Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1136

It made her own love feel incredibly cheap.

Because Healy had never cared about her that way.

The difference in how much effort a man put in was obvious the moment you compared them.

No one knew that Gia had fought tooth and nail to secure this engagement with Healy.

She had first met him at an energy summit.

At the time, Healy was speaking on stage as the head of Naylor Automotive Group.

Gia knew of the company, and seeing how young and successful Healy was, she immediately set her sights on him.

After returning to the country, she had been desperately searching for a suitable marriage alliance to escape the suffocating misery of the Vance family.

Healy was the perfect target.

So, she took the initiative, orchestrating various coincidental encounters and successfully catching his attention.

Initially, she thought she was just lucky that Healy had initiated a conversation with her after only a few run-ins.

It wasn't until much later that she discovered the only reason Healy had noticed her was because she bore a slight resemblance to Noreen.

Things progressed exactly as she had calculated, and she successfully became his fiancée.

Healy's gentle and considerate nature caused Gia to involuntarily fall in love with him.

But whenever she hoped to take their relationship a step further, he always maintained a strict physical distance.

Anxious to completely win him over, she intentionally dressed in an incredibly revealing outfit after a cocktail party and knocked on his hotel room door.

That was the first time she had ever seen Healy look so cold.

His usual gentlemanly warmth vanished, replaced by a harsh reprimand. "Don't ever wear clothes like this again."

His eyes had been terrifyingly icy when he said it.

Gia assumed it was just male possessiveness, that he didn't want other men looking at her.

She acted coy, saying, "I'll only wear it for you from now on."

To her shock, his gaze grew even colder—so cold it frightened her.

"She's here," Gia replied. "She's waiting in the room next door."

Crystal's eyes darkened, her eyelashes casting long, sharp shadows across her face.

"In a few minutes, tell her to bring the guy in."

"I already spoke to her," Gia assured her. "She knows exactly what to do."

Crystal nodded in satisfaction. "Good."

Before heading back into the party, the two women masked the vicious anticipation in their eyes.

Inside, the private room was filled with laughter and chatter. It seemed that without them, the vibe was significantly better.

At least, that was how Jude felt.

After Crystal and Gia had walked out, the tension he had been carrying all night finally evaporated.

He secretly prayed they wouldn't come back at all.