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.”

she possibly solve it

at all. “I understand. But if there’s anything you need, don’t hesitate to let

I’ll keep that in mind.” Corynn hung up with a

Jason is just trying

him back his

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

sigh, feeling both sorry and frustrated at

passed in relative chaos. Corynn must have made at least a hundred phone

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Her Stubborn Refusal

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

the threat of bankruptcy laid itself at the company’s

for the thousandth time and retired to her office. She

aching temples and leaned back in her chair. She had barely rested

over the company. She couldn’t let the Harper

her watch.

reviewing the quarterly reports on his

a particular

was suffering from raw materials shortage, and their

dozens.

with Morris these last few days that he hadn’t

to Corynn’s affairs.

furrowing. “Find out what is happening over at the

a moment before saying, “It was all orchestrated by Miss Willis, sir.”

sharply. “You knew all along, and you didn’t notify me?” he asked,

all due respect, Mr. Andrews, you previously instructed

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