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Chapter 243 — WHAT THEY BOTH WANT
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THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 244 — THE FULL PLAN
After the hand shake, their hands separated, but neither Nathan nor Lia moved away from the table.The decision had been made. Now they had to figure out how to make it happen.Nathan leaned back in his chair. “We need to be careful.”Lia frowned. “Careful?”“Yes. Serena is already suspicious of you.”Lia looked away. “She has every reason to be.”“And Adrian is still recovering his memories,” Nathan continued. “That makes everything even more complicated.”Lia nodded slowly. “If we make one mistake, Serena will know something is wrong.”“Exactly.”Nathan picked up his glass but did not drink from it. “We cannot rush this.”Lia looked at him. “Then what do you suggest?”“We create opportunities that look natural.”“Natural?”“Yes. Nothing that makes either of them immediately suspicious.”Lia thought about Adrian.“He barely remembers his past. If I suddenly start appearing around him, Serena will notice I have a plan.”“And Adrian may question it too.”“So how do I get close to him?”
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 243 — WHAT THEY BOTH WANT
“We both want something we currently cannot have.”Lia stared at Nathan. For a moment, she did not speak. Then she leaned forward. “What exactly are you talking about?”Nathan remained calm. “You want Adrian.”Lia’s expression changed. “And you want Serena?”“Yes.”“And you think that means we should work together?”“I think it gives us a reason to.”Lia crossed her arms. “You still haven’t told me what you have in mind.”Nathan glanced toward the closed door before looking back at her. “Serena has kept me at a distance for too long. No matter what I do for her, she keeps treating me like a business partner.”“You knew that before you called me.”“I did.”“Then what changed?”“Before, I thought I had time. Adrian was unconscious, and Serena had no reason to keep running back to him. Now everything has changed. Even without his memories, she is still worried about him.”Lia looked away. “I know.”“And if he remembers everything?”Lia’s fingers tightened. “That is what I’m afraid of.”N
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 242 — THE PLAN
He was no longer thinking about business.He was planning. He did not stay in his office for long.The moment he decided to find Lia, he opened his phone and searched through his contacts.He found her number. His thumb paused over it for barely a second before he pressed call.The phone rang twice. Then a woman’s voice answered. “Hello, who is this?”“Hello Lia , this is Nathan."There was silence.Then Lia’s voice became colder. “Nathan?”“Yes.”“Why are you calling me? What do you want?”Nathan leaned against his desk. “Can we meet up?”Lia gave a short laugh. “Since when do you need to see me?”“Since now.”“That doesn’t answer my question.”Nathan looked toward the window. “I have something to discuss with you, maybe a deal you might like.”“About Serena?”Her question caught him off guard.Lia continued before he could answer. “You’ve been around her for a long time. If this is about her, whatever you want to say, say it over the phone and I'm not interested.”Nathan smiled faint
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 241 — NATHAN'S DESPERATION
Several cities away. Nathan sat alone in his office at Hale’s Corporation, staring through the glass wall without really seeing the city below.The office was quiet. Too quiet.His laptop was open in front of him, but he had not read a single line on the screen for the past twenty minutes. His phone lay beside his hand, untouched.After the crisis on the market has reduced his mind was somewhere else.Serena.Everything kept coming back to her.The way she looked at him. The way she spoke to him. The way she always kept a small distance between them, no matter how hard he tried to close it.Nathan leaned back and rubbed his face. “How did I let this happen?” he muttered.From the beginning, he had tried.He had been there for Serena when she needed someone. He had helped her with business, stood beside her when things became difficult, and made it clear that his feelings were not a secret.But Serena had never given him what he wanted.She trusted him. She respected him. She worked wi
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 240 — THE PROBLEM AT SCHOOL
The ride back to the company was quieter than the trip to the shopping center.Lila sat beside Clara, looking out the window. Elias was next to Adrian, holding the toy car he had chosen. He had been talking about it for most of the ride, but suddenly he stopped.Adrian noticed. “What happened?”Elias shook his head. “Nothing.”Adrian looked at him. “You were talking alot a minute ago.”“I’m tired.”Lila glanced at him. Adrian noticed the look between them. “There is something wrong.”Lila lowered her eyes. Adrian turned toward her. “Lila?”She hesitated. “Daddy…”“Yes?”“Can I tell you something?”“Of course.”She looked at Elias before speaking.“There are some students at school who keep causing problems.”Adrian’s expression changed. “What kind of problems?”Lila took a breath. “They bully Elias.”Adrian looked at the boy beside him.Elias immediately looked down at his toy.“Who?”“Some boys in his class,” Lila said. “They call him names. They laugh at him. Sometimes they push him
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 239- A DAY WITH DADDY
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