Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 836

Seeing that she had Noreen's attention, Tiana curled her bright red lips into a triumphant smile. "Perry tried to cross a line with you in the past, right?"

"Yes."

"That's why Seth crippled him. Because he dared to lay a hand on you. And that's not all. Seth pulled strings with the Rivercrest Chamber of Commerce to get Perry permanently blacklisted from the mainland market. That's why he's been stuck operating around Harborview and Portside City all these years, unable to grow his business."

Tiana's husband was a local businessman, so she heard all the juicy gossip circulating among the wealthy wives in Harborview.

Perry's wife, Mrs. Chase, used to have a miserable time dealing with his rampant cheating.

But after the incident in Rivercrest City left him permanently impotent, her life turned completely around.

Perry only had one son, and Mrs. Chase was the mother.

The son was incredibly protective of her, which forced Perry to treat his wife with absolute respect. He was terrified she would pack up, take the boy, and leave him without an heir.

With all the power in the marriage, Mrs. Chase had become quite the diva in social circles.

She even secretly kept a few younger boyfriends on the side.

When the other wives asked if she was worried Perry would find out and divorce her, she brushed it off.

After a few drinks, she spilled the beans about his "condition."

She claimed Perry already knew about her affairs and just turned a blind eye.

As long as she didn't rub it in his face, he was perfectly happy to play dumb.

Every socialite in the loop knew the story, Tiana included.

Noreen was completely floored.

When Perry had mysteriously pulled all his operations out of the mainland years ago, she had been baffled.

She never imagined that the entire fallout was because of her!

And she certainly never expected that Seth had done so much behind the scenes.

When she wandered back out to the banquet hall in a daze, Seth was nowhere to be found.

Did he leave?

Just like that?

It was the first time since their breakup that she felt a hollow pang of disappointment over his sudden absence.

During the latter half of the gala, Leonardo finally had some free time, so he invited Noreen to a private lounge to discuss business.

Noreen brought the technology and the talent.

Leonardo had the resources and the network.

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