Sincerity

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Amos wasn't the only one relieved to find a justification for the prime minister's seemingly unexplainable favor for Emilia. Many people in the venue secretly breathed a sigh of relief after discovering her 'real motivation' for making that outrageous bid. "Miss Bellatrix really doesn't care about money anymore, does she?"

The industry and capital she inherited from her grandfather wasn't something even the likes of Gray Wolfe could scoff at a few decades ago, but now it wasn't even able to compare with the tenth richest person in her own country.

If not for her position as the prime minister, perhaps these people wouldn't even bother to 'waste time' looking down their nose at Bellatrix. As it was, though, they could only pretend to be regretful at her 'wasted potential'.