Corrin's outcry caused a stir among the onlookers, prompting him to lower his voice. "Norah, weren't you the one who set up this alliance for my company?"

He had believed that she had done it as a way to show gratitude, her connection to his family being the only way a girl like her could marry into a family such as the Carters. But in reality, he was overthinking it.

“If you can resume the cooperation between the two companies, all my family members will disappear from your life," Corrin proposed, his eyes locked onto Norah.