Chapter 17

I shot Adam a wary look. "What are you doing, Mr. Ziegler?" Adam chuckled. "Leon, there's no bad blood between us, right? We don't always have to be at each other's throats. If you help me, the 200 thousand dollars is yours. And I can get Lilith to cut you some slack." I snorted. Was this guy trying to bribe me? "What do you need me to do?" I asked, eager to hear what the shameless swindler had to say. "I want to marry Lilith," he declared. I nearly sputtered. After spectacularly failing to score a business deal with Lilith's company, Adam resorted to marriage instead. The sheer audacity of his plan was comedy gold. However, I didn't want to get involved in any of Lilith's personal affairs. I would be free after 18 days, and that wretched woman would have nothing to do with me anymore. "How about it, Leon? Will you help me?" Adam asked, confident that I would say yes. To his disappointment, I shook my head. "Sorry, Mr. Ziegler. I can't help you with that." I didn't want to ge