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MAURICE'S POV

I had led Mr Stone away. I wanted to quickly get him away from Glenda. The man was smitten with her and it stirred my jealousy.

After discussing further with him, I came to the conclusion not to do business with him. If not for my brother Sam, I wasn't familiar with Mr Stone. But Sam had pitched a good deal from Mr Stone and after hearing it, I had to agree, it was indeed good business.

Regardless of the fact that it was good business, it wasn't good enough to lose my wife. And I wouldn't wait till the wedding was over before letting Sam know.

“I won't be closing the deal with Stone.”

“What?” Sam sounded baffled. “It's a good deal. You said so yourself .”

“I know it's not a good deal. But I don't want it.”

Sam drew back and blinked at me in disbelief. “Why?”

“Stone wants something more than just the deal. Something I can't give.”

Sam squinted, his interest had been piqued and his eyes gleamed with curiosity.

“What does he want that you can't give?” He asked and then smi