The Rejected Principessa Returns novel Chapter 37

Chapter 9

I withdrew all my investments in that Michelin restaurant. The VP and the core team all quit together and followed me to start something new.

Within six months, my new restaurant was already a hit. With superior service and better dishes, it quickly gained a foothold in the industry and became the new standard.

As for Blake’s restaurant, it didn’t take long for the business to fail and shut down without his core team and the financial backing, plus the negative fallout from Zoe’s scandal.

I heard that Blake tried to use the $200,000 I gave him to start some small business, but it was a total loss.

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He was used to a life of extravagance and didn’t understand how to live frugally.

Before long, he ran out of money and couldn’t even pay his rent.

Later, I heard from Lily about him.

Blake was working as a bartender in some bar to make a living, serving drinks with a fake smile to people he

once looked down on.

Once, one of his old “friends” recognized him and publicly humiliated him.

asked me if I regretted going this far.

shook my head.

I never regretted it.

I only regret not seeing his true nature earlier.

I spent over a decade trying to turn a wolf into a sheep.

But as the saying went, old habits die hard.

Now, I was successful in my career, with friends by my side.

I no longer needed to live for anyone else or carry any responsibility that weren’t mine.

I had finally become myself.

One sunny afternoon, Lily and I were enjoying afternoon tea in the outdoor garden of the new restaurant.

A man in a delivery uniform pulled up on an electric scooter and stopped outside the restaurant.

took off his helmet, revealing a haggard, worn face.

It was Blake.

He saw me and his eyes were filled with complicated emotions-shame, resentment, but mostly a numb

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acceptance of his fate.

He didn’t approach, but just glanced at me from a distance before grabbing his delivery box and quickly walking into the nearby building.

The sunlight bathed me warmly.

I pulled my gaze away and looked at Lily, smiling.

“Lily, don’t you think the weather today is perfect?”

She smiled back.

“It’s great. Better than ever.”

We both understood that the dark clouds that had covered my sky for more than a decade had finally

dissipated.

From here on out, the road ahead was nothing but smooth sailing.

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