With renewed determination, Ste said firmly, “Get the medicine, please.


    ”


    Seeing Ste’s condition, Doreen feared she might faint if she didn’tply.


    Reluctantly, she fetched the medicine.


    Ste, in excruciating pain, took the pills without water, the bitter taste spreading across her tongue.


    Yet, the bitterness in her mouth was insignificantpared to the pain in her heart.


    After a few minutes of rest, Ste managed to stand, albeit unsteadily.


    Doreen, her eyes red from worry, quickly supported her.


    “Do you feel any better?”


    Ste managed a reassuring smile.


    “Don’t worry, I’m fine.


    ”


    With that, she declined Doreen’s support, summoning all her strength to walk out of the meeting room.


    As anticipated, when Ste stepped out of the meeting room, she could faintly hear whispers from the secretarial office.


    “Did you see? Mr.


    rk actually carried Lindsay out himself.


    Only the CEO’s wife gets that kind of attention, right?”


    “Do you think there’s tension between Mr.


    rk and Ste? Actually, I always feel that Lindsay has some ulterior motives about Mr.


    rk.


    ”


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    “It does seem like they’ve had a falling out.


    It’s been a while since they’ve seemed close.


    ”


    Listening to the whispers, Ste felt a pang of sadness.


    However, as she was no longer an employee at Prosperity Group, she had no authority to address theirments.


    Choosing to ignore them, she continued with Doreen.


    Struggling to walk out of the building, Ste was about to get into the car when her cell phone rang unexpectedly.


    Instinctively, she reached for it, but her vision suddenly blurred.


    In the next instant, everything went dark, and she lost consciousness.


    She had no sense of time passing.


    When she slowly opened her eyes, Ste squinted, adjusting to the bright light.Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.


    Through her blurred vision, she vaguely made out a familiar figure—a man peeling fruit with his head bowed.


    Relishing the serene atmosphere, Ste hesitated to disturb the quiet.


    When Sanford finished peeling the apple and looked up, he noticed Ste had woken.


    He smiled warmly.


    cing the peeled apple on a te, he offered gently, “Would you like some?”


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