Villainess Is Retiring Novels & Stories

The Villain I woke up with a crick in my neck and an attitude. I slept horribly last night and it was partially because of the news of my new mate, my confrontation with Maya and then explaining why Maya was moping around more than usual to Garret and a falsely sympathetic Gia.

"She has done her job perfectly. I'm not going to terminate an employee just because her personal life is complicated." "Complicated?" Vance let out a bitter laugh. "Ethan, she is a walking bomb. Victor Vale practically owns this company. If he decides that your proximity to Rita is a threat to his interests he can freeze our operational budget with a single phone call." "Victor isn't going to freeze anything " I said, though a cold sweat broke out on my neck. I knew the kind of power Victor held. I had seen him ruin careers with a nod of his head.. I couldn't let them see me hesitate. "He signed the termination papers this morning. He is stepping back from her legally."

I confirm. Hayes is quiet for a moment. "So what do you want to do?" "I want to shut it down," I say. "Quietly. Without making it about me rescuing anyone, because that is not what this is and that is not how she would want it handled." I think for a moment. "Vivienne has been trading on her connection to the Vale name. She's been walking into rooms and implying that she has inside knowledge about Vale Industries' contractors because she was — because of her history with this family."

she said finally, “the lawsuits disappearing, the brands coming back, Lux Aeterna, Prada, Gucci crawling back to you… it is because of Cillian Vane?” I nodded again. She exhaled slowly and rubbed her temple. “Oh God, Valerie.” “He will give me everything I want if I am his wife,” I said. “Stability. Protection. Control. It is a fair deal.” “A fair deal,” she repeated softly, disbelief creeping into her voice. “Do you hear yourself? Do you know what will happen if the internet finds out you got married days after Jaxson died? They will tear you apart. They already think you ruined him.”

My career will be drowned along with his. “Thank you, Celia. But I won’t be doing any shoots. The MK shoot will be my last before I retire. I’m buying my contract out. Thank you for helping me make my decision. I’m not dating Aaron Jackson, yet my manager is trying to clean up his image and use mine to do it. I believe my manager doesn’t have my best interest in mind. With that said, I’d like to formally dissolve our relationship.” I say standing up. She looks at me in shock. “You can’t do that. You can’t do that to me. I won’t allow you to do that. You can’t just fire me!” she shouts.

"They won't catch wind of it, Adonis, because they are currently blinded by their own arrogance," Jillian said, turning around slowly. The low baritone voice was steady, calm, and utterly devoid of fear. "Victoria believes she has won. She thinks I am a broken horse pulling the family carriage toward the Vanguard merger. She expects me at the rehearsal dinner tonight. I will be there. I will play the part of the perfect puppet." Jillian walked over to the desk, tapping the screen to bring up a sprawling blueprint of Apex Holdings' global financial architecture. "But while I am smiling for the cameras, you and the forensic team are going to execute a quiet, systematic liquidation," Jillian co

Tarr was a threat to the pack. A small ritual took place to take away Tarr’s position from him. “I, Tarr Walker, taking the Moon Goddess as the witness, propose to resign from my position as the Beta of Valeford.” Tarr declared, kneeling on the ground on one leg. Regina clutched my arm as tears covered her face. It was a big shock for the entire family as Tarr’s resignation was unexpected and sudden. “The pack will lose a good beta if he’s gone.” She sobbed and rested her head on my shoulder.

“Then call his room and tell him his cousin Isadora wants to talk to him.” The woman did just that, nodding as she spoke into the phone. “All right, Mr. Vitiello.” She hung up and smiled politely at me. “The presidential suite on the thirtieth floor.” I headed toward the elevators. Elia shook his head as he stalked after me. “He probably thinks it’s a trap and awaits with blazing guns. Luca is the most distrustful man I know, and for good reason.” “Well, he won’t shoot a pregnant woman. And he knows me, so calm down.”

Once when she told me about the surveillance. I set down my brush. "What?" "You're going to see something in the news. Or Mia's going to see it and come running to you with her phone. So I'm telling you first." A pause. Riley's pauses are nothing like Silas's. His carry processing time. Hers carry strategy. "Killian Voss resigned from Voss Group. Voluntarily. He and Conrad had a falling out. The financial press is losing their minds." I sit down on the edge of my bed. My hand finds the mattress. Grips.

"Do it." At the Wei mansion, everything was falling apart and I knew because Nathan had hacked their security cameras and was sending me updates. Catherine Wei sat in her sitting room surrounded by letters from charity boards and social committees informing her that her membership was being terminated, effective immediately. Her carefully constructed social empire was crumbling and she was powerless to stop it. Vivian was having a meltdown in her bedroom, watching her sponsorship deals disappear one by one. Fashion brands, beauty companies, lifestyle products, all of them canceling their contracts because they didn't want to be associated with someone who'd bullied the Morrison heiress.