The Transactional Marriage That Imploded novel Chapter 67

Cillian nodded. "Yeah, Mathis has a lot of ways to control us. Bianca had no choice but to sell the naming rights. Please don't blame her; she really is pitiful.

Don't be hard on her. She signed a non-disclosure agreement, so there are a lot of things she can't say. I just happened to stumble upon it and pieced it together myself."

After being blatantly insulted by that scumbag and his mistress for over twenty days, it showed incredible restraint that his junior colleague hadn't snapped and attacked someone.

Professor Adler sighed. "That girl just refuses to say anything. I yelled at her just now and she didn't even try to explain. Comfort her for me later, tell her I misjudged her."

Maxine quietly chimed in from the side, "Wouldn't an apology be more sincere coming from you personally?"

Professor Adler couldn't bring himself to apologize to his student. Cillian immediately smoothed things over, "Professor, Bianca doesn't hold grudges. I'll just give her a heads-up."

"Alright."

The mentor and student sat down to chat about cutting-edge technology. Cillian's thinking could keep up with Professor Adler's pace, and they had a great conversation.

What they didn't know was that at this moment, Bianca was crying her eyes out. Ever since she started her Ph.D., the professor had always held high expectations for her.

He involved her in all sorts of key projects, and she never delayed her graduation. The professor's dedication to cultivating her talent was obvious to everyone.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have secured a major patent at such a young age.

Even when she got married and became a housewife, the professor had never spoken so harshly. He just hoped she would recognize reality, and back then, she indeed hadn't loved Mathis so much that she forgot herself. Instead, under his suppression, she only grew stronger.

Now that the professor was disappointed in her, Bianca was also disappointed in herself. She had married a man who never took her seriously, and she had wasted three years on him.

Bianca cried for a good while before mustering the courage to call the professor. Professor Adler answered.

"Professor, about that... I have my reasons. I promise you, I will never sell naming rights again."

She was now incredibly popular on the internet, boasting several titles: beautiful tech heiress, future matriarch of a wealthy family, and brilliant returnee scholar.

Every title was something ordinary people envied. Cynthia had now truly become a bona fide internet celebrity.

In the era of traffic, grabbing attention was all that mattered.

Cillian, however, found this marketing ploy very strange. He called Bianca, "Have you seen the circus online?"

If she hadn't seen it, he wouldn't bring it up. There was no point in making her sad for no reason.

Bianca said calmly, "I saw it. Mathis has never been normal."

When she saw the trending topic, her heart was viciously stabbed. Back then, she took ten million at the cost of three years of her youth. Yet for another woman, he didn't even blink at dropping five hundred million just to prove their unshakeable love.