Chapter 1515: Hurting things

Finn and Nina sat quietly in the car, he in the driver's seat. Now that Finn was with her, she didn't need to ride back with the person who had brought her there.

Nina stole a careful glance at him. "How... how did you know I was here?"

"Nana told me," he replied, giving her a quick look. "Luckily, I was already on my way when she did."

"Ah..."

"Nina." Finn let out a deep breath, leaning back into his seat, eyes still on the road. "Why would you even go there?" freëwebnovel.com

His voice carried concern, and when he glanced at her, his expression was pained. "Did she ask you to come?"

Didn't she know that meeting his mother would only subject her to endless rounds of indignation?

"No," Nina whispered, lowering her eyes. "I went on my own."

"Why?"

She sighed, her gaze shifting to him. "I ran into my old boss while doing groceries today. You remember her, right? The one who lost her job because of me."

"She still hasn't found a new one," Nina continued with a guilty sigh. "Apparently, the woman who replaced her-my former senior-was meddling in her affairs. I know it's not your parents' fault directly, but it still makes me angry that the consequences of their actions went that far."

She paused, then murmured, "It's unfair."

let it slide. She wouldn't have said a word. But the real guilt came from knowing that while she found joy in her unexpected unemployment through Finn, someone

Nina's fault, but that didn't stop her from

not like I went there to beg her for help," Nina said, lifting her eyes to his profile. "I just wanted to tell her that she hurts people. Maybe she already knows that and just doesn't care,

glances at her, then finally reached out to hold her

I'm just upset that you had to go through that. She's the kind of person who says hurtful things on purpose,

But not Mrs. Davis. She had incredible self-control-honed from years in the business world. She just chose not to use it when

Because she could

I decided to drop by," Nina said. "But Finn... she said something that bothered

arched. "What

to trust him-just as they always promised

she began carefully. "She said it wasn't about what you

eyes searched his. "Is

angry-just

true there was a small issue," Finn admitted with a quick glance her way, "but that's not why left. The Pierson Corporation and had a past agreement about expanding the business. But after the accident and a few other things, we decided to put it on hold for now. It wasn't the

blinked. "It's not because

he turned toward her. "Is that what she

with

even if the Davis family tried to hurt my business, they couldn't," he said, giving her hand a gentle squeeze. A light chuckle escaped him as he pulled over to the side and faced her

yeah, you did

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vote on the general board he explained. "My parents were respected in the industry, sure, but they can't touch my company. Doing so would be challenging the Pierson, and the Piersons don't take kindly to

made that deal long

as she

They've been trying," he said with a chuckle,

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