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‘ How could he come to mind ? ‘ Aria chuckled , closed the door , and left .
Just as she got in the car , a WhatsApp notification popped up .
[ Aria , Mr. Bartholomew Gibson came to deliver the contract for the land transfer in the west of the city . Grandpa agreed to issue a joint statement saying you and Liam are in an arranged marriage . ]
An arranged marriage confirmed meant Liam wasn’t cheating .
This was something Joseph would do .
Unfortunately , fake couldn’t become real .
Aria didn’t care much about this . She typed : [ Okay , let it be . ]
After seeing off Bartholomew and the Marshall couple , Zoe asked , “ Nathan , where’s your brother ? ”
Nathan instinctively looked at Joseph and replied tactfully , “ Grandpa signed the contract for the land transfer from Mr. Gibson and agreed to issue a statement that Aria and Liam are in an arranged marriage . ”
Zoe lifted her head in shock . “ Dad , how could you agree ? ”
But Joseph felt tired and gestured to the butler to help him up slowly . “ I’m going to take a break . Nathan , you explain it to them clearly . Don’t make it seem like I’m some kind of wicked grandpa . ”
With that , he was helped into his room by his butler .
After he left , Nathan recounted what happened then from his
grandfather’s perspective , “ Mom , Dad was stressed over that piece of land . If Grandpa didn’t agree , Mr. Gibson would definitely target us ; it would be hard for our tourism business .
“ Anyway , Aria hasn’t lost anything . It’s a win – win situation ; no need to
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overthink it . ”
Without evidence , Nathan was skeptical about Aria holding 4 % of the Cole Group’s shares and didn’t mention it .
Zoe pondered for a long time before sighing . “ Your grandfather made the right choice . I just worry about hurting Aria’s heart . ”
Anyone else would choose to sign the contract , too .
It was just that Aria wasn’t raised by them , so she might not understand these things .
At six PM , a clarification statement quietly topped the trending topics board . “ Regarding the breakdown of the alliance between the Saxon and Cole families .
“ The Saxon Group clarifies that both parties signed a prenuptial agreement with no substantial marital relationship ; divorce is a normal process unrelated to others . ”
The comments section immediately saw some activity .
[ Wow , so Ms. Gibson got called out for nothing , and Aria didn’t even bother to clear things up . ]
[ I knew it , someone as top – notch as Hannah wouldn’t mess with someone else’s marriage . Glad I never roasted her . ]
[ Even though it’s just a contract marriage , it doesn’t change the fact that Liam’s a second – timer . He’s not even worthy of the Ms. Gibson. ]
[ Fed up with these shills above . Less than ten comments but tens of thousands of likes ? How much you payin ‘ per post ? Lemme get in on that cash . ]
[ @Piggy Come and catch the fresh drama of the wealthy while it’s still
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hot ! ]
[ Real – life romance novel vibes ! Contract marriage , I thought the leads would fall for each other after tying the knot . ]
[ Heard the Saxons and Coles don’t do much biz together . What’s the point of this contract marriage ? ]
[ This industry’s waters are deep . ]
Lots of chatter but not much buzz , quickly drowned out by other threads .
That day , Caleb was on the grind when a knock came . “ Come in , ” he said .
It was his special assistant , Jeffrey , who was sent to Jamelan for intel . “ Boss , we found out Ms. Aria Saxon’s info . It is fake , indeed . ”
Caleb dropped his pen right away .
Jeffrey handed over the documents . “ Ms. Saxon used to be called Madelyn , and she went missing at the age of ten . The Colton couple only reported it to the police a few days later . I asked a lot of people in the village … ”
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