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Sage then continued learning more about Mimosa’s current predicament.
Priscilla still had other things to attend to, so Sage got up and said, “Don’t worry about anything. Priscilla. I will always support you. Leave the funding part to me. I’ll think of something.”
“You’ve always been a good friend to me,” Priscilla said with a chuckle. “I’m eternally grateful that you’re willing to help out. But I know that with Mimosa being where it’s at now, nobody would ever want to
Invest in it anymore.”
Sage understood what Priscilla was trying to say. Nonetheless, she sincerely hoped that she would be
able to help the latter out of this pinch.
After coming out of Mimosa, Sage received a call from Tiana. As it turned out, she’d also read about the
news on Mimosa.
“How could Benjamin do such a thing? It’s unbelievable! How could he do such dirty, shady things while pretending it was all charity work for him? I wonder if the police are going to question him about it!”
Tiana sounded furious on the phone. Sage just replied, “Priscilla had made a police report against him in the past. However, the girls from the orphanage said they willingly followed him to the bar. They also said that they were with Benjamin out of their own accord.
“The people at the orphanage said the private agreements they made with Benjamin were all for the sake of the orphanage as well. So, other than this being morally wrong, there’s no other way to convict them.”
“So he’s getting off scot–free just like that?” Tiana huffed.
Sage replied, “Benjamin has left Mimosa for now. After being caught in a scandal like this, I don’t think he’s going to do very well, even if he sets up a whole other winery by himself. I guess he’ll still get what
he deserves.”
“What do you mean by that? He’s still filthy rich! His name might be in the dumps for now, but ultimately,
he lost nothing!”
Tiana continued swearing and cursing at Benjamin for a while more. Then, she changed the topic and started asking about Priscilla. Sage simply told her everything she knew.
“How are you planning to help Priscilla? Will Farsight Investment still want to invest in Mimosa?” Tiana
asked.
“I don’t think so.”
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Sage then filled Tiana in on her argument with Shane. “Even though such a thing never happened, I reckon that Shane might not want to invest in Mimosa that easily anymore in order to protect his interest.
While Sage did have some funds on hand amounting to a hundred million dollars, it wouldn’t be enough for Mimosa in its current state. At most, it would just save them in the short term. However, the funds were far from enough to help Mimosa expand or even think about being a listed company.
And if they couldn’t turn things around and clear Mimosa’s name, it would be useless for her to continue
investing in it.
There wasn’t anything Tiana could do to help. “Don’t feel too pressured. I’m sure Priscilla won’t blame
you if you can’t help her.”
After chatting for a while longer, Sage asked, “Tiana, so what’s it been like after being in Lathuyria for the past few days? Did anything interesting happen?”
Tiana replied, “What kind of interesting things were you hoping to happen? Wilson’s been attending conferences left and right. By the time he returns to the hotel, it’s already late at night. But whenever he has a bit of free time, he’ll make it a point to bring me around.
“We even met up with one of his old classmates he hadn’t seen in a long while for dinner.”
“A female classmate?” Sage asked.
“Yeah.” Tiana said. “She went to the same university as Wilson. She then left abroad to further her studies. She happened to attend the conference this time.”
Sage could guess that this old female classmate was Wilson’s old flame. First love, even.
“Is she pretty?” Sage asked, trying to imply something. “Did you sense anything out of the ordinary while you were having dinner with her?”
Tiana could tell at once what Sage was implying. “You’re overthinking things! His female classmate was gorgeous and quite generous, too. She never acted out of line. She talked to me a lot during the dinner. She didn’t even talk much to Wilson.”
Sage was even surer of her hunch now. “Tiana, my poor, dumb friend, if you met an old flame and his spouse by coincidence, would you still continue talking to him?”
Tiana thought for a while after hearing what Sage had to say. She then responded, “I’d never dated
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anyone before Wilson. I’ve also never met anyone else whom I’ve felt anything for until I met him.”
