Lauren couldn't help but think back to when she first met Andrew. Back then, he was nothing more than a man everyone dismissed—a so-called freeloader, introduced as Christina's live-in boyfriend.

Had Andrew grown this much in such a short time, or had he been hiding his true abilities all along?

Andrew smiled and said, "Don't worry. Think of it as my dowry for you. And besides, what's yours is mine—it's all the same."

Marcus was at a loss for words.

Using pharmaceutical formulas as a dowry? If Mr. Lloyd presented this kind of gift to marry a princess from one of Vestra's lesser-known royal families, it would be more than enough!

At fifty billion per formula in today's market, even the seemingly untouchable royal families with their noble bloodlines would line up for such a proposal.

Not only could he marry a princess, but he could even pick and choose from the most beautiful among them.

Fifty billion! That was an astronomical figure!

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