"Fair enough. It's hard to deceive you, just like what people said." Patrick L inhaled and then continued, "I want Aluna's assets, and you guys make it difficult for people like me and Arijati."
This was it, Stephanie sighed inwardly. The moment she had to hear it directly from the horse's mouth about their real motivation of having to do it the hard way.
It was all about money and all those shiny things. It wasn't just about Aluna.
The disgust in her heart flared up even bigger as she realised that it was never about Aluna in the first place. Patrick L, the bigger guy he was, never thought Aluna as something more than an accessory in his arm, an arm candy. Wherever the woman went, whatever problem she had, it was never interesting for him.
What mattered most for a person like Patrick L was the money, the bank statement that slowly got eroded without any future investment at sight.
