The Scorned Heiress: No More Mercy novel Chapter 399

Tara's absolute dominance at the research hub crushes Jade on every conceivable level. Even if Jade hadn't faked her sudden medical emergency or been exposed for technical fraud, there is no reality where she could have matched Tara's brilliance.

Jade's chest tightens with agonizing humiliation. She has been completely played. Tara had intentionally acted clueless at the start, pretending she actually wanted Jade's advice. Looking back at the flawless performance Tara just delivered, Jade realizes she was paraded around like a dancing clown. The sheer embarrassment of her own overconfidence eats away at her, leaving her stewing in bitter resentment.

Slipping out of the greenhouse with a flimsy excuse, Jade realizes not a single person tries to stop her. No one even seems to care that she's leaving. Ever since she officially joined the Dennis Group, she hasn't felt this suffocated, this utterly irrelevant. It feels exactly like the darkest days of her D-list celebrity career in the entertainment industry. The familiar, sickening sensation of being a nobody creeps up her spine, bringing with it an ominous sense of dread.

After escaping the facility, she heads straight for the executive suites, desperate to find Nikolai. She needs him to hold her, to validate her victimhood and soothe her shattered ego. But after pacing the top-floor management corridors for half an hour, he is nowhere to be found. She calls his cell repeatedly. It goes straight to voicemail. Panic bubbles in her chest. Is Nikolai actually dodging her calls? Is he hiding from her on purpose?

She decides against seek out Jake, terrified of facing another cold rejection. His entire demeanor toward her has shifted dramatically, and she is entirely convinced that Tara is the one poisoning him against her. She needs to wait for the perfect opportunity to manipulate her way back into Jake's good graces before they can unite to crush Tara.

Unable to find anyone to coddle her, an infuriated Jade leaves work early and heads straight to Jovani's residence.

"Mom, you ruined everything!" Jade screams the moment she walks through the door. "You made me implant that communication chip! You promised you'd feed me the answers and I just had to repeat them! Look how that turned out! If you lacked the actual capability to answer their questions, you could have at least fed me some generic corporate jargon to bluff my way through!"

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