The Transactional Marriage That Imploded novel Chapter 367

Bianca maintained her distant, unapproachable attitude, saying flatly, "Dawnstar Capital is Stellaride's underwriter. Aren't you just doing this for your own performance metrics?"

Mathis was somewhat speechless. Stellaride's scale wasn't even worth him pushing this hard.

She was always so dismissive of him. She was truly the only person in the world who could make him try so desperately.

He said patiently, "You saw how Acuity Innovations was treated when they came to my company. With Stellaride's scale, I wouldn't normally care this much. I..."

Bianca didn't want to hear his heartfelt confession and quickly cut him off. "I told you not to waste your time on me. After tonight, we probably won't be seeing each other."

Mathis, stifled by her response, drank his wine in sullen silence.

Sitting nearby, Rosalind felt incredibly uncomfortable hearing all the endless praise for Bianca and Stellaride.

She purposely sought out Rhea, who had just returned to her seat.

"Rhea, my sister-in-law comes from a poor background and has always been this unrefined. Don't take it to heart that she spread rumors about you earlier."

Rhea had run out crying earlier, hoping Mathis would chase after her, but he hadn't moved an inch.

She had no idea that the man who had always spoken to her so gently when they were kids could have become so cold.

In the end, she had no choice but to slink back dejectedly. If she skipped the Jagger family banquet, she'd become the laughingstock of their social circle.

High society had its own rules.

She had looked up Bianca's resume and found her track record in the computing field incredibly impressive.

The worst part was that the woman's only flaw was her background.

But since Old Mr. Jagger clearly didn't care about that, it couldn't be used as a point of attack.

When she was abroad, her professor had mentioned this woman before.

At the time, she hadn't cared, thinking that no matter how capable a student from a poor background was, how far could they really go?

They certainly couldn't go further than those who controlled massive capital.

She had never expected to run into her at a major event like the Jagger family's banquet—let alone discover she was her childhood crush's wife. It was a hard pill to swallow.

Her jealousy and hatred for Bianca began to grow wildly.

Rhea asked Rosalind, "Does she have a good relationship with your brother?"

Rosalind sighed. Ever since the economic crimes unit had exposed the Quinn family's case, her brother had acted deeply devoted to Bianca.

With her brother's favor, Bianca could essentially have whatever she wanted.

She didn't deserve a life like that.

Having been conned out of half her assets and forced to give half her living expenses to Aveline, Rosalind already hated Bianca with a passion.

She maliciously summarized, "Yeah, my brother treats her like his most precious treasure now. But his feelings are very fluid. He used to treat Cynthia Quinn incredibly well.

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