Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time novel Chapter 641

Chapter 641: Not Accepting It
The way Johnny’s parents said it, it didn’t sound like they were just being polite. They genuinely seemed to like Maggie.
Daphne hadn’t expected that at all.
She frowned.
She couldn’t wrap her head around it. Sure, Maggie had published some papers and came across as pretty sharp, but there were plenty of women out there who were just as impressive, if not more so. No matter how she looked at it, Maggie didn’t seem like the obvious choice for their best daughter-in-law.
Not long after Daphne left, Johnny got a call from her older brother, Jack Everly.
“I’ve heard about what happened between my sister and Ms. Miller. That was Daphne’s fault, no question about it. To make things right, I’d like to take you both to dinner, let Daphne give Ms. Miller a proper apology. Would you and Ms. Miller have time for that?”
It wasn’t just Daphne. Jack was also convinced that neither Johnny nor Maggie would want to walk away from a project this big. His thinking was that once Maggie had vented enough, Johnny would come around to the deal. And at this point, Maggie had already made things plenty difficult for his sister, even if she wasn’t fully over it, she’d set the grudge aside long enough to get business done.
So what Jack was pitching as an apology dinner was really an opening to talk terms with Johnny. He didn’t say that out loud, but did he really need to?
Johnny heard every word underneath the words.
They were coming to him instead of Maggie because they figured he’d pressure her into going along with it for Cole’s sake.
He smiled. “I appreciate it, but the situation between your sister and Maggie isn’t really my place to get involved in. I’m not a party to what happened,
so I can’t make any decisions for Maggie. If you want to smooth things over, Mr. Everly, you’d be better off going to her directly.”
Jack paused. “So Ms. Miller still hasn’t cooled off? What would it take, do you think? Mr. Gray, Everly Group is genuinely committed to working with your company. If there’s something on your end, just say the word.”
“I really can’t speak for Maggie on this one. Why not reach out to her yourself, Mr. Everly?”
A beat of silence. Then Jack, steady as ever: “You’re right. Going to Ms. Miller myself is the only way to show I’m serious.”
After a few more pleasantries, Jack hung up and called Maggie.
Maggie already knew he’d talked to Johnny.
She picked up and cut straight to it: “Don’t go to the trouble, Mr. Everly. Cole won’t be partnering with your company.”
Jack hadn’t expected her to be so blunt. “Is that purely because of what happened between you and Daphne?”
“Yes.”
Jack laughed to himself. She had some nerve, he
her that.
He got it, to a point. But holding onto this so tightly was starting to look like she couldn’t separate business from personal. It rubbed him the wrong way, though he was in no position to say so.
He kept his tone earnest. “What happened was entirely Daphne’s fault, and I want to apologize on her behalf. If that’s not enough, I can have Daphne come to you in person and apologize herself
Mr CEO, Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time
Chapter 641: Not Accepting It
“I heard you, Mr. Everly, and I appreciate it. But I’m not accepting the apology. That goes for your sister too, even if she shows up herself, my answer will be the same.” She didn’t give him a chance to respond. “I have things to take care of Goodbye, Mr. Everly.”
And she hung up.
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