Breaking Mr. Cold (Giselle and Donovan) novel Chapter 613

"My apologies, but I decided to pull our investment at the last minute. Kane Group is officially withdrawing from the joint hospital project with Sterling Group. I'll give everyone here an explanation another day." Right after saying that, Donovan deliberately looked at Marselle. "Ms. Sterling, please let Mr. Sterling know that all the other collaborations we've been discussing are canceled as well!"

Gasps rippled through the room, but he stood up and walked out the door without saying another word.

"What… just happened?" Marselle was caught off guard. Never in her life had she imagined a CEO of his stature would pull out of a multi-billion-dollar project so impulsively.

"My apologies. Please carry on. I'll catch up to Mr. Kane and see what's going on." With that, she rose from her seat and hurried after Donovan.

By the time she caught up to him in the dim hallway on the first floor, Marselle was out of breath. She rushed over and stood in his way. "Are you out of your mind, Donovan? Our companies have already signed the contract. I handled all the groundwork as the project lead, and we were about to start construction. How can you be this irresponsible?"

Without sparing her a glance, Donovan gritted out, "This is your last warning, Marselle. Stay the fuck away from me! If you pull something like this again, I won't show you any mercy!"

However, Marselle, who had never been talked down to in her life, only became more furious when he threatened her. "Why are you yelling at me? I'm not clinging to you. Everything I said at the dinner was true!

"It's no secret that your wife has epilepsy. Sooner or later, the whole world will know. Why can't I bring it up? It's not like I insulted her!

"Besides, she humiliated me that day; she talked so big. I didn't know she was that insecure! How'd I know she'd break down once I hit a nerve?"

"Who I am is none of your damn business." Gideon's hand tightened around her arm, squeezing so hard it felt like he would snap it in half. He closed the distance between them and demanded, "Tell me the truth. What's your relationship with Donovan? Were you the one who humiliated Giselle in that restaurant?"

As it turned out, when Gideon was about to leave, he happened to see Donovan run out with a woman clinging to him. So, he hid in a corner and caught fragments of their conversation, just enough to piece together what this woman had done to Giselle and why Giselle had run out looking pale and shaken.

"Who the hell are you? Why are there so many lunatics tonight?" After regaining her composure, she wasn't that scared anymore. Marselle merely tried to break free from his hold. "Let go of me or I'm calling the cops!

"Answer me!" Gideon grabbed her jaw and forced her to look at him. His eyes were blazing with fury as he questioned her. "Did you pick on her? Listen here. She can't handle any kind of stress right now. If you ever show up again and push her into another episode, I'll fucking end you!"