The Return of the War Legate

Episode 45

Samantha and Cassey were close friends back during university but lost contact after graduating.

Cassey smiled at Samantha’s remark and said, “Please. You’re doing much better than I am. Our friends have been telling me so much about how you’ve married a deadbeat!

“By the way, how much did your deadbeat husband earn from pretending to be the legate at the city that never sleeps? Everyone is just dying to know!”

Samantha was stunned at Cassey’s clearly hostile reply.

It was true that she and Adrian had pretended to be big shots at Southrive.

However, pride and ego are something that is automatically built into every person, so Samantha was left confused wondering how a legit business strategy could become another person’s laughingstock.

Embarrassed, she said, “Why would you say something like that? I thought we were close in the past?”

“Pfft!” Cassey stifled a laugh and was very straightforward with her words as she said, “That’s because you were doing much better than me in the