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Matteo didn’t answer immediately and instead asked, “Do you want to have lunch with Dad, or with your mom and the others?”
Isabella was a little confused. “Huh? Aren’t we having lunch together?”
Matteo replied, “Mm, but I have something to take care of.”
Freya and Hugo heard what Matteo said but didn’t comment. Matteo ruffled Isabella’s hair and said, “No rush. Let’s ski first. We can think about lunch afterward.”
“Okay!”
The three kids were chatting nearby. Freya put on her ski goggles and looked over at Matteo. “Has the divorce not been finalized yet?”
Matteo nodded. “Not yet.”
After a brief pause, he added, “If you need money, I can transfer some to your account.”
Freya was about to respond, but before she could, Isabella called from afar. “Mom, hurry up!”
Freya didn’t say anything further. Just then, her phone rang—it was a call from Jason. He said, “Someone from Matteb just contacted me, saying they want to discuss a potential collaboration.”
Wilson Group was now under Matteo’s control. After years of experience, Jason knew that Matteo wouldn’t help him without a reason. He called to ask Freya about the situation—he wanted to understand why Matteo was reaching out and whether there was any hidden agenda in the project, wondering if he should take it on.
Freya didn’t respond immediately. After hanging up, she glanced at Matteo. Freya turned to Matteo and said, “My uncle mentioned that someone from Wilson contacted him, wanting to collaborate on a project.”
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Matteo was about to speak, but Freya cut him off. “I know you’re probably trying to repay me and my grandmother for helping you with Grandma, but we didn’t come to the hospital because of you. As for the project, we don’t need it.”
She knew that if they did business with Wilson, the Brown family and the Green family would definitely cause trouble. Even if Matteo truly wanted to thank her and her grandmother, offering her uncle the project would be a way to fulfill that. But she also knew that the person Matteo loved was Raven.
If Matteo softened one day and used this favor to manipulate her, it would become their weakness. The consequences would ultimately fall on the Miller family. She didn’t want his project, and she didn’t trust his motivations.
With a cold tone, she added, “You don’t need to worry. After the divorce, we’ll go our separate ways. I won’t cling to you anymore.”
In her mind, this was just another way for Matteo to draw a clear line between them. He was afraid she would cling to him, but she had already decided not to.
Matteo listened to her, and after a few seconds of silence, he finally said, “Okay.”
Freya didn’t respond, instead taking out her phone and dialing her uncle, Jason, to convey her decision. After hanging up, she and the kids went skiing. The day went smoothly, and there were no unexpected incidents.
However, most of the time, Freya was talking to Xavier, Hugo, and Isabella. As for Matteo, unless necessary, they rarely spoke. Matteo also didn’t initiate any conversation.
Around noon, Matteo turned to Freya and said he had to leave for a bit. Freya simply replied, “Okay.”
He then turned to Isabella and asked, “Isabella, you—”
“I’m going to watch a movie with Mom and the others!” Isabella interrupted.
This wasn’t something Freya had promised, but Hugo and Xavier had wanted to go watch a movie, and the three kids had made the plan together before telling her.
Matteo nodded. “Alright.”
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He gave Freya a brief nod before turning to leave.
After Matteo had been gone for about ten minutes, Freya’s phone rang. It was her divorce lawyer, Paul. He said, “I just received a call from Matteo. He mentioned that he’s preparing a new divorce agreement today, which will differ from the previous one in terms of asset division. He plans to give you two or three more properties, each worth over a hundred million.”
Freya’s face remained expressionless as she listened. Matteo’s actions indicated that he didn’t trust her words earlier, and he probably thought she would continue to cling to him. The extra properties were meant to put his mind at ease, but she didn’t need his things.
“Okay, I understand. I have no objections. You can handle the rest,” she replied flatly.
Meanwhile, at the Restaurant.
Matteo arrived at the restaurant not long after leaving the ski resort, accompanied by Raven. The private room was already filled with people from the Green family and the Brown family, as well as others.
As soon as Matteo and Raven entered, the room erupted into smiles and greetings. Raven sat next to her aunt, Tracy. Matteo took a seat and began chatting with two CEOs and the others in the room.
Tracy leaned close to Raven and whispered, “Mag, I just heard from your uncle and the others that Matteo is giving a project from Wilson to the Miller family!”
Raven replied calmly, “I already know about it.”
Tracy grew anxious. “I heard that over the past few days, Matteo and Freya, even other members of the Miller family, have been getting very close. Someone saw Matteo having a meal with Miller’s old lady yesterday. Do you think they might be rekindling old feelings?”
“They never had any feelings to begin with. What’s there to rekindle?” Raven answered indifferently, though she didn’t like the way Tracy phrased it.
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Seeing Tracy getting worked up, Raven explained, “Grandmother Wilson and the Miller family have a good relationship. Matteo needs to keep Freya and the old lady on good terms with Grandma Wilson so that they won’t use the threat of not having surgery as leverage to force him to break up with me.”
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