Chapter 540

“Lauren, I promised you I’d make Anastasia crawl back and beg you to return,” Jonas said, raising his wine glass. His voice was a confident, tender murmur meant only for her.
A rare, faint smile touched Lauren’s lips as she clinked her glass against his. “Thank you, Jonas.”
She then turned to Rose and the other researchers. “And thank you all for standing by me, for resigning in solidarity. I’m truly touched. I promise every one of you that you’ll be back at Unison Pharma before you know it.”
The researchers raised their glasses, flattered by her words and reassured by her promise. They had felt a pang of regret after being fired-had they really thrown away such a great job for nothing? But now, with Ms. Brennan’s guarantee, their fears were assuaged. Even Rose’s expression had brightened considerably.
Chasel Dempsey, thinking of the immense profit he stood to gain, was all smiles. “This is all thanks to Jonas’s quick thinking. Come on, a toast—”
His words were cut short by his ringing phone. He answered with a grin, but a moment later, his expression froze. He shot up from his chair with such force that he knocked over his wine glass, splashing red liquid all over his suit.
“What did you say?!”
The commotion drew the attention of everyone at the table.
“Uncle Chasel, what happened?” Jonas asked.
What happened?
Chasel’s face was ashen as he stared at his nephew. “My assistant just called. Unison Pharma agreed to terminate the contract!”
“What?” Jonas was stunned. “That’s impossible! Anastasia isn’t that stupid! Without the Dempsey Group’s supply line, Unison Pharma is finished!”
“Impossible?!” Chasel gasped, his breath coming in ragged bursts. “They’re already in talks with a new supplier from Riverton! They don’t need the Dempsey Group anymore!”
Jonas’s eyes widened in disbelief. The other researchers’ faces went pale.
Did this mean their plan had failed? That Unison Pharma wasn’t going to beg them to come back?
“Jonas, is there something you’d like to tell me?!” Chasel roared, on the
verge of flipping the entire table. “You said all I had to do was
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Deep down, Chasel knew it wasn’t entirely Jonas’s fault. Unison Pharma had blindsided all of them But he couldn’t accept such a Unison needed the Dempsey Group, the Dempsey Group was heavily reliant on unison. For years the majority of his company’s profits came from that single partnership. Now, it was gone. His own company was the one that was truly finished. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on
catastrophic loss. Just
He had agreed to this scheme for the potential reward, never intending to actually sever ties. But he would never admit his own greed was to blame, so he directed all his fury at Jonas.
And at the woman who had started it all—Lauren. He knew his nephew had only come to him because of Ms. Brennan.
“And you, Ms. Brennan,” he sneered, turning on her. “Don’t you have anything to say? None of this would have happened if it weren’t for you!”
The others turned to look at Lauren, their eyes no longer filled with the blind adoration of before. Just moments ago, she had confidently promised Anastasia would,
begging for their return. Now, a seed of resentment had taken root.
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