Todos os capítulos de I Married the Man My Ex Could Never Compete With : Capítulo 101 - Capítulo 103

Lydia POV The break feels unreal. One second the room is suffocating with decisions, numbers, and power plays Next, people are standing. Chairs shift. Low conversations start. The tension doesn’t disappear. It just changes shape. I step out into the hallway, needing space to breathe. The glass walls of the boardroom reflect fragments of movement behind me—directors clustering, Damien speaking quietly into his phone, security holding their positions like nothing has changed. But everything has. Adrian’s move shifted something. I felt it. The doubt. The hesitation. For the first time, Richard didn’t look completely untouchable. I wrap my arms lightly around myself, not from cold, but from the strange pressure still sitting in my chest. “You handled that well.” The voice comes from behind me. Calm. Measured. Too familiar. I turn slowly. Richard stands a few steps away, as composed as ever. No security around him. No urgency in his posture. Just quiet control, as he

Adrian POV The next vote doesn’t land the way Richard expected. I can tell. Not from his expression. That remains controlled, as always. But from the room. From the way hesitation lingers just a second longer than before. From the way the directors no longer move with quiet certainty, but with caution. That’s the shift. Not victory. Not yet. But disruption. The secretary reads the result. “The fourth vote… is in support of Adrian Cole.” Balance. Two against. Two for. Three remaining. The room tightens again, but differently this time. Less inevitable. More unstable. Exactly where I want it. I don’t look at Lydia. I don’t need to. Her presence is… steady. Grounding in a way I don’t acknowledge out loud. But I feel it. And apparently— So does the rest of the board. The fifth director reaches for his tablet. Slower than the others. More deliberate. His fingers hover just slightly above the screen before he makes the decision. Another vote. Another shift.