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Stanley hadn’t expected Lucas to show up. As a man himself, he could already sense Lucas’s
growing interest in Wendy.
Lucas was very into Wendy.
Wendy glanced at Stanley, then turned to Lucas. “We’ll go with you, Lucas.”
She chose Lucas without any hesitation.
Stanley’s sharp features tightened in an instant.
Lucas was thrilled. With a gentleman’s smile, he opened the car door. “Ladies.”
Wendy and Halsey climbed into the car.
Halsey threw a glance at Stanley, her expression a mix of sympathy and a little bit of schadenfreude. That was what he deserved for treating Wendy poorly–now, Wendy wanted nothing to do with him.
Stanley stepped forward, but just as he did, his arm was suddenly caught.
It was Jessica. She clung to his arm, forcing a sweet smile. “Stanley, were you waiting for me?”
Stanley looked up at Wendy.
The luxury car Lucas had been driving was already pulling out of the garage, heading off with Wendy.
Wendy had left.
Stanley tore his gaze away from the scene, yanking his arm out of Jessica’s grasp. “I’m heading to the company. You can go home on your own.”
Stanley turned and made his way to the car.
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Jessica’s face was drained of color. She immediately stepped in front of him, blocking his path. “Stanley, I want you to take me home!”
Stanley’s expression remained cold. His relationship with Jessica hadn’t healed, especially
after the incident with Halsey. He spoke in a distant tone.
“I need to go to the company.”
“It’s all just excuses!” Jessica’s voice rose. “I heard everything! You and that internet mogul were both fighting to take Wendy home. Why is it when I ask you to take me home, you’re suddenly heading back to the company?”
Stanley’s face grew colder. “Jessica!”
He uttered her name firmly, warning her with his gaze. He had no interest in arguing with
her here.
Jessica froze.
Stanley stepped around her, getting into his car.
Abandoned in her spot, Jessica stared at his retreating figure and muttered bitterly, “Stanley, are you falling for Wendy? I mean, of course, you are! Wendy is a genius. A
woman like her, who could have anyone, chose to marry a man who was in a coma for three years, turning herself into a housewife just to revolve around you. If it were me, I’d be moved too!”
Her biting words made Stanley stop in his tracks. Slowly, he turned, and his cold eyes locked onto her painted face.
“You read my mind, Jessica. That’s exactly what I think. Wendy is a genius, yet she chose to lower herself and take care of me, all to make me happy. She’s won my heart. Why would I want to deal with you when I have someone like her?”
Finally, he spoke the truth–Wendy was the one who had won his heart.
Anyone who was paying attention could see it: He had feelings for Wendy, the kind that
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went beyond simple admiration.
Jessica’s fair face flushed with a mix of anger and humiliation.
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Stanley let out a slow, mocking smile. “The one with the least right to say anything is you. You’re the one who pushed Wendy onto me!”
Jessica’s face was drained of all color once more. If she hadn’t run away when Stanley was in that car accident–if she had stayed by his side–there wouldn’t have been any Wendy.
It was her own actions that had pushed Wendy into his life.
Stanley didn’t look at her again. Without another word, he got into his luxury car, and the Rolls–Royce Phantom sped off.
At Hawk Group’s CEO office, Stanley sat back in his black leather chair, his eyes scanning the papers on his desk.
Zayn entered, walking briskly.
He said in a low voice, “Mr. Hawk, we’ve gathered all the information on Mrs. Hawk… I mean, Ms. Wendy. After she sent her abusive foster dad to prison, someone started sponsoring her education. She quickly accelerated through school, and by the age of 16, she completed a dual master’s degree at
Harfield.”
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