Dumping My Fiancé For His Uncle By Danielle Sayers

Chapter 9

Chapter

9

Nicolas turned to Thea and said bluntly, "Miss Rowland, what's your stance on this? The head office has received several promotion requests from you "Are you planning to quit and settle down now that you're supposedly getting married, or are you still going to fight for you career! The choice is yours. Thea was taken aback. She hadn't expected Nicolas to be aware of these trivial matters.

Standing up, she felt the weight of everyone's eyes on her. She glanced at Jake, who sat confidently across from her. "Jake an I were involved in the past, but that's over. As for Miss Terell, she doesn't deserve the deputy manager position. So why shouldn't I fight for what I've earned?" Jake's face darkened, and outside the room. Madelyn began coughing dramatically, her body trembling as though she migh faint.

Idill.

Jake rushed to her side, glaring at Thea in front of everyone. Thea, you already have everything. Why do you need to take away what rightfully belongs to Madelyn?"

Thea felt a moment of disorientation. Not long ago, Jake had been announcing their engagement, but now he couldn't even maintain the act.

Madelyn, ever the performer, cried softly, her voice frail and full of self-pity. "Miss Rowland, my health isn't good. I won't bi able to hold this position for long and will have to resign soon. Please, show me some kindness and grant me this." Thea snapped back to reality, her words colder than before. "No. Why should I? The world doesn't run on pity. I've earned this, and I'm not giving it away" Madelyn closed her eyes as if in utter despair, collapsing into Jake's arms like a lifeless doll.

Jake, his eyes flashing with anger and worry, didn't care about Nicolas's presence anymore. He scooped up Madelyn and hurried out

From that moment,

everyone's eyes.

Thea felt like she had become a joke in

Nicolas leaned back in his chair, watching the drama unfold with a detached, almost mocking expression. "Well, that was quite the performance. Avon Ventures really has nothing but the best for its employees."

project, the deputy manager position is yours. Of

the document calmly, offering Nicolas a small,

Thea accepted the

filed out, Thea caught murmurs as they passed

I ruthless,

She's about to be Mrs. Hendrix, and this promotion doesn't even matter to her,

get it She's purposely targeting Madelyn, another person

Hendrix, but now she's going after the deputy manager role. We all know what she's really after,

just wants to compete with Madelyn in

buzzed with over a dozen messages and missed calls. It was clear that Jake

well what Thea was capable of. In his mind, this was as good as a confirmation that she would

biggest dream is to become deputy manager. She won't be able to hold the position for long. Thea, don't be so heartless.] Jake's messages kept coming in. [If you want to stay by my side, I promise you'll be the only woman in my life from now on. I haven't even confronted you about embarrassing Madelyn at the party. Don't push me. You need to come to the hospital and apologize to Madelyn. Then I might reconsider our engagement. His texts continued. Annoyed, Thea blocked

about staying by Jake's

her mind.

the Rowland family home. Everyone was seated

grim, and Thea sensed

was sitting with Ivy, gently coaxing and persuading her. As soon as she saw Thea, Emmalie raised her voice. "Thea, you're back

hide her irritation. "Apologize? For

the room,

that Thea barely had time to react. First, there

the situation had I become,

snapped angrily, didn't

Thea f

brief stab

but her face stayed emptionless. She smirked and shot a cold, mocking glance at Emmalie. "Emmalie, you're quick to