Sweet Submission: Reclaiming Her Love

Chapter 19 Her Stubborn

Refusal

“No! Never!”

Corynn was adamant. She owed Jason far too much already. She needed to handle this crisis herself. She didn’t

want to live her life relying on other people whenever she ran into trouble.

And if Harper Group was to thrive in the future, the company needed to strengthen its position in the industry

so that it could weather such storms and remain standing in the face of oppression.

“But this is the most efficient option we have,” Erick argued. He never understood why Corynn couldn’t just

accept Jason. He was a good man.

Corynn shook her head. “There must be another way, Dad.”

She wanted to pave the way for the Harper Group, and now was the perfect time to do it.

Right on cue, Erick received a call from Jason just as Corynn finished speaking.

His face lit up as he eagerly swiped to answer the call. “Jason!”

Before he could say anything else, however, Corynn grabbed the phone from his hand. “Hey, Jason. It’s me.”

“Corynn,” came the young man’s pleasant voice. “I just wanted to check in and remind you that… Well, I can help you with the issues your company is currently facing.”

“Thank you, Jason. I really appreciate it. But I can handle this on my own.”

in disapproval. How could she

“I understand. But if there’s

you for understanding. I’ll keep that in mind.” Corynn hung up with a sigh, knowing that her father was disappointed

are you being so stubborn? Jason is just trying to

out, okay?” Corynn handed him back his phone and left to go to

only shake his head as he watched her go. The easiest solution had practically fallen on her

long sigh, feeling both

a hundred phone calls,

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time, the Willis family doubled down on their attacks. They went so far as to lure away key staff members from the Harper Group’s technical department by offering them much higher salaries.

bankruptcy laid itself at the company’s door.

remaining employees for the thousandth time and

She had barely rested in the past

country and taken over the company. She couldn’t let the Harper Group fall

her watch.

part of the city, Elliot was reviewing the quarterly reports on his tablet as they drove over to

was scrolling through the articles when a particular bit of news

from raw materials shortage, and their employees were jumping ship by the

dozens.

been preoccupied with business discussions with Morris these last few days that he hadn’t

attention to

what

before saying, “It was all orchestrated by

knew all along, and you didn’t notify me?” he asked,

shifted uncomfortably. “With all due respect, Mr.

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