The Reclaimed Rose (Annalise and Steven) novel Chapter 292

Sasha rolled her eyes. "I'm seriously speechless. Why do you think he's so weird?"

However, I was more concerned about something else. "Did your parents agree to the marriage?"

Sasha replied haughtily, "My parents respect my opinion. Knowing that I didn't like him, they rejected him on my behalf!"

Just then, a cold, masculine voice rang out, "But it won't be long before you'll be forced to marry him."

Sasha couldn't comprehend why Zane would say so.

"Why?" she asked.

He replied calmly, "The answer is simple. There are problems with every single one of the projects that your father is recently preparing to take on."

She stood up abruptly at that.

Zane continued, "There are also problems with the projects that he's currently working on. If I were you, I'd quickly request leave so I could give them advice. Otherwise, your family really will be hovering on the edge of bankruptcy.

"At that point, as long as the man you speak of can provide help, you'll end up marrying him whether you like it or not."

Sasha looked ill at the mere possibility of that happening. Although she didn't like Zane, it was undeniable that he possessed a relatively accurate judgment of the market.

She blurted out, feeling rather panicked, "I'll go immediately."

"Have Richard drive you over," Zane said calmly. "You're quite agitated right now, so I'm afraid you might get yourself into trouble on the road."

"Alright."

Only after Sasha had left did I dare ask Zane, "How did you know about all this?"

Zane's tone became much gentler as he explained, "In our industry, pretty much everyone knows which company produces what project and which company eventually wins the bid for it. However, nobody knows the specifics, and that goes for me as well.

"But what sets me apart from the others is that I've handled many projects throughout the years. Due to this fact, I'm sometimes able to judge whether a project is a scam or not, even if all I know are the project's general direction and the other party's line of thought."