The Day I Walked Away My Empire Began novel Chapter 202

“Ugh, just shut up.”

“Haha, Lucie, I swear, you have the best eye-roll I’ve ever seen. Seriously, it’s a work of art.”

Right then, the door crashed open with a bang. June stormed in like she owned the place, catching Elio’s last words perfectly.

“Well, well, well! So you like it when people roll their eyes at you, huh?” She shot him a look dripping with sarcasm. “Here, let me give you the deluxe version.”

As June barged in, Mr. Lee and a few security guards scrambled after her, completely frazzled. “Ma’am, you can’t go in there!”

Useless. None of them could slow June down when she was on a mission.

“Ms. Anderson, we tried to stop her, but she just barged right in!”

Lucie just smiled, calm as ever. “It’s fine. She’s a friend of mine. You can all go.”

“Oh! Sorry, didn’t realize she was your friend. We’ll leave you to it, then.”

June rounded on Elio, her eyes blazing. “Elio, you absolute bastard! Where exactly do you think you’re running off to? I’m telling you, even if you blasted off to outer space, I’d hunt you down.”

Elio coughed and looked like he wanted to disappear. “How do you always find me?”

“Doesn’t matter,” June shot back. “Point is, you’re coming back with me. We’re getting married.”

Before he could protest, June lunged and wrapped herself around him, koala-style—legs locked around his waist, arms tight around his neck.

“Try running now!” she smirked.

Elio tried to pry her off, exasperated. “Please, have mercy! Forcing this won’t make either of us happy. Let me go, I’m begging you.”

June only clung tighter. “No way. You have to marry me. If I don’t marry you, I get nothing. My mom said if I marry you, I can split the inheritance with my brothers. If not, I get zip.”

June wasn’t budging. “Don’t die yet. At least get the marriage certificate first. And even if you do die, I’ll marry your ghost. Either way, I’m marrying you in this lifetime.”

“Are you for real? I can’t with you.” Elio tried to make a run for it.

June grabbed the back of his shirt before he could escape. “Where do you think you’re going? Stop right there!”

He tried to shake her off. “Don’t follow me. I seriously can’t stand another second of this.”

June clung on stubbornly, getting dragged across the floor as he tried to get away. “You’re not getting away. Just accept your fate.”

Lucie watched, terrified they’d break something in her office. “Can you both please calm down? Everything in here is super fragile. Just sit down and talk, okay?”

“Fine,” June said, finally letting go. “If you agree to marry me, I’ll do whatever you want. I won’t interfere with your life after we’re married—I’ve already compromised this much. What else do you want?”

“That’s not the problem,” Elio sighed, drained. “The problem is we’re just not right for each other.”