119. The Dream is Over_1

Later, her wish was granted, she got engaged to him, and after turning eighteen, she could marry him. Yet, as she waited with anticipation, she received the news that he wanted to call off their engagement.

When she thought of the moment she heard this news, she was completely stunned. Never before had she felt like the whole world was shrouded in darkness.

Because the light that had always guided her through life had suddenly withdrawn, leaving her path in utter darkness. She walked alone and aimlessly, unable to move forward.

The year after the engagement was broken, the Campbell crisis occurred. She hid her own tactics, marrying Adam Jones using the most foolish of methods.

She went to Adam, casting aside her dignity to beg him for an alliance with the Campbell Family. Even if Jones didn't provide investment, Campbell's stock would rise simply with a Jones-Campbell alliance.

If Adam didn't agree, she had other ways to turn the Jones crisis around.