CHAPTER 201

TONY’S POV

I hang up the call with Aria, a heaviness settling in my chest. My manager, Harry, stands beside me, exuding confidence.

“I’m telling you. A woman can’t become wealthy like her overnight.”

He believes there’s no way Aria could have amassed her wealth on her own, implying that a woman couldn’t achieve such success so quickly. His words, dripping with sexism, irritate me, but I push that aside. There’s a bigger issue at hand.

“Yeah, I know… She refused to disclose anything about her relationship with Dave Wilson.”

Aria being linked to Dave Wilson, the richest man in the country, brings a wave of anxiety crashing over me. If Aria truly is his mistress, then parading around with me is foolish and reckless. The idea that Dave Wilson might find out and retaliate against me gnaws at my nerves, making it hard to think straight. I feel a knot of fear tightening in my stomach at the thought of what Wilson could do. It seems Aria doesn’t really care and all she wants is to get me into