Chapter 8

Dominic responded to his concern with a cold sentence: "What am I crying for? If you have nothing else to do, go home quickly, don't bother me here."

Sharon curiously walked over and sat down on the chair opposite Dominic, his eyes looking at him and he asked in surprise: "You're about to get married, so you should be happy, right?"

Dominic's eyes widened, his face was cold, and he said, "If you don't shut up, then leave."

Sharon quickly comforted him because he was also afraid that Dominic would get angry:

"Okay, I won't say anymore, I won't say anymore. Don't be angry."

The two were silent for a long time, then Sharon curiously asked:

"Hey, Dominic, you don't seem interested in this marriage, do you?"

Dominic's expression didn't change, he put the pen in his hand on the table, raised his head to look at Sharon, and said: "Are you looking at me like I'm interested?"

Dominic's eyes were like a stream of water that wanted to wash Sharon clean. It seemed that Sharon still recognized his best friend's intentions through that look, so he automatically left without making a sound, not daring to ask any more questions.

Aylin knocked on the door: "General Manager, there's a branch meeting in 5 minutes."

Dominic entered the meeting room, everyone bowed their heads.

"Okay, everyone, a summary report of the situation and results of the past month."

Each branch reported, but Dominic was always straightforward in his criticism. Everyone was scared, and the discussion was very noisy:

"What's wrong with the CEO today? Does he look like a murderer who wants to kill us?"

"What, are you here for a meeting or to discuss private matters?"

Everyone was silent, no one dared to say anything. The atmosphere in the meeting room became tense and heavy, no one dared to breathe heavily. Finally, Dominic left and said:

"The meeting is over."

With a sigh of relief, the atmosphere calmed down, and everyone quickly left.

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The Romano house was quiet, everyone had left early in the morning. Although the house was beautiful and luxurious, for an old man like Mr. Usha, it felt lonely. He had been bored with his career all his life, and now that he was old, he had to sit in one place and watch his children and grandchildren follow in his footsteps.

What he was most worried about now was that all three of his grandsons were old enough to get married, but none of them had brought their girlfriends home to meet their families. He was always afraid that he would not see any of them get married until he was near death.

He slowly walked out of the room, leaned on his cane, went to the kitchen, and asked the maid, "Maya, why haven't I seen Dominic lately?"

The maid heard the voice behind her and turned around to answer, "These days, the young master has been gone from early morning until late at night, sir."

Mr. Usha sighed a few times and went out to sit on the sofa in the living room. He was still worried. He was afraid that his grandson's temper would ruin his engagement with the Browns.

A woman came down from upstairs. She looked to be nearly fifty years old, but her skin was smooth, rosy, and had few wrinkles. Looking at her style of dress, one could tell that she was the wife of the president of the largest chain of stores in the country. Her name was Lowa, the wife of Viktor Romano.

Lowa sat down opposite her father-in-law with a worried look and asked, "Dad, why did you get up so early today?"

Mr. Usha coughed lightly a few times and slowly said,

"Look at your son, he's already 28 years old and still refuses to get married. He hasn't brought any girls home to meet his family for many years. How can I be at ease? And Cayle and Rhett are not young anymore. I know that you've been struggling to take care of this family alone for many years. Your mother-in-law died early, and our family is full of men who only know how to work in the company. It's time to find someone to share the burden with you."

Lowa's face was full of worry for her father-in-law's health, he kept coughing violently, his expression was gloomy, and his eyes were filled with unspeakable sadness. He must be very worried. At this rate, she was afraid that the old man would get sick. 

Lowa gently replied to her father-in-law: "Dad, please take care of your health. I will find a way to advise the boy. Don't worry too much."

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In the CEO's office, Dominic stood looking out the glass door, holding a cup of coffee and thinking pensively. In fact, since breaking up with Lillie, he had never paid attention to another girl. To be more precise, he had lost faith in love. Dominic and Lillie's relationship lasted for three years, he still truly loved her, giving her all the best. One day, she suddenly stole his design ideas and sold them to a competitor, then took the money abroad with another man until now, whose whereabouts were unknown. Dominic took a long time to get over this.

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At the Brown house, Cynthia pulled her mother into the room and closed the door.

"The other day I accidentally heard my grandfather and that man talking to each other, if this wedding goes through, we will have enough money to pay off the debt, have enough left to live, and even have 5% of the Romano Group's shares."

Lawrence's eyes widened, staring at her daughter, her mouth stammering:

"You mean you want to marry into the Romano family?"

Cynthia, who was always cunning and deceitful, curled her lips slightly, she looked deep into Lawrence's eyes, leaned close to her mother's ear, and whispered:

"Of course not, how could I marry that cold guy? But you forgot, our family also has Rosabella. Although she is not a biological child, she also has the surname Brown."

Lawrence seemed hesitant: "Is that okay?"

Cynthia was sinister, she kept saying that her fiancé was cold and pushed her sister away, forcing this marriage to happen:

"Mom, why not? Although the Brown family didn't give birth to her, they raised her. You just need to find an excuse to let her repay the favor. The engagement is between the two families and she is the eldest daughter, of course, it's fine. Just marry her to their family, the money and shares are ours. If she dies of loneliness in the Romano family, we can only blame it on her bad luck."

Lawrence had always been blindly indulgent with her daughter, so no matter how unreasonable or immoral the proposal was, she would still nod in agreement.