A Life Debt Repaid novel (John and Cordy) novel Chapter 574

The authorities showed William Stuart one last gesture of respect by not punishing him. However, all Stuart Holdings assets were legally seized and liquidated to reimburse the victims, after which William was exiled abroad; to the masses, his departure was dressed up as retiring.

And once William was gone, Monty Stuart's side of the family took over.

They did not need Stuart Holdings, since their partnership with Cordy already provided them with plenty of financial freedom. As for politics, Monty always retained a place in the hierarchy, which shielded him from William's scandal.

After three years of augmenting, the Stuarts remained one of the four top families in the nation.

However, with Patrick being the heir and constantly active in politics, how did he spare the time to get involved with fashion?

"I'm your partner and your business is fashion. That makes me half-involved," Patrick said, as if it made perfect sense.

Cordy sighed. "Fine. You win."

"For you," Patrick said, handing her the bouquet of fresh roses he had been holding.

Cordy merely stared at it.

"Don't like it?" he asked.

"You know I don't like you," she said bluntly.

"Could you not break my heart?" Patrick retorted, sounding a little hurt.

Cordy was in turn speechless, but she had no idea what the issue was here.

Patrick was supposed to be gay, wasn’t he? Why was he wooing her now? And so brazenly—even crazily!

Be it in private or in public, he wasn’t hiding his affection towards her.

Cordy presumed that he was just giving in because of his political career, to get a woman to make himself look normal. That was why she made it very clear to him that she wouldn’t compromise herself like that and accept such a sexless marriage.

He in turn righteously refused to accept her rejection, claiming that he was actually bisexual, and was only interested in men because of certain incidents.