He Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 408

As for The Quinn Group, just as Stella had predicted, Sylvia and her daughter's absolute incompetence drove the company into the ground within months. They officially filed for bankruptcy. Stella bought the entire company out for pennies on the dollar and fully absorbed it into SD Apparel's infrastructure.

As Stella's pregnancy progressed, Jarrod's anxiety reached astronomical levels. He personally tested the temperature of every glass of water she drank, and if she merely shifted a little too heavily in her sleep, he would instantly wake up to check on her.

Arthur Sr. constantly mocked him for being a "neurotic mess," yet behind closed doors, the old man aggressively studied stacks of parenting manuals and ordered the estate's butler to line every single staircase with heavy-duty anti-slip mats.

Two months before Stella's due date, Summer won a highly prestigious, globally recognized architecture award.

Stella and Jarrod attended the grand ceremony to support her.

The venue was packed with industry elites. Summer stepped onto the stage in a stunning emerald velvet gown. Bathed in the spotlight, she stood tall—an embodiment of absolute confidence and grace.

When the host announced her name, the applause was deafening.

Sitting in the audience, Stella felt her eyes burn with pride.

Summer had finally achieved her wildest dreams. Her designs were not only breaking ground in major cities worldwide, but they had also earned the highest caliber of international acclaim.

During her acceptance speech, Summer's gaze locked onto a man in the front row holding a babbling infant. Gabriel looked back at her with unapologetic adoration, and a brilliantly happy smile broke across Summer's face.

No one noticed the hollow, shattered man sitting in the absolute back row of the auditorium—Lucca Sterling.

He sat in the shadows, his suit wrinkled, his hair disheveled. The arrogant, high-flying heir of the past was completely gone.

The previous year, Lucca's father had dissolved his branch, and the Sterling Group itself had suffered catastrophic losses due to a series of disastrous executive choices. The supply chain snapped, and rival corporate sharks mercilessly carved up what was left of their empire. The Sterling family was ruined beyond repair.

Lucca had never been anything more than an incompetent trust-fund kid. When his father was powerful, everyone worshipped him. Now that his family had crashed, he was treated like dirt.

Aria—the woman who had acted so fragile and innocent to trap him—had publicly humiliated him on her way out. She laughed in his face, calling him a gullible idiot, bragging about how all it took was a few fake tears and cheap tricks to make him betray the only woman who truly loved him.

In that moment, the sickening reality of what Lucca had thrown away finally hit him. He knew, with absolute certainty, that he would never find another woman like Summer—someone who loved him flawlessly, tolerated his flaws, and gave him everything without asking for anything in return.

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