17. ~Rowan and Aurora~

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|| ROWAN KELLER' POV ||

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"Honestly bro, you are beyond my understanding." Ashton Ames, my best friend, said as he took a sip of his coffee.

I rolled my eyes as I paced around my office room.

That idiot had figured it out so easily. And now, she was going to be even more guarded around me.

That was not going to work well for me.

I needed her to trust me. Trust me enough that she will happily hand over all of her shares in the company to me.

I had approached Dr. Merin Ashdale first with money. But she wasn't swayed by it. That's when I thought of appealing to her sad, lonely existence. And it had worked. Sleeping with the doctor and making her say only good things about me, so that Aurora thinks that though she could not see it, I have been doing very well as a husband and putting an amazing amount of effort into our stupid marriage.

The plan seemed so flawless.

Yet, the doctor and I didn't last one session with her. She knew immediately.

Was she a