A Love Forgotten (Arianna and Elijah)

Chapter 212

Upon hearing his words, blood rushed to my head, and a Tamilar wave of dizziness overwhelmeddine.

could barely make out Teti's furious voice "Elijah, do you have any same? You actually dare to call this marital property? A paid for this sponsorship with her own money! You you're beyond shameless!"

The room spun, and I struggled to stay upright.

Weakly, I called out, Ten, L

She quickly supported me, guiding me te sit down.

As I steadied myself, I glanced up at Elijah. In my dazed state, I thought I saw a flash of concern in his eyes, though I couldn't be sure,

Ms. Trenton noticed something was wrong and said gently, "Ms. York, don't worry. We can take our time discussing things"

Taking a deep breach. I steadied my emotions and spoke slowly. "Mr. Linden, what exactly do you want?"

He hesitated for a moment, but then the calculating businessman in him resurfaced

"Sherwood is open to accepting Linden Group's investment. I can offer Ms. York a 10% share of her original investment."

As soon as the word left his mouth, Teri jumped to her feet, seething "Elijah, have you go shame at all? 10% is that all you think Ari deserves?"

Elijah's gaze darkened. "Ms. Stuart, this doesn't concern you. If you continue to insult me. I'll call security,"

"Go ahead then! Call them! Let everyone see the kind of man you are!" Teri's voice o

"Three years ago, you were sneaking off to meet that shameless mistress, Jocelyn, overseas. Meanwhile, Ariana was kept in the dark, doing everything she could to support your business. "She knew nothing about running a company, so I told her to advertise. She poured her money into it, blindly funding every ad she could

"That's how Silverwood got its first big break-it was part of an over-the-top.citly alcampaign she paid for.

She shot him a fierce look, tears glistening in her eyes. "You didn't know any of that, did you? All you saw was a woman who you thought was ackless and rivolous with money. While you www.off with Jocelyn, she was bere, breaking herself for your company!" Teri wiped her tears, her voice trembling with rage. "And now you have the nerve to claim this as marital property? You've here trying to offer her scraps of what she built with her own

I swallowed, tasting something bitter and metallic at the back of my throat. Exhausted, I put an arm around Tei and murmured, "Enough, Teri. Let's just walk away from

Teri wipedher tears away angrily, her face full of frustration. "But this is such a huge opportunity! As long as you become a partner in Silverwood, you've already come out on top!"

I managed a smile. "It's not. Let's consider the money lost and move on. We don't need to waste our energy on people like this."

I glanced at Teri, the tear stains on her face filling me with quilt. "This is my fault. Let's go. We can talla later."

Elijah, who had been stunned into silence by Teri's outburst, quickly stood up as we tuched to leaye

I caught a glimpse of something in his eyes-regret, perhaps, or even sorrow. But I looked away, umilling to face that all-too-familiar mask of his that once held such charm. Now, it only His barely steady voce called after me, "Ari, I didn't know about everything you did..)

I raised my hand to stop him "M. Linden, you're right. Legally, we're still married, so any money I put forward technically belongs to us both.

"Il Siverwood agrees to partner with me, you'd be entitled to at least half of my stake..

up the investment, and the 10% was just because-"

Elijah's face went pale. "That's not what I meant...... Ariana, let me explain. I meant that I would put up

Teuthim ofl. "No need to explain Even if you offered me 100% of the shares. I'm not interested anymore."