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Chapter 120
After she finished her words, Georgina clasped her hands together and rested them on her
knees as she was genuinely nervous. Even though she had managed to analyze the whole
situation clearly, she still couldn't tell what was going on in Aidan's mind. He had turned
himself from an illegitimate child into the widely-feared President Pearson, so he was
clearly someone of astounding intelligence and capabilities. However, even though it
seemed like Aidan was on the losing end within the Pearson Group this time, Georgina still
wasn't sure if her terms were attractive enough for him.
Aidan curled her lips into a smile as he gazed at her with an unimpressed look. "You want
me to marry you, huh?"
Georgina took a deep breath. "That's right. If it weren't for the mistake that occurred in
between, we should've been the ones getting married three years ago. Furthermore, both
our families have already—"
"I think you might have misunderstood something." Aidan interrupted her. "They wanted
you to get married to Justin, not me."
Georgina froze upon hearing this. "How could that be? I've always treated Justin as a
brother…" she muttered. "That's why no one brought it up," Aidan replied. Sienna was
fond of Georgina, but if she had found out that Georgina was getting married to Aidan, she
wouldn't have allowed herself to get too close to Georgina. She couldn't bring herself to be
fond of a woman who was about to marry a man she despised.
There were two main reasons why no one had ever brought up the marriage between
Georgina and Justin. Firstly, Justin had a firm stance on this matter—he refused to agree to
the marriage regardless of Sienna's words. Sienna had no choice but to give up on him.
Secondly, since the Crossleys were a wealthy family, and Georgina was their only
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtdaughter, her father was extremely fond and overprotective of her. Her family would never
allow her to date someone with a physical disability. These were the main reasons no one
ever suggested a marriage between the Crossleys and Pearsons.
On the other hand, Sienna would never allow Georgina to marry Aidan—that was probably
the last thing Sienna wanted. Gordon was worried that Aidan would start disobeying them
after he grew more powerful, so Gordon immediately ordered Aidan and Leanna to get
married when Lenna showed up.
Georgina calmed down before speaking again. "If that's the case, don't you have more
reason to marry me? In that case, they would be helpless, and you'd be able to get
revenge on them!" she uttered.
Aidan simply knocked his long fingers on the desk's surface as he thought about
something. "Our marriage would be just like Anna and Zayn's marriage, Aidan. Both
parties would benefit from this. You know how I'm the only daughter at home, Aidan. I'm
bad at managing the company, so I will hand over all of the business to you in the future.
I'd rather marry you than some random guy that I've barely met. You're the best option I
have in mind." Georgina insisted.
After a few seconds, Aidan's calm voice filled the room. "But you're not my best option,"
he replied.
She pressed her lips together. "Did you fall in love with your ex-wife?"
"What has that got to do with you?" Aidan's gaze turned colder when he next looked at
her.
"I don't understand what you're doing, Aidan. How could you get yourself hooked on the
same person for so long? You shouldn't forget how hard you've fought to be here. You
claim that no one has the power to tell you what to do, yet you listened to your parents'
orders and got married to that woman, didn't you? Furthermore, I bet your father doesn't
know about her pregnancy yet, right?" Georgina asked.
The temperature in the office seemed to turn a few degrees colder the moment she
finished her sentence. "Who told you about that?" The words Aidan spat out of his mouth
were like ice shards stabbing through Georgina's skin. His icy gaze made Georgina clench
her fists in fear. Even though her lashes were trembling, she kept a smile on her face. "The
walls have ears, don't they?" she said with a smile. "However, you don't have to worry. I'm
not going to use this to threaten you or anything. I just wanted to—"
Aidan scoffed once more. "What makes you think I'm going to let you threaten me?"
Georgina froze upon hearing this. Then, Aidan got to his feet and walked over to the floor-
to-ceiling window, where he stood with one hand stuck into his pocket. There wasn't any
emotion in his voice as he spoke. "She got pregnant after getting a divorce with me. Why
should I take responsibility for something that isn't mine? Even if the child's mine, do you
think I care about it?" he asked.
"Even if you're not sure whether the child's yours, I know your dad's going to order for the
child to be born. Then, he will get you guys to run DNA tests just to check if the baby's
yours. Have you thought about this, Aidan? Even if the child isn't yours, your dad might do
something in order to take away the power you have in your hands. He might—"
"You sure know my dad well, huh?" Aidan uttered with a somewhat sarcastic smirk.
"I'm just sharing my predictions." Georgina walked over to him before continuing in a soft
voice. "It doesn't matter if you don't want to get married to me now, Aidan. You can
consider whatever I just said, and give me an answer when you're ready. As an act of
sincerity, I'll show up at the charity dinner with you tomorrow. Then, it will ruin your
father's initial plan.
…
Jonathan knocked on the door and entered the room after Georgina left. "Should I prepare
a female partner for the charity event you're attending tomorrow, President Pearson?"
Aidan turned around and gazed at the entrance before speaking. "Well, there's a living and
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"Are you talking about Miss Crossley?" Jonathan asked.
"She's right. The fastest way to stop Gordon now is for me to marry someone from the
Crossleys. This would benefit both parties," Aidan uttered.
"President Pearson, do you mean…" Jonathan was shocked.
Aidan gazed at the other man with a blank look on his face. "I'd save myself 30 years of
hard work if I got married to the Crossleys, wouldn't I?"
Jonathan was speechless. Since when did President Pearson learn to crack such dark
jokes? Aidan didn't seem like he was waiting for Jonathan's response as he continued
talking after that. "Is Lux Magazine on the charity dinner's invitation list?"
"Yes." Jonathan hastily responded to the man's question after he recovered from his shock.
"As per the charity dinner's rules, Lux sells one of their jewelry pieces. They're also getting
two of their in-house jewelry designers to auction their own designs."
"Since when did Lux get their own in-house jewelry designers?" Aidan asked. Jonathan was
momentarily speechless but quickly reminded Aidan of the other designer. "Queenie, the
other in-house designer, is the one that took Mrs. Pearson's spot to go to Paris three years
ago. She came over to visit you in Pearson Group once, and you gave her the opportunity
that Mrs. Pearson didn't want…"
"I remember her now," Aidan said while giving his assistant a blank gaze. "You sure have a
lot of answers, huh?"
Jonathan chuckled. "Do you have any other orders, President Pearson?"
"I want you to get someone to take a picture of Leanna's product tomorrow," Aidan uttered
after a moment of silence.
"Can I get President Woodley to do it?" Jonathan asked.
"Get someone else. He's too obvious," Aidan replied.
"Got it. I'll go deal with it now."
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