“Gideon and I are divorced. We have no relationship. I don’t want to hear about his affairs.”
Kelly stood there, utterly dumbfounded.
Divorced?
Because of whom?
Lilith?
But wasn't Lilith already dead?
The surrounding employees fell silent, none of them expecting to stumble upon such a huge piece of gossip.
***
The stock transfer was completed quickly. Because the other party was Raphael, Aria hadn’t been in a hurry for the money.
But Raphael had already transferred the funds.
Seeing the two hundred million dollar deposit notification, Aria was a little surprised. “I told you I was going to give you a discount. Why did you send so much?”
“Evercrest Prosperity Holdings is doing very well. This amount is in line with the market price,” Raphael said with a smile. “I can’t let you take a loss just because of our friendship, can I?”
Aria opened her mouth to speak, but her phone suddenly rang.
It was an unknown number.
Aria didn’t answer calls from unknown numbers. After she rejected it, the same number called again.
It probably wasn’t a spam call.
Aria answered. “Hello?”
“Aria, you transferred the shares? Who did you transfer them to? Weren’t you supposed to give them to me? Why did you block me? Where are you right now? Why did Kelly say you were with another man? Speak!”
A string of furious questions came from the other end of the line.
It was Gideon.
He certainly found out fast.
Aria let out a small, humorless laugh. “Gideon, what right do you have to question me? The shares are mine to do with as I please. Don’t forget, I’ve already divorced you!”
Kelly flinched involuntarily and quickly called the security department.
A moment later, Gideon’s phone received the video file from Kelly.
He opened it and saw a man and a woman getting out of a car. He’d recognize that man even if he were burned to ashes.
Raphael!
He couldn’t wait to make a move the second they were divorced!
Was he not only after Aria, but his company as well?
Gideon let out a pair of cold laughs. The Evernight family’s greatest taboo was turning on their own blood. Since Raphael had made the first move, Gideon wouldn’t hesitate to report this to Aldous Evernight.
He took a screenshot of the two of them getting out of the car together and sent it to Aldous Evernight, along with the notification of the share transfer.
[Gideon: Grandpa, Raphael isn’t just making a move on Aria, he even snatched half the shares of Evercrest Prosperity Holdings.]
Raphael had just returned to the country with only Aldous Evernight backing him. If Aldous thought Raphael was causing trouble, he would surely send him abroad again.
At that point, Aria would have no choice but to come back to him.

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