to lose this fight."
"Then, it's up to you to see if you're that determined to bring me down, my little songbird," I challenged with my usual calm tone, but my heart was beating into a riot within my chest.
A pause of silence sat heavily between the two of us on the line, with only the sound of static and a small exhale on her side that expressed the weight of her emotions. Wren spoke softly, "Aillard, I'm done. I'm done being far away from you."
Honestly, I was done too.
Wren had no idea how desperate she made me feel whenever she wasn't beside me — the anxiety of a missing warmth and the fear of losing the tether because of the distance between us. Yet, I couldn't put everything within my grasp down to welcome her back with open arms.
