Chapter 43

Stephanie paused for a second, then looked a little guilty. "I— I mean, you two aren't right for each other. So I offered her fifty million to back off. That's not wrong, is it? Fifty million bucks! I was being generous, okay? But do you know what she said? She actually had the nerve to say she'd give me half a billion just to make you move in with her as a live-in husband!" "Wait, she really said that?" Before Stephanie could finish, Alexander cut her off, eyes gleaming with excitement. "Yeah! See? You're mad too, right? I'm telling you, that girl is way too wild—" She froze. Her son—he was... smiling? Alexander clapped her on the shoulder, grinning, "Mom, I honestly gotta thank you this time. I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to get her to like me, and now she just said straight up in front of you that she wants to marry me. No way she's backing out now." He'd just come out of a stressful meeting, and now he was in the best mood. Who cares about money when you're on you