He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 525

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In that split second, his psychological defenses crumbled.

Yardley closed his eyes, his mind flooded with the inescapable image of Scarlett and Julian standing side-by-side, perfectly aligned against him. Their natural chemistry seemed to mock the lingering affection he still held for his wife. It made his devotion feel pathetic.

Fine.

If she was going to be inseparable from Julian, parading around like they were joined at the hip... If she was going to trample all over his boundaries without a second thought for his feelings—then why the hell should he stay faithful to a woman who clearly didn't give a damn about him?

When Yardley opened his eyes, they were dark and unreadable.

He stopped resisting. Suddenly grabbing Veronica by her delicate wrist, he yanked her inside and slammed her against the wall.

"Are you sure about this?" his voice was dangerously hoarse.

Veronica smiled, her eyes glazed with lust. "If we're together tonight, I promise Thorne Industries will sign the contract with the Flynn Group tomorrow."

She traced his jawline. "And I have good news. My dad just secured a three-billion-dollar investment. If you partner with us now, you only need to inject one billion. Let's be honest, whoever gets a piece of this deal is guaranteed to make a fortune. I'm practically handing you free money to save your skin, Yardley."

Though he was drunk, Yardley's business instincts remained sharp. After Veronica and her father had pitched the deal to him a while back, he had his team look into it. A massive, Tier-1 commercial tourism project of that scale couldn't be secured without airtight political connections. If the Flynn Group could get a slice of that pie, it would indeed be incredibly lucrative.