Chapter 128

"The one I like doesn't like me back. What a cliché heartbreak story, huh?" Isabella sighed again, then added, "Elliot, hurry up and settle the serious stuff for me, would you? Once that's done, I can finally keep myself busy and stop thinking about all this romance nonsense." "What serious stuff?" "My grandpa and his grandpa—two old men cooking up a plan to marry us off. You know, power couple style. Elliot promised to help me kick out one of my brothers—plus, like, three cousins and two more half-brothers—from the family group's board so I can get a place there myself. Then I'll call the shots. No need for any marriage merger—I'll be the power." "I did want to marry him once. Thought it could kill two birds with one stone—get the guy I like and ride on the Grant family's influence. Sounded great. But now, clearly, the first one's impossible. So, chop chop, bring me the second." "I mean, it's either love or money—can I at least snag one? Once I'm sitting at the top of it all, no one w