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Chapter 64 — Showing Up

ผู้เขียน: Oby Jennifer
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The first time, Elara told herself it was a co-occurrence.

The charity gala was a large event, the kind that drew hundreds of guests from across the industry, and it wasn’t especially strange that Kael might attend given his family’s longstanding involvement with the foundation hosting it. She spotted him across the room early in the evening, standing near a group of Sterling associates, and she felt a small, wary flicker of awareness before continuing with her own evening, refusing to let his
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  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 86 — Fitness to Lead

    Kael’s father called a board meeting for Thursday morning, and from the moment Kael entered the room, he could tell this was different from their usual quarterly review. Several senior members were already seated around the table, their serious expressions making it clear that this discussion had been forming for longer than Kael had realized."We need to discuss leadership stability," his father said, once everyone had settled, his tone serious. "More specifically, it seems these recent personal complications have compromised Kael's ability to lead this company through what remains a difficult and uncertain period.”Kael felt his stomach tighten, he understood l immediately what this meant. Months of accumulated visible distractions were finally being addressed formally."The Grant Wolcott situation, however unauthorized, still happened under circumstances connected to this family's ongoing tension with Vale Capital," one of the older board members said. "The gala photograph, however

  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 85 — The Correction

    Kael saw the photograph the same morning as everyone else, Marissa forwarded it to him with a brief, professional note explaining the growing online speculation, and his stomach dropped as he saw it, he understood exactly how the image would read to anyone who hadn't been standing there in person to witness the genuine discomfort on his own face.He thought immediately of Elara seeing it. The timing would land exactly wrong, with no context to soften the impression the photograph had created.He called Wren first, understanding she'd already seen it, given how quickly this kind of thing moved through their shared social circles."I saw it," Wren confirmed, before he'd even fully explained why he was calling. "I figured you'd want to deal with it before it gets any worse.”"It's not what it looks like," Kael said. "Serena approached me, and put her hand on my arm right as a photographer walked past. I was caught off guard. Nothing is happening between us. There hasn't been anything hap

  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 84 — The Manufactured Moment

    Serena had not planned to attend the gala. For weeks she had told herself that avoiding Sterling family events entirely was the healthiest, and most dignified, path forward. A clean break that would let her finally, fully move past the wreckage of the last several months.She went anyway, telling herself it was simply an obligation to the hospital foundation her own family had supported for years, that it had nothing to do with Kael at all.She found him near the bar within the first hour and watched from a discreet distance. There was a particular tension in his posture, and more than once, his gaze drifted toward the terrace window where Elara stood with Marcus Chen. She recognized the expression on his face immediately. After spending enough months studying his reactions, she knew exactly what that tightness around his eyes meant.Watching it, something in her hardened into a decision she had not fully planned. She moved toward it anyway. She approached him near the bar and waited

  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 83 — Jealousy Without a Right To It

    The gala was one of the biggest annual events Kael’s family usually attended. It was a fundraiser for a children’s hospital his grandmother had helped establish decades ago. This year, he arrived alone, and the absence of a date beside him drew occasional curious glances from guests who remembered seeing him arrive with Serena on his arm in previous years.He saw Elara almost as soon as he entered. She stood near one of the tall windows overlooking the hotel’s garden terrace, deep in conversation with Marcus. Something tightened in his chest before he had even fully understood why.She looked relaxed in a way he hadn't seen from her in weeks, maybe longer, her posture easy, unguarded, something genuinely warm crossed her face as Marcus said something that made her laugh, a real laugh, nothing performed about it at all.Kael stood near the bar, a drink he hadn't asked for pressed into his hand by a passing server, he found himself unable to look away, watching the easy, comfortable dyn

  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 82 — Marcus's Feelings Deepen

    Marcus chose a restaurant far from the industry crowd. A small, simple Italian place on a quiet side street. Nothing about it announced status or a special occasion. Just good food, low lighting, and room for an actual conversation.Elara arrived looking visibly more relaxed than he'd seen her in weeks, dressed casually rather than in the composed, professional look she usually wore, and Marcus felt something warm settle into his chest at the sight of her. Her expression was unguarded and comfortable, and she allowed herself, even briefly, to exist outside the weight of everything she'd been carrying."This is nice," she said, settling into her seat, glancing around the quiet, simple restaurant. "No industry contacts pretending to recognize us from across the room.""That was very deliberate," Marcus said, smiling. "I wanted somewhere you could actually eat a meal without calculating who might be watching."They ordered, and the conversation drifted easily through the evening, moving

  • I Own Twenty Percent of My Ex Husband’s Company   Chapter 81 — International Attention

    The email arrived on a Tuesday morning, forwarded to Elara by Priya with three exclamation points in the subject line, and Elara read through it twice before letting herself fully believe what it actually represented.A major international investment group, one with offices across three continents and a portfolio significant enough that Elara had studied their public filings more than once as a benchmark for the kind of scale Vale Capital might eventually reach. They had reached out directly, expressing interest in exploring a formal partnership or potential acquisition of a meaningful stake in Vale Capital itself."This is enormous," Priya said, practically vibrating with excitement as she stood in Elara's office doorway. "Do you understand what this means? If this actually works out, we're not just a firm people are watching anymore. We become a firm operating on an entirely different level.”"I understand," Elara said, she felt the genuine thrill of it settle inside her, alongside

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