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The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 10
Vera stood by the sea, her eyes hollow as she watched the ashes scatter in the wind.She returned to the company and announced her retirement at the board meeting. She sold all her shares and real estate, using the proceeds to establish a cancer relief fund named the "Mylo Foundation."Vera moved out of her luxury villa and into the cramped, dilapidated apartment Mylo had once rented. Just like Mylo used to, she woke up early every day to squeeze onto the bus and buy a burrito from the corner stand. She wanted to experience the hardships Mylo had endured over those three years, searching for any trace he might have left behind in the mundane details of everyday life.Every morning, Vera brought a bouquet of fresh red roses to his gravestone."Mylo, today's burrito was a little salty. It’s not as good as the place you used to take me to.""Mylo, Cole isn't doing well in prison. See? I’ve avenged everyone who ever bullied you."She spoke to Mylo’s photo, sitting there for the ent
The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 9
Vera’s eyes turned red. She pulled a velvet box from her pocket and slowly opened it in front of me.Inside was a brilliant diamond ring, reflecting the sun light."But Mylo, what’s the point of all this fame and fortune if you aren’t here to see it?" She dropped to one knee, her voice breaking so hard it was barely audible."I bought this ring three years ago. I wanted to give it to you at the victory party, but instead, you handed me your resignation."I was so angry. I felt like you had betrayed our promise. That’s why I said those horrible things."She slid the ring onto my ring finger. The ring was large, making my skeletal, withered finger look even thinner."In the next life, let me be the one chasing you, okay? I won’t fight you for over clients. I won’t mess with your presentation. And I’ll never lock you in a supply closet again."She rested her head on my knees, sobbing like a child who had lost their entire world. "In the next life, you can be the director and I’ll
The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 8
Vera snapped, standing up with a look of obsessive madness in her eyes. "I won’t let you say that! I have money! I have more than enough!"If it means saving you, I’d sell all of Quinn Corp without a second thought! Mylo, didn’t you love competing with me?"You won. You won every single game we played over the last seven years. Just stay alive. I’ll give you the partner position. I’ll be your assistant. You can humiliate me however you want!"I looked at her, but I didn’t feel a single spark of satisfaction. All I felt was a deep, heavy exhaustion."Vera, in these seven years, what were we even fighting for?" I closed my eyes, weak."Fighting over whose strategy was more perfect. Fighting over whose performance reviews were higher. Fighting to see who could stomp the other into the dirt first. But in the end, I lost my life, and you lost your soul."Is winning like this actually worth anything?"Vera froze. She slowly knelt by my bed and buried her face in my palm, her scalding
The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 7
I woke up to the stinging smell of Lysol.Through my blurred vision, I saw Vera sitting by my bed. She looked completely broken. Her usually perfect makeup was gone, and her eyes, once sharp and calculating, were bloodshot."You're awake," she said, her voice incredibly raspy.I didn’t say anything. I just turned my head to look out the window."Mylo, why didn't you tell me?" Vera suddenly grabbed my hand, her voice trembling. "Late-stage stomach cancer... how could you keep this from me for so long?"I let out a weak, self-deprecating laugh. "Tell you for what? So you’d have one more excuse to humiliate me?"Vera’s body trembled violently.Just then, the door to the room opened and my attending physician walked in. The doctor looked at Vera with a face full of disgust and anger. "Are you the family? Do you have any idea that he had a perforated stomach when he was brought in?"In his physical condition, he was working at high intensity and even drinking massive amounts of hard
The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 6
Vera’s company was facing its biggest crisis in three years.A rival firm had somehow obtained overseas investment records from three years ago. They were accusing her of money laundering and financial fraud. The stock price hit the floor in a single day, and the media swarmed the office building until it was completely blocked off.As the PR manager, Cole was sweating through his shirt in the conference room. His eyes were red. "Vera, I really tried my best. But they were too prepared. We've put out a statement, but no one believes us."Vera sat at the head of the table, her face pale with rage. She gripped her pen so hard it looked like it was about to snap.I stood in the corner, watching Cole’s performance with nothing but irony in my heart. That financial loophole was something Cole had created himself three years ago to suck up to Vera. She hadn't known about it at the time, but now she was taking the fall for it."Everyone out," Vera growled, her voice raspy.The room cl
The Rival I Left Behind Chapter 5
When I woke up again, I was lying in a soft bed.The burning sensation in my stomach had dulled slightly.Vera was sitting in a nearby armchair, a half-burned cigarette between her fingers. In the swirling smoke, her profile looked dark and tense."You're awake?" she scoffed, crushing the cigarette out in an ashtray."You’ve certainly become fragile, Mylo. A little liquor and some pills were enough to leave you flat on the sidewalk. Whatever happened to that guy who used to pull all-nighters with me on strategies three years ago?"I struggled to sit up. "Vera. The debt is cleared. Let me go.""Go?" Vera grabbed a thick stack of documents and threw them in my face. "Diane has already transferred all your debt claims to me. You don’t just owe me ten million now, Mylo. You owe me for everything you've taken from the Quinns over the years."I looked at the documents, my heart turning cold. Diane truly was a merchant of greed. She’d sold me out to Vera the second she had the chance.
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