"Besides…, Charlotte and I have recently… deepened our friendship. As the owner of the Bellevire Group, she was looking forward to our partnership and seemed genuinely excited about it. If we suddenly change the arrangement now, she would likely be displeased as…" she didn't complete her sentence. Adele did not know that the last statement would be hard for her to say, as she was leaning on a relationship that had barely begun yet it made her feel uneasy, well maybe guilty, because she had a feeling that Charlotte was genuinely seeing her as a friend. But she knew that this could be one of the best clauses that could clinch the deal and make her father agree to let her keep the title.
Just as Alpha Magnus opened his mouth to reply, his head snapped to an official, and Adele could see they were having some conversation through mind-link.
