The Ugly Wife’s Stunning Comeback novel Chapter 297

Max looked away, his expression unreadable, and settled into the head chair. “Everyone, take a seat.”

Chairs scraped quietly as people sat. Felicia didn’t even glance in Max’s direction.

She heard him speak softly to Andrea. “Andrea, you can step out now.”

Andrea nodded, biting her lip, then hugged her laptop to her chest and left the room.

Isaac took over note-taking duties.

“Let’s keep going,” Max said.

“Yes, sir,” replied the vice president.

The meeting continued. Max barely said a word, just listened, his face giving nothing away.

Half an hour later, it wrapped up.

Max finally offered a few comments about the collaboration, then stood and looked straight at Felicia. “Come to my office.”

Heads turned. Felicia, in the middle of packing up her notes, paused. She looked up, but Max had already stuffed one hand into his pocket and strode out.

The BlueMarble execs watched him leave, exchanging glances.

People began filtering out. The vice president stopped Felicia and her team for a few quick words.

By now, it was lunchtime. The vice president gave a polite, almost formal smile. “Since Mr. Hawthorne wants to see you, Evelynn, we’ll head down first.”

Felicia nodded. She passed her laptop bag to Tommy and took the elevator upstairs. She walked straight to Max’s office like she’d done it a hundred times before.

Isaac was just leaving as she arrived. He noticed her and shifted awkwardly out of her way. Now that he knew who she was—and the kind of power she held—he was suddenly self-conscious.

Felicia barely acknowledged him with a cool look.

Isaac cleared his throat. “Evelynn, please.”

Felicia stepped inside.

She took a slow breath and kept her voice cool. “If there’s nothing else, I’ll be leaving.”

She turned toward the door.

Before she could step out, his voice stopped her. “We also need to talk about Northstar Dynamics.”

She paused and looked back at him.

Just last night, she’d gotten a call from the States. The equity transfer between Horizon Peak Energy and Silver Trust was done, and the team was already planning investment meetings for the second half of the year. It was something only she could decide.

She’d booked her flight for next week, planning to handle everything in person.

Now, with Max bringing it up, it was clear he wanted to talk things through directly.

“What do you want?”

The acquisition was barely finished, and the first thing he did was come after Northstar Dynamics. He was making it clear—this was about her.