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It was a male voice, but it wasn’t Ariston’s

A sick feeling settled in the pit of her stomach “Father”

“I called to thank you for saving the coreat deal to me”

“I didn’t do it for you”

Silence met that pronouncement

“I did it for Rhea and the hundreds of eement would have put out of work”

“I did not call to be insulted”

That was a given

“Why did you call?”

“To say thank you, as I have done”

“Though you had nothing to do with uess we’re done, then?” she said hopefully, wanting nothing et off the phone with thisher far more than her ex-husband ever had

“You’re never going to forgiveyou back”

“I walked out Not him”

“But he’d drawn up the divorce papers”

She didn’t need that reain anyway”

“I heard”

“Oh?”

“I spoke to Rhea” If he expected her to feel guilty for not calling in two years, he was bound to be disappointed

“I’otiated a better deal for both of hters if you’d come to me instead of Ariston first”

Oh, no, he was not going there “Even retired and facing the collapse of your coant and business- for me No matter how you see the situation between us, it was your treating ain with in the first place that was the problem”

“I was looking toward your future” His voice was al

“The company’s future you mean”

“It is one and the same”

“No, it is not Not for e because of that stupid company”

“It wouldn’t have been a great loss Sa to their union”

“He brought himself and that’s all that Rhea needed, but you couldn’t let them be happy”

“Their marital problems are not my fault”

“Aren’t they? You’re the one that insisted Rhea had to take over Dioletis Industries, even though you knew she and Sareed to have children”

“Now you’re blaes?”