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I Stepped Down From Their Little Trade Chapter 11
After the overseas project stabilized, I took a week off and went back to my hometown.I brought a bouquet of white carnations and went to my mother’s grave.“Mom, I came to see you.“Things at the company are just about wrapped up. Dylan’s a good guy. I’m in good hands with him, so don’t worry. I’ll be okay.”I sat in front of the gravestone and talked to her for a long time, just like when I was little and sat in the courtyard chatting to her about things that happened at school.It was not until dark that I finally left the cemetery.On the way back, I passed a small convenience store. I got out of the car to buy water, and a familiar voice came from behind me.“Hey, can I get a pack of cigarettes?”It was William. I stood in front of the freezer, watching him quietly.He was thinner than the last time I saw him. His face was sallow, and dark circles hung heavy under his eyes.After he paid and lit a cigarette, he saw me.He instinctively stubbed it out.In the past,
I Stepped Down From Their Little Trade Chapter 10
I worked around the clock with my team for three months straight, and we finally locked in two key supply chains.Occasionally, when I scrolled through industry news, I would still see William’s name pop up.After Aldous Corporation went bankrupt, he sold off every property and vehicle under his name and moved to an old neighborhood on the outskirts of the city.Some people in the industry said he had hit rock bottom. Others said he was going around, trying to find out anything about me.I ignored all of it.I was done playing by his rules.One evening, I had just finished a cross-border video conference when my assistant, Paul Griffin, knocked and walked in.“Ms. Elder, there’s someone here to see you in the lobby.”I frowned. “Send him up.”To my surprise, a few minutes later, William showed up in my office.He had lost a lot of weight, and his hair had started to grey. He was even wearing the same trench coat I had bought him six years ago. It was hard to believe this wa
I Stepped Down From Their Little Trade Chapter 9
William was rendered speechless and could no longer utter a single word.As I looked at him, I remembered every deal he had ever made with me.“You said it yourself, remember? There’s no such thing as a free lunch. If you want help, you pay for it.“Well, now it’s your turn to pay.”He froze, speechless.After a long silence, he finally said in a low voice, “But Sonnet, we built this company together from the ground up. Are you really okay with burning it all down?”Before I could speak, he continued, “You can’t take down Aldous Corporation. Our foundations are strong. Even with Dylan backing you, we won’t fold that easily.”I gave a small nod, picked up my handbag, and said, “We’ll see about that.”Over the next six months, I released evidence of illegal financing from Aldous Corporation’s expansion after I left. I also got several partners on board to pull out of their long-term contracts.Dylan kept the money flowing and the pressure on. Aldous Corporation’s cash flow was a
I Stepped Down From Their Little Trade Chapter 8
I went back to my hometown.Before she passed, my mother always said the air was better here and that she wanted to come back and stay for a while.I had promised to bring her back. In the end, I was the only one who came back.I buried my mother in the cemetery on the back hill of my hometown, right next to my grandmother.The day my mother was buried, the weather was beautiful, yet I felt cold all over the entire time.I stayed in the family house for a week.It was not until the evening of the eighth day that I finally finished the dishes and took a shower. Then, I sat down at the desk, opened my phone, and scrolled through my contacts until I found Dylan Percy’s number.Dylan was William’s biggest business competitor.From the day I was removed from the company, he had been sending me messages, saying I was welcome to join him anytime.Back then, I refused.William and I had built the company together. I could not bear to let it go.Even after being erased from the c
I Stepped Down From Their Little Trade Chapter 7
“Get someone to investigate it now!”Jolie’s face went deathly pale. Her legs nearly gave out.In less than two hours, the investigation results came out.Timothy pulled strings with the operating room nurses to bump my mother’s surgery down the list, using the excuse that Harold had to handle an emergency first.As for the pregnancy report, it had been tampered with, and the system logs showed Timothy was the one who did it.When all the evidence was laid out in front of William, he grabbed Jolie by the throat and pinned her against the wall. “Do you have any idea what you’ve done?”Jolie’s face went red as he choked her. She struggled desperately but could barely make a sound.“William... please... let go of me…”“Wilma is dead because of you. You tricked me into killing my own baby! Jolie, you’re a killer!”“That’s enough!”Harold rushed forward and pried his hands apart.Jolie slid to the floor, clutching her neck and coughing violently.Harold’s face twisted with som
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A heavy silence fell over the hospital corridor after Kelly said that.Jolie, who was standing beside William, covered her mouth.“No, that’s not possible. We were only a few minutes late. How could this happen?”Tears welled up in her eyes, falling right on cue.She turned to him, her voice choked as she said, “William, are they sure? How does something like this happen in just a few minutes?”He frowned at Kelly, and his voice was sharp with impatience. “How much did Sonnet pay you to cover for her?”Kelly’s sympathetic expression went completely blank the moment she heard those words.She looked up at him and scoffed. “Mr. Aldous, respectfully, don’t insult our professionalism.”Kelly did not bother to explain any further. She simply stepped aside and gestured for Harold to see for himself.Harold’s face was ashen. He looked at William and said in a cold voice tinged with anger, “Why didn’t you tell me sooner? This was critical. How could you have me examine Jolie first?“
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