I returned our home while he toured with her novel Chapter 65

Chapter 11

A month later, final pitch.

I’d practically lived at the office. Every number, every clause, picked apart, polished. If I was going to win,

I’d win so hard they’d never recover.

The pitch room.

The Mitchells sent a different team. Not Rose. Jason and Lucas.

They looked wrecked. Jason especially, dark circles, completely drained.

When he saw me sitting next to the review panel, his eyes were all over the place. Anger. Resentment. Maybe… regret?

Didn’t care.

Lucas spoke first. “Nina, Rose is still in the hospital. Can’t you even visit? The online thing, she just wanted to prove herself. A mistake. You didn’t have to go nuclear.”

I kept reading files, didn’t look up. “Lucas. This is a pitch. If you want to chat, the door’s that way.”

Ethan tapped the table. “Begin.”

The Mitchell proposal was better than last time. Still amateur. To cut costs, they’d fudged materials and cut corners on environmental standards. I pointed out three fatal flaws. Each one legally actionable.

Jason’s face went whiter. He looked at me, voice shaking. “Nina… do you have to? This is the Mitchells’ last chance. If we lose this, the company collapses.”

I capped my pen.

Looked at my once-untouchable brother.

“Mr. Mitchell. Business is war. You taught me that. And if this proposal got approved, who’d take the fall when something went wrong? Your precious Rose?”

No contest.

Peterson Group awarded the project to a multinational firm. Mitchell Group, out.

After the meeting, Jason blocked my way.

“Nina. Come home.” His voice low, almost pleading. “Mom and Dad mentioned you on the phone yesterday. Your room’s still there. Rose agreed to move out. Just come back. Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you.”

I looked at his outstretched hand. The hand that once taught me to walk in the park. That later pushed me

Chapter 11

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Ella es su prioridad. Yo solo una carga. Me ire lejos y comenzaré de nuevo.

away, over and over.

“Jason. Do you think all you have to do is wave, and I’ll come running back like a dog?”

I stepped back. Stood next to Ethan.

“Too late.”

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