Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ella finished the cup of water in small sips, then licked her lips and asked hesitantly, \u201cNoah\u2026 do you not want me anymore?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noah\u2019s heart lurched. \u201cYou\u2019re silly. What are you talking about? I could give up on anyone but\u00a0<\/p>\n
never you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tears immediately spilled from Ella\u2019s eyes as she threw herself into his arms. \u201cReally? I thought you wouldn\u2019t forgive me, that you didn\u2019t want me anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pain gripped Noah\u2019s chest. \u201cThe past is in the past. From now on, we\u2019ll be together properly. As for the police, don\u2019t worry. Axel won\u2019t say a single word.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay.\u201d Ella reflected quietly and felt that the accident had, in a sense, been worth it. It only deepened Noah\u2019s guilt toward her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seizing the moment, she asked, \u201cThen when will we register our marriage?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Noah paused briefly, then answered without hesitation. \u201cAt the end of next month. We\u2019ll go then, alright?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The weight in Ella\u2019s heart finally lifted. She smiled. \u201cAlright. I\u2019ll listen to you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elysian convened its first shareholders\u2018 meeting of the second half of the year.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDue to CEO Antonio Reeves\u2018 serious dereliction of duty and his failure to act during the company\u2019s public\u2013relations crisis, I hereby remove him from this post,\u201d Bethany announced calmly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antonio\u2019s face darkened. Many minority shareholders had long aligned with him, yet in that day\u2019s vote, they all cast their ballots in favor, delivering him a decisive blow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany merely shrugged. \u201cThat\u2019s up to you. But those who leave should remember\u2014once you walk out, Elysian is not a place you can return to.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Antonio immediately rallied his inner circle to submit collective resignations, throwing the company into sudden upheaval. But Bethany had long anticipated this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
William had already groomed successors for every key position. Even at the cost of substantial headhunting fees, she replaced them all with people she trusted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That same afternoon, Antonio\u2019s office was cleared out, and Bethany moved in.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 108\u00a0<\/p>\n
The rapid personnel overhaul unsettled employees at first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But when the HR department released an upgraded benefits policy emphasizing fairness, transparency, and meritocracy, all personal connections were cut off entirely, and advancement was tied strictly to performance and ability.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As a result, the true professionals chose to stay.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Demi, Antonio\u2019s wife, came to see Bethany in person. \u201cShould I start calling you Ms. Porter now?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany smiled. \u201cCall me whatever you like, Aunt Demi.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Demi sighed. \u201cYou really have your father\u2019s style. It\u2019s a shame your mother misjudged things back then. I assume you were planning to persuade me to step down as well?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Although they had once cooperated briefly, Demi was ultimately Antonio\u2019s wife. As long as they remained married, her position as finance director was a ticking time bomb.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAunt Demi\u2026\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before Bethany could respond, Demi waved it off lightly. \u201cI won\u2019t put you in a difficult position. I\u2019ll resign on my own. All I ask is appropriate compensation.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Bethany smiled. \u201cOf course. I\u2019ll have Mr. Grant follow up with you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Demi stood and extended her hand. \u201cWhen I go back this time, I\u2019m divorcing him. Wish me\u00a0<\/p>\n
luck.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGood luck,\u201d Bethany replied, shaking Demi\u2019s hand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She already had a candidate in mind for the new finance director.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMs. Ashford, you may bring all the documents and report to the company tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 109\u00a0<\/p>\n
A Mix-up Made Me His Enemy\u2019s Woman 108 Chapter 108\u00a0 Ella finished the cup of water in small sips, then […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-mix-up-made-me-his-enemys-woman-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19998"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19998\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}