After his dramatic meltdown at the gala, Christian quickly became the biggest joke in our circle.
As my agency swallowed up nearly half of Miller Group's core business, Christian's cash flow finally collapsed completely.
Desperate to plug the multi-million-dollar hole in his debt, he immediately thought of the upscale suburban villa.
That villa was a cozy nest he had purchased for Chloe three years ago, misappropriating corporate funds without my knowledge.
Back then, out of paranoia against me, he had explicitly put only Chloe's name on the deed.
It was supposed to be his ultimate fallback plan.
But when he frantically barged into the villa, demanding Chloe mortgage the house for cash, he was met with ice-cold ridicule.
"Mortgage it? Are you out of your mind, Christian?" Chloe
