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He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 10
The day after the London negotiations, I went to see Vivian at her hotel.She had just finished a video conference. Several documents were spread across the desk, and one of her advisers was briefing her on several legacy properties owned by the Whitmore family across Europe. A legal document awaited her signature beside them.When I walked in, she gestured for the adviser to hold on.“What brings you here?”“I want to talk.”She closed her laptop and asked the adviser to leave us alone.I took the seat opposite her.“About New York. I introduced Chloe as my girlfriend while we were still engaged. I had no right to do that. Or to give her your mother's gown. I'll cover the damage, but I know that doesn't undo either decision.”“Then you understand why I ended the engagement.”Her voice remained even.“I know what it meant to you,” I said.“You knew it was something my mother had left me, and you still allowed someone else to alter it. You knew I didn't want Chloe living in my private s
He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 9
Rain was falling over London.When I arrived at the venue, there were still ten minutes before the scheduled negotiations. Moretti family legal counsel and the head of European affairs were already waiting in the conference room. Documents detailing the port logistics network's operations lay across the table, alongside proposals submitted by the various parties.By the time I pushed open the door, the meeting was already underway.Vivian Whitmore was seated at the head of the table.She wore a sharply tailored charcoal-gray suit. Several documents were spread out before her as she reviewed an asset transfer clause with the lawyer seated opposite. Two advisers I didn't recognize sat beside her, while a former senior member of the Whitmore family’s European operations occupied the seats on her other side.When she saw me, she showed neither surprise nor any inclination to pause what she was doing.“Good morning, Mr. Moretti.”Her tone was as composed as if she were greeting any other bu
He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 8
I hadn't slept a wink all night.By dawn, the family's intelligence liaison had delivered a new investigative report. An unfamiliar phone number was registered in London, but what caught my attention was its communication history over the past three years.“Several financial advisers in London have maintained long-standing contacts in New York and Zurich,” the liaison reported. “Two of them previously handled the Whitmore family's legitimate European holdings and overseas capital arrangements. We can only confirm that they're still in contact with Vivian. We haven't been able to obtain the contents of their conversations.”I opened the file.Three years ago, when the Whitmore family was hit by an internal purge, Vivian had moved into the estate on Long Island less than a month earlier. It was around that time that she had started using this number.More importantly, over the past three years, she had gradually recovered equity stakes in several overseas assets that had been taken over
He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 7
“Find her flight.”I placed the tablet back on the desk.“Contact the airport and verify last night's departures. Then have our intelligence liaison check whether anyone among the Whitmore family's former associates arranged her travel.”My assistant immediately left to handle it.But several hours passed, and the information we received remained limited. Vivian hadn't used the Moretti family's private aviation services or booked through any of the travel agencies we regularly worked with. The airport could confirm some vehicle and flight records, but it couldn't provide a complete account of her private travel arrangements.I stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows.“How much did she take with her?”“Her belongings were collected before she left, sir. The piano movers came that morning. Her driver took the luggage and the box containing the gown.”I frowned.“She kept her work in London. I knew that. I just never thought she'd move there without me.”My assistant hesitated.“Si
He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 6
The following morning, Vivian's place at the breakfast table was still empty.After breakfast, I went to Moretti family headquarters as usual. I didn't ask the housekeeper about her again, nor did I try calling her. Her note was still in my pocket. I kept telling myself she would reconsider once she'd had time to cool off.After the morning meeting, my secretary reminded me that I had a family dinner scheduled for that evening.“Cancel it.”I opened the next file.“Keep the evening free.”I'd told Vivian we'd talk over dinner. She had said she wasn't available; I'd arranged it anyway. Even after reading her note, I was clearing another evening as though she had agreed to come.The gown was beyond restoration, but I could commission a new one from a top designer. I could even select suitable diamonds from the family's jewelry collection. None of that would be a problem as long as she was willing to come home.At noon, Chloe Bennett arrived at my office with lunch.“People online are say
He Gave Her My Gown. I Returned His Ring Chapter 5
Adrian POVI read the note again. Vivian had written that she was ending our engagement.The housekeeper came upstairs and stopped at the spilled food.“When did she leave?”“This afternoon, sir. Her driver took the luggage. She asked me to remove her place setting.”I took out my phone and called her. The call went straight to voicemail.“Shall I ask the security team to find out where she is?”“No.”I put the phone down beside her ring.“She wants me to make the first move.”The gala two nights earlier, the alterations she'd seen that morning—I kept telling myself those were the reasons she'd left. It was easier than thinking about why I'd introduced Chloe as my girlfriend while Vivian was still wearing my ring.She'd lived here for the past few years. After the purge within the Whitmore family, some of their assets had been frozen, and the family protection she'd once enjoyed was no longer there. But she hadn't lost her career or connections. Her London investment team was still han
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