Chapter 13

• Seeing the tension in the room, Adrian grabbed the list of engagement gifts and skimmed through it.
• After a moment, he looked up and asked Beatrice, "What’s the issue here? They’re asking for two million dollars, a few sets of gold and gemstone jewelry, and some designer fabrics. That’s hardly unreasonable. The rest are just minor details."
• "Hardly unreasonable?" Beatrice let out a bitter laugh. "Unfortunately, we don’t even have half of that in liquid assets right now."