Nadia carefully observed my expression, just like all the times before when she had done something wrong.
“It’s you who’s in the wrong. How could you have people investigate me? You don’t respect me at all.”
“Let’s just say we were both at fault. Can we not bring this up anymore? We’ll get married after you recover.”
She actually thought there was still a chance to salvage this.
I laughed inwardly. It turns out she had never taken anything I said seriously, not even breaking up.
According to our agreement, we should have been married long ago. But she kept postponing it again and again.
I didn’t understand before, but now that Kieran was back, all her made sense.
She had just been waiting for her true love. In her eyes, I was nothing more than a backup plan and a lapdog.
“There’s no need. It wouldn’t be right for me to get in the way of you two lovebirds.”
“Besides, we’ve already broken up. Please have some self–respect, Miss Brown.”
Nadia’s expression nearly crumbled. She looked at me, flustered and nervous.
Kieran couldn’t hold back anymore. He rushed in from outside, pointing at me and cursing.
“Nadia, don’t beg him. Marry me instead. Trust me, I can give you a better life.”
I closed my eyes in irritation, not wanting to look at this disgusting couple anymore. But Nadia thought I was jealous and instantly regained
her confidence.
“Nash, I’ll give you one last chance. Come back to me and I’ll pretend none of this ever happened.”
I directly called for a nurse to kick them out.
To prevent her from coming back to find me, I quickly transferred to a different hospital.
As soon as I recovered, I flew back to my hometown.
This time I obediently followed my parents‘ arrangements and took over management of a subsidiary company under the family business to gain experience.
In less than six months, I led the team to secure a multi–million dollar project and establish long–term cooperation with the clients.
The previous business partners also found me to discuss new projects.
Looking at me as if I had been reborn, one partner sighed with emotion as we chatted for a long time.
“It’s a good thing we didn’t continue working with Nadia’s company.”
His expression was one of relief. Right after they terminated their partnership with Nadia, her company’s products were exposed for substandard quality. In just half a year, they had lost several big orders.
Multiple partner companies were demanding refunds, leaving Nadia in a mess.
She tried many times to get away to come find me, but she simply couldn’t leave.
“I felt back then that Nadia’s business model wasn’t working, but your abilities were so outstanding that I continued the partnership. Now it’s clear there were problems.
I knew very well that Nadia’s management philosophy had been problematic for a long time. She didn’t focus on product development and only engaged in price wars, resulting in extremely high return rates.
I had brought it up with her before, but she didn’t care at all. The more I asked about it, the more impatient she became.
“If you’re so capable, why don’t you be the CEO then?”
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“You’re just a sales manager. Do your job within your capabilities. You think you understand how to run a company better than me?”
Unable to argue with her, I could only strictly control production behind the scenes, even willing to lose money to improve quality.
Now that I had left and Kieran had taken over, he didn’t care about quality at all and only wanted to make money, directly accelerating the
exposure of the company’s problems.
No longer thinking about these things, I sent off the business partner and hurried to a famous coffee shop here.
I was going on a blind date arranged by my family. The other person was a career–oriented businesswoman who had no expectations for love and just wanted to find someone to marry to appease her family.
As it happened, I no longer believed in love either.
We chatted for a month and confirmed we got along well before agreeing to meet in person.
I arrived at the cafe early. When Emma saw me, her eyes lit up with pleasant surprise.
“You didn’t tell me you were so handsome.”
Suddenly being complimented like that made me feel a bit nervous inside. My face flushed slightly.
When I was with Nadia, she would only put down my looks, saying I wasn’t good enough for her. Over time, I became more and more insecure about my appearance.
I could only work harder and harder, hoping to have value in her eyes.
Being suddenly praised by a beautiful woman, I just felt shy.
“It’s been a long time since anyone said that to me.”
She looked at me in surprise for a long while, then suddenly broke into a smile.
She told me not to put myself down and invited me to taste the coffee. We chatted about everything from coffee flavors to company building, finding we were surprisingly compatible.
Just as we were getting into an engaging conversation, a cup of coffee was suddenly thrown in my face. Although I reacted quickly, my carefully prepared suit was still ruined.
Nadia had appeared out of nowhere, her face full of fury.
“Nash, how dare you cheat on me!”
Nadia was furious to the extreme, pointing at my nose and cursing viciously.
She then tried to attack Emma, which finally made me snap. I shoved her away forcefully.
“We broke up long ago. If you want to make a scene, go find Kieran. Don’t come here acting crazy.”
I pushed her away and her waist hit the table. The pain immediately brought tears to her eyes.
“Who said we broke up? I never agreed, so it doesn’t count.”
She glared hatefully at Emma. “It must be this woman seducing you, right? You slut…”
To prevent her from continuing to make a scene, I apologized to Emma and said goodbye, grabbing Nadia’s sleeve and pulling her outside.
When we got to a quiet place, my face darkened. She had completely ruined my
mood.
“What exactly do you want?”
Seeing my anger, the fury on Nadia’s face froze. Then her eyes reddened with hurt.
“Are you really going to abandon me?”
