Chapter 121 Had Forgotten Him

• Alaric had originally intended to go through with it, but Emerald managed to talk him out of it just in time.
• The old man signed the contract, then glanced at Emerald again. “I’ll agree to this partnership, but she won’t. Her stance hasn’t changed. I have no problem with you keeping her around, as long as she doesn’t take the title of Mrs. Corrigan. She can have anything else—but not that.”
• “You brat, you need a wife who can help you build your career, not drag you down. If you marry her, do you really think her family can offer a respectable dowry? Do you want our Corrigan to become a joke?”