das's concern seemed more for his wounded pr

er voice trembling slightly. "We could lose everything:

r an instant, Ariadna hoped that Leonidas w

ll talk to my father, we'll resolve this. We alw

scanning the opulence surrounding her. How much

burst into his father's study, startling Th

d, his face red with anger and frustration. "A man n

on, slowly removed his reading g

e asked in a calm but reproachful voice. "Are

arent indifference, Leonidas p

"Galanis bought all the Kallistos debts, he wants to marry Ariadna in exchang

leather chair, an ironic

we thought. He's done in days what you haven't mana

as if he had

say that? Ariadna is my fiancée. I've

posing figure casting a shadow over Leonidas

y, not an asset. Perhaps you sho

I will never let Ariadna marry th

d the desk, appr

s yourself. And if you can't..." he paused, his eyes glinting with mali

's study, slamming the door so har

dna had made a decision. She would

at she would say to Galanis. But upon reachin

, she called the butler, who appea

r gaze. "Mr. Galanis sent someone to collect al

s, taking a deep breat

called a taxi. While waiting, she looked back a

rios Galanis's offices. The building, a skys

egant woman stopped her

an important meeting. He can't recei

on, fear, and anger of the pas

er, her voice low but intense. "I'm going up to see Mr. Ga

riadna's eyes. Without waiting for a response, Ariadna headed

e she assumed the CEO's office would be. Her h

st into the office without knocking, and to her surprise, Di

is papers, a triumphant sm

his voice smooth as silk,

, perhaps bald and overweight. Instead, Dimitrios Galanis was young, attr

sure, Ariadna stepp

e the turmoil inside her, "I demand that you r

le appearing on his lips. His eyes traveled up a

s," he responded calmly, "unless, of course, y

How dare this man play with

her voice trembling with anger. "What

desk to approach her. Ariadna resisted t

voice attempting to be soft. "I am offering them a way out

repeated, confused. "Wh

ently, and Ariadna felt sma

idn't act alone. It was your father who authorized those risky financial moves. Moves that brou

e ground shift

, more to herself than to Dimitrios. "My

onate. "And when everything fell apart, he was cowardly enough to blame it a

to a chair, her

sked, looking up at Dimitrios.

d closer, his ey

Miss Kallistos, that perha

na repeated, confus

gmatically, a peculi

putation precedes you, Ariadna. And I must admi

nsing there was mor

What do you really

ed in, his eye

the decisions we make in the past can shape our future. Have you neve

as something in his tone, in the intensit

lem with me or my family, I'd ap

htened up, his s

, Ariadna. I am offering your family a way o

him, her mind a wh

time t

rios

hours, not a

and headed for the door. Be

cept? What h

os smil

f your life knowing you married out of obliga