After Burnell ordered Gabriella’s company to shut down, she immediately reached out to Pete.On the phone, Pete brushed it off with a casual “don’t worry about it,” but Gabriella could hear the irritation in his voice.Still, compared to the looming trial over her financial fraud case, she wasn’t afraid of Pete anymore. She demanded to know why he had failed to take Kane down and instead left her neck-deep in trouble.Pete had laughed at her anger, then hung up, basically telling her she was on her own.Since then, the two of them hadn’t spoken.But now, with Burnell pressuring her into marriage, Gabriella could only think of Pete.He had money, and he was her first man. Aside from his strange temper, Gabriella couldn’t find many faults with him.So she asked him to meet her at a café.She waited for a long time, but Pete never showed. Finally, frustrated, she called him.“Where are you?” Gabriella’s tone was already edged with impatience the moment he picked up.“Gabriella, who the h
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