ログインBella was a teenager when her parents died in a plane crash. Afterward, she was taken in by the Hayes family, her parents’ close friends, who wanted to raise her as their own because of the strong relationship both families had maintained while her parents were alive. Two years later, Bella got married to Williams following his father’s counsel. It happened that Samantha, Williams’ girlfriend whom he had proposed to, rejected him for her acting career abroad. This made his performance at the company decline, which worried his father. Bella accepted the marriage because she loved Williams, hoping that one day the marriage would bring them together. But this decision she made later became something she deeply regretted.
もっと見るEthan's POV The shareholder meeting was set for Thursday. Clara’s memo sat open on my screen, every registered name listed in neat black text. I decided to scroll through everything, that was when I spotted her name. Bella Hayes. My finger hovered, then clicked. Her profile filled the monitor—stake percentage, transfer records, purchase dates. I stared at the numbers until they blurred. It's just 15 months since the divorce, and Bella has been able to come up with this much. Because I was pretty sure that in our three years of marriage, I had never known she held shares. Or maybe I had stopped noticing details about her long before the divorce. I forced myself to close the tab, telling myself I had other things to do that were more important than an ex-wife. I opened Marcus’s counter-strategy file instead and scrolled through legal angles. Procedural blocks. Ways to neutralize a shareholder who might demand more than the board wanted to give. But nothing was entering my brai
Bella's POVThe marketing department was the first thing I fixed. Although three other departments were bleeding worse, but I decided to tackle marketing first because it was the most visible and whatever a company puts out into the world is what the world believes. Nathan Holdings had been putting out the wrong thing, and the world had responded accordingly.I called the department head on Monday morning.His name was Felix. He looked like he was in his mid-forties, confident in the particular way of someone who had spent years believing he is the smartest person in every room.He came into the meeting room with a folder and an expression that said he had already decided this conversation would be about things he was supposed to do but hadn't.I let him talk first.He talked about brand visibility, market positioning, and several other things.Then I opened my own folder."Your biggest client," I said. "How long has it been since someone from this company called to check on them?"F
Bella's POVThe twins were not ideal boardroom companions.I had arranged for a sitter — a woman from the building who was warm and reliable. But Zion had woken up that morning with a grip on my shirt that he refused to release, and Zara had taken a look at the sitter and started crying.So they came with me.Nathan's headquarters was a glass building ten minutes from my apartment — clean lines, a lobby that was trying slightly too hard, staff who smiled.The receptionist looked at the twins."Mr. Nathan is expecting you," the receptionist said, recovering smoothly from her surprise."I know," I said.Nathan was standing when I walked in.He was at the window with his coffee, and he turned when the door opened. His eyes went immediately to the twins, his expression moving through surprise before settling somewhere that looked genuinely warm."You brought reinforcements," he said."They insisted."I set Zara down on the conference table. Zion remained in the stroller, still occupied wi
Ethan's' PpOVI called Marcus that night.I stood in my study with the share certificate on the desk in front of me, Samantha asleep upstairs, and the house quiet.Marcus picked up on the fourth ring."Is the shareholder structure legitimate?" I asked.He knew what I meant. I hadn't spoken to him about it, and that was one of the reasons I liked him and considered him an exceptional lawyer.I heard him typing.The silence stretched for two minutes. I stood at my desk and looked at Bella's name on the document, listening to the sound of Marcus moving through databases on the other end of the line."It's legitimate," he said finally.Something in my chest moved."All of it?" I asked."All of it." More typing. "She started with the shares you gave her in the settlement. Used them as the base. Then she began purchasing additional shares—small amounts, consistently." A pause. "Williams, she has been doing this for over a year. Every purchase is clean. Every transfer is documented. There is
Bella's POV I was sure Ethan had expected me to rant.To break down and become restless and question him. But for some reason, I was calm.Eerily calm.“Way to go, Ethan!” Rebecca suddenly said from where she sat, rising to her feet and walking toward us with satisfaction written all over her fac
Bella's POV It was almost 11 p.m., and my husband, Ethan Hayes, was still not back from his workplace. This was strange because in the entire course of our marriage, there had never been a single day he returned this late.As his wife, and one who had studied everything about him so I could give h
Bella's POVThe silence that followed my demand was almost deafening.Rebecca recovered first, as she always did. Her laughter cut through the tension like a blade, sharp and mocking."Twenty percent shares in Hayes Conglomerates?" she repeated, her voice climbing higher with each word. "Have you l
Bella's POV “I always told you that you never belonged to this family, Bella. You thought I was joking,” Rebecca muttered audibly, loud enough for me to hear as I walked toward the dining table to have my dinner.“For an orphan to even dream of becoming the matriarch of the Hayes family. Oh my, po






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