Three Years Forgotten, Why Go Crazy When I Say Goodbye? novel Chapter 148

Jade's resignation was processed with brutal efficiency. Instead of the standard month-long transition period, she was given exactly three days to clear out her desk.

By the end of the third day, Jade was officially unemployed. She didn't breathe a word of it to Willow. Keeping up appearances, she maintained her usual routine, leaving the apartment early and returning late. The only difference was that her 'office' was now a quiet corner table at a local coffee shop.

There, she tirelessly prepped Willow's litigation files while scouring job boards for any opening that would take her.

One afternoon, while deep into a legal brief, her phone suddenly lit up with a call from Eugene Yates—her father. Jade's immediate reaction was pure dread. She barely spoke to her family once a year. Getting a sudden call from them meant nothing but trouble, and she had no energy to deal with it.

She hit decline and quickly sent a text: "Busy. Text me if it's important."

A second later, the phone started ringing again, more aggressively this time. He wasn't going to stop until she answered. Reluctantly, Jade picked up.

Before she could even say hello, Eugene's voice boomed through the speaker, thick with fury. "Where are you?"

Triggered by his hostile tone, Jade's own temper flared. "I'm at work! Where else would I be at this hour?"

This was exactly how it always was between them. Instant, explosive hostility. Any attempt at a normal conversation was impossible. When she was younger, she was just terrified of his strict, overbearing demands, but they could at least manage basic communication.

The real fracture happened when she joined the workforce. She flat-out refused to take over Yates Enterprise. Despite Eugene's relentless threats and bribery, she chose to become a lawyer. Since that day, their relationship had been completely frozen.

So the fact that he was calling her now was deeply alarming.

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