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Chapter 91: Rebuilding From the Ground
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Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 95: An Unplanned Meeting
Isabella's POVDavid's foundation hosted the gala at a downtown venue draped in soft lighting, the evening dedicated entirely to raising funds for children aging out of foster care without family support, a cause I'd become personally invested in over these past several months, understanding intimately what it meant to grow up believing no one would ever claim you as their own.I moved through the crowd exchanging pleasantries, thanking donors, admiring the silent auction items Adrian's team had carefully curated. Ethan had joined briefly earlier in the evening, though he'd left before the main program began, a scheduling conflict pulling him toward an overseas call he couldn't reschedule.I was alone, comfortably so, when I noticed a familiar figure near the edge of the room, standing quietly beside the donation table, away from the cameras David's team had positioned to capture the evening's highlights for press coverage.Julien.He hadn't seen me yet, his attention focused entirely
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 94: What He Lost
Julien's POVPriya showed me the headline before I'd had the chance to see it myself, her tablet angled toward me during our morning review of a client's inventory system."You've probably already seen this," she said carefully, "but I thought you should know it's circulating widely."*Blackwood's Gift: Is Romance Behind Hartford's Latest Business Move?*I read through the article slowly, understanding the significance of what it described. Ethan had transferred a substantial portion of his personal shares directly into Isabella's name, unprompted, structured personally rather than through corporate mechanisms. The press had already reached its own conclusion about what such a gesture actually represented."It's just speculation," Priya said, watching my expression carefully."Probably," I said, though something in me understood the speculation carried more weight than casual gossip typically did.I sat with the article for a long while after Priya returned to her own work, understand
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 93: A Gesture Misread
Isabella's POVEthan filed the transfer quietly, no formal announcement, simply routine paperwork moving a considerable portion of his personal shares in Hartford-Blackwood International directly into my name. I learned about it through Naomi, who brought me the confirmation with an expression carrying more curiosity than alarm."He's transferred fifteen percent of his personal holdings," she said. "Directly to you, not through the corporate structure."I reviewed the documentation carefully, understanding the significance immediately. "This isn't required by the merger terms.""No," Naomi said. "This appears entirely voluntary."I called Ethan that evening. "Why did you transfer your shares directly to me?""Trust," he said simply. "After everything with Veridian, I wanted you to hold enough personal stake in the combined company that no future threat could ever again exploit uncertainty about whether you genuinely control what we've built together.""That's considerable trust to ext
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 92: The Victory
Isabella's POVEthan's global network proved decisive within the first two weeks of our combined counterattack. His connections across international regulatory bodies, cultivated through years of careful, legitimate business relationships, allowed our legal team to trace the falsified reports back to their origin considerably faster than we could have managed independently."We found the source," Ethan said, during an early morning strategy session, spreading documentation across the table. "A financial analytics firm in Singapore, contracted directly by Veridian Global, specifically tasked with fabricating projections designed to trigger investor panic. The payment trail leads directly back to Marcus Kane's personal accounts, not simply Veridian's corporate treasury.""Personal accounts," I repeated. "That's considerably harder to explain away as corporate strategy.""Precisely," Ethan said. "This isn't a board-level decision he can distance himself from. This is direct, personal fra
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 91: Rebuilding From the Ground
Julien's POVI resigned from Hartford Enterprises the week after the Blackwood merger finalized, no dramatic announcement, no formal farewell gathering. I simply submitted my resignation to Isabella directly, in person, in her office, the same room where I'd once handed her a folder that cost me my own mother."You don't have to do this," she said, studying the letter carefully before setting it down."I know," I said. "I want to.""Why now?" she asked. "Nothing's forced this decision. You've contributed genuinely to this company, especially through everything with Veridian.""That's exactly why now feels right," I said. "Hartford's stronger than it's ever been. You have Ethan, a genuine partnership built on equal footing, resources I could never have offered you myself. I think it's time I built something that's actually mine, from nothing, the same way you did."She didn't argue further, though something quiet and searching remained in her expression as she accepted the resignation
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 90: Hartford-Blackwood International
Isabella's POVEthan proposed the merger during an emergency meeting three days into Veridian's escalating assault, his expression carrying a decisiveness I hadn't quite seen from him before, even through the careful, methodical months of our partnership."I want to formally merge Blackwood Ventures with Hartford Enterprises," he said. "Not another trial collaboration. A single, unified entity, combining our assets, our resources, our global networks completely."The room went quiet, everyone absorbing the weight of what he'd just proposed."That's a significant step," I said carefully. "We've operated as partners this past year, but full merger is considerably different.""I understand," Ethan said. "But Veridian's assault requires resources beyond anything Hartford currently possesses independently. My global network, my connections across markets Kane's likely targeting next, all of it becomes immediately accessible if we combine formally, rather than operating as separate entities
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 10: The Reckoning
Isabella's POV The Rolls hadn’t even come to a full stop before Genny was out of the car, heels clicking like gunfire on the gravel. I followed, legs numb, heart hammering so hard I could taste it. She didn’t head for the drawing room. She marched straight to the library, flung the double door
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 9: The Day Out
Isabella's POV Aunt Genevieve arrived like a hurricane in haute couture. The dove-gray Rolls purred up the drive at exactly ten. She stepped out in sunglasses big enough to have their own postcode, a cream silk jumpsuit, and heels that could double as weapons. One look at my borrowed hoodie and
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 7: Home at Last
Isabella's POV The car turned off the main road and the gates appeared, tall, black iron, the Hartford crest still gleaming in the dusk. I forgot how to breathe. Jayden slowed the Bentley, rolled the window down, and the scent hit me first: lilacs. Hundreds of them, thousands, spilling over the
Rejected, Now He Craves For Me Chapter 6: A trip down Memory lane
For some moments the room felt still. Isabella’s words hung in the air, trembling between disbelief and revelation. “I—I remember.” Jayden didn’t speak right away. He just watched her, watched the way her shoulders shook, the way her fingers pressed into the couch as though she needed something s
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