In that moment, something in Peter’s conscience finally stirred.After losing both his closest family members and watching his company collapse into nothing, he’d at last woken up to the truth and seen his own mistakes.Adora felt a faint smile tug at her lips. Maybe the nine million hadn’t been sp
He knew that with the Walker family’s influence, Louis could have shielded Adora completely from all of this.But she had still chosen to step in.Even for the wealthy, eight million was no small sum.Adora’s lips curved faintly as she rose to her feet.Louis stood with her, taking the coat Noah han
The rest of the room, however, could only stare in shock.Here was Louis, the third heir of the Walker family, born to wealth and status, a man countless society heiresses had failed to catch his eye.Yet he was completely devoted to a once-glamorous socialite who had been missing for three years.
Adora had come prepared, determined to leave Peter no room to back out.At her cue, she turned to the lead attorney, who promptly produced two copies of the loan agreement and handed them to Peter.The room fell briefly silent as the creditors began murmuring to one another.“So he’s borrowing from
After giving her instructions, Adora slipped her arm through Louis’, and the two of them turned to leave the hospital.Lilian watched their backs for a moment before turning to her son. “Peter, have you really thought this through? You’re actually going to borrow from her?”Peter nodded. “Debt is d
Peter, at least, still had a shred of decency.For all his many faults, he still showed some basic sense of duty toward his parents. Even in this state, he was thinking about how to secure a future for Lilian.Adora hadn’t expected that—he hadn’t tried to bargain for himself, only to ask that she s