Now, those same eyes looked at him as though he wasn't even worth her attention.
Yet he swallowed the pain in his heart. He had to make sure Luke never managed to impress Mu Jin.
The reason was simple.
Previously, Pan Linji, even though he was a fiancé, was easily dealt with by him because that guy was flawed and full of red flags.
But Luke was different. This man was genuinely impressive.
His background was excellent, his family was powerful, and even his personality was difficult to find fault with. Compared to Luke, Pei Ke suddenly felt that his own wealth wasn't enough.
He regretted not taking a larger percentage of the businesses he had invested in.
Unlike the businesses his family openly displayed, Pei Ke secretly owned several businesses under the table. He even possessed a small share of the black market.
The problem was that none of those businesses were large enough individually.
When combined, they still didn't amount to much.
