Drowning Him In Regret novel Chapter 18

Chapter 18 Trouble Brewing

It seemed like every time Jude and I were home, it ended badly.

Over these three years, he’d always poked at my sore spots, saying the nastiest things.

Of course, i followed his steps, and my words cut just as deep as his.

Bring it on. I died twice already. I wasn’t scared anymore.

I couldn’t remember what he cursed at the end but I turned over and fell into a deep sleep. Thank goodness my body was weak, or I wouldn’t have slept a wink.

The next day, Raymond came straight to the company to apologize.

“Mrs. Carson, I’m really sorry about what happened yesterday. My friends had a bit too much to drink and didn’t mean any offense.

“Please put in a good word for me with Mr. Carson. I think he was pretty mad yesterday.” He sounded humble, even a bit worried.

It made sense. Seeing how Jude looked ready to bite heads off yesterday, they must be scared.

Jude’s reputation for constantly keeping mistresses preceded him, yet his wife was still me.

Everyone said he was deeply in love with me but I hurt him, so he acted like this.

However, he’d hurt me for so many years, too. I guess that evened things out.

I shook the messy past of us out of my head and smiled at Raymond. “Mr. Dunce, you‘ re joking. It was indeed my fault yesterday. Must’ve scared your friends. Please apologize to them for me.

“So our collaboration?” I looked at him intently. That was what I was after.

“You and Mr. Carson both came to me personally. Of course, we’ll continue working together. But, I think some irrelevant non–professionals should stay out of the project,”

he said.

By “non–professionals“, he meant Jude’s darling, Vivian.

Maybe to save face for me, Raymond said this right in front of the whole design department.

Word quickly reached Vivian, too.

When Jude called me to his office, Vivian was already in tears. “Ada, how could you privately ask Mr. Dunce to kick me out of the team? I’m the project leader.”

“Fine, leader. I quit.” I rolled my eyes at her right to her face. “Jude didn’t tell you he went to Raymond yesterday, too? If you’ve got a problem with the decision, talk to him.”

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Chapter 1 Trouble Brewing

The doctor said I need to keep in a good mood to avoid cancer coming back. In a week or two, I would be due for chemo, so I couldn’t be in a bad mood.

I made up my mind to become a shrew. Anyone who provoked me would face my retort. If anyone were to mess with my money–making, I wouldn’t hold back either.

Vivian hadn’t dealt with me before and didn’t know my temper. She was about to say more when some colleagues from the secretary department started giving her signals.

“Vivian, it’s just one project. There are many others in the Carson Group. Let’s just drop this one.” Once Jude decided, there wasn’t much room for turning back.

Vivian looked at him unwillingly, trying to turn the tables. “But I’ve already sorted the materials…”

“Vivian, be good.” Jude’s tone wasn’t exactly gentle, but it was definitely flirty.

Vivian immediately blushed, lowering her head shyly. “Got it.”

Watching their gross interaction, I couldn’t help but gag.

I covered

my mouth and quickly ran out of the office.

Seeing this, Jude instinctively stood up but was stopped by Vivian.

When I came back after throwing up, Vivian blocked me outside the office proudly. “Mr. Carson is on an important call. No random people are allowed in.

“But since Mr. Carson said you’re fully in charge of the Bright Group case, don’t worry, I‘ Il step back from the team.”

I looked at her in surprise, never expecting her to give up so easily.

The smile at the corner of her mouth was barely contained, and she deliberately raised her voice. “Mr. Carson said these projects often involve dinners and drinks with big bosses. He’s worried I’ll get taken advantage of.

“But such engagements are just perfect for you.”

The sight of her smug, self–satisfied face made me want to throw up again.

1 mimicked her tone, curling my lips. “Yeah, after all, things that can’t make it to the big stage only bring shame to the Carson Group.”

Having no interest in her ranting anymore, I turned and left.

Without the rotten egg in the team, the project plan was modified smoothly. I just needed to do a site inspection.

The construction was mostly completed over the past few months, so it was really not easy to make design changes now.

When I got to the site, Raymond looked serious. “Mrs. Carson, look here. We need to retract at least one inch. And these materials need to be recalculated. How can we minimize the loss?”