Mr. Villain's Lovely Wife

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"I want shares," Izzy said, smiling.

"What did you say?" Olivier frowned, his face darkening.

They were already seated, the pretense of control slipping slightly around the edges. Olivier leaned forward, clearly trying to catch if he heard her right. Cassandra stiffened beside him, and even Celeste looked thrown off.

Izzy crossed her legs calmly. "You heard me. If you want me to ruin my marriage, you need to make it worth my while. I want ten percent of Horvath Holdings. No tricks, no creative accounting."

Cassandra immediately shot up from her chair. "Are you crazy?" she snapped. "Ten percent? That's-"

She stopped herself, visibly working through her anger.

"You're greedy," Cassandra said. "You should be grateful we're even offering you an out."

Izzy didn't move. She simply waited, letting them speak.

"You're biting off more than you can chew," Celeste added. "Women like us should know better. You're asking for something that isn't meant for you. Business is a man's world, Izzy. Stay where you belong."

"Isabella- " Olivier cut in, his hands resting heavily on the table. "Ask for

something else. I can give you money. A property. Cars. Pick what you want. You'll be taken care of."

Izzy tapped her nails against the armrest of her chair once, a soft, dismissive sound.

"Money?" she said. "Properties? Cars?"

She smiled again, colder this time.

"already have all of that. Probably more than

Olivier's jaw tightened.

you do."

leaned forward slightly, her elbows resting casually on her knees. "I'm not some kept woman you can throw a villa at to make her disappear. If you want me to sign the divorce papers, then give me your shares, ten percent. And I want

got up and pointed at her. "You are wasting our time! You never wanted to sign the

greedy?" Izzy said, blinking as if surprised they even needed this explained. “The company is about to change ownership. When it

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curled into a fist at his side,

board back in your control. You want everything to quiet

this through court helps you? You think the media will keep quiet when they find out Liam Horvath's father threw his son under the bus to settle

in her seat, her fingers tapping once against the side of her glass. She opened her

not wrong," Celeste said carefully. "From a business perspective, what she's asking makes

turned sharply toward her. "Are you

months. We're not paying for her loyalty. We're paying for silence." Besides, if the old man lives, he would surely

further. He was the one with leverage! What's going on

you want. Cassandra can smile for the cameras. But right now, none of that fixes your immediate

the value of a

to protest, but Celeste's words had already

sat still, watching them all, waiting for Olivier to realize that he no longer had the

"I will tell my

him with a loud sigh. "Too late,"

"What?"

at a fair, competitive price. And once you become CEO, you'll transfer another ten percent to me. I want it in writing, signed today. Otherwise, you can get the hell

"You!"

turned red, his jaw so tight it looked painful. His hands balled into fists at his sides. He glared

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cursed her a thousand different

cry, beg, or at the very least, argue like a normal woman. Instead, she humiliated him. She turned the entire negotiation into a circus and made

grab something and throw it.

him.

Celeste started, trying

her hand away roughly and pushed her back