Chapter 54
Chapter 54 The Older, the Wiser
“You fail to appreciate others‘ kindness. What a paranoid!”
Shirley angrily walked out of the Reflection Room and couldn’t help but curse.
She thought, I’m so stupid. I shouldn’t have been kind to him whatsoever! Why bother?
Instead ofing here, I should have gone back, taken a bath, and watched a show while eating and
drinking How nice would that be?
Aspen was waiting at the side. When she saw Shirley walk out of the Reflection Room, she hurriedly
went forward to greet Shirley. Aspen said, “Mrs. Stewart, why are you out so soon?”
“He is so ungrateful and sarcastic He pisses me off. Why should I stay inside?”
“Well… I’m afraid that won’t do.”
Aspen continued to plead humbly, “You know Mr. Braden. He can be harsh sometimes, but he doesn’t
have any bad intentions. Please, Mrs. Stewart. You can’t quit. You have to urge him to eat and apply
ointment to his wound. Otherwise, he won’t make it through the night.”
“No!”
Shirley pulled a long face, gritted her teeth, and said angrily, “He said it himself. Whether he lived or
died was none of my business!”
“Oh, no! Mr. Braden fell to the ground…”
Aspen shouted anxiously, “Mrs. Stewart, help… If you do nothing, he will die!”
Shirley closed her eyes, stamped her foot, and turned back.
She thought, Braden, I must have owed you in my previous life!
Braden indeed fell to the ground, his forehead covered in a cold sweat. He was in severe pain because
of the whipping.
“What are you doing back here? Get out!”
Braden was already very weak, but he still yed rough stubbornly.
“Shut up!”
Without saying anything else, Shirley directly ripped off Braden’s clothes.
Braden’s back was broad. His shoulder des were full of strength, his muscles were perfectly lined,
and his tan had a broken beauty with a few whish marks.
Shirley coughed.
At the sight of his naked upper body, Shirley couldn’t help but swallow a mouthful of saliva. She
coughed to hide her fluster
Braden was weak, but his mind was clear, and his eyes were sharp. He could tell easily that Shirley
was drooling over him, so he said coldly, “Woman, seriously? You can’t forget the feeling of touching
and pinching mest time, so you want to take advantage of me again?”
“What a talkative narcissist!”
Shirley’s expression changed a few times, and she was so pissed off that she thered arge lump of
ointment on his wound.
Braden frowned deeply from the sharp pain and broke out in cold sweat. But soon, he was enveloped
by a burst of coolness, and the pain gradually eased. He was suffering less.
Shirley continued to apply the ointment for him a bit gentler
Braden’s furrowed brows slowly rxed.
Her fingers were slender and soft. When she stroked his back, he felt that she was using a feather to
brush his body. The itchy feeling reached the bottom of his heart…
“Great! Mr. Braden rarely looks so meek. Sure enough, Mrs. Stewart is his cure.”
Aspen
hid outside the Reflection Room, peeked inside, and couldn’t help but mutter to herself.
In her eyes, the scene right in front of her now was the most intimate, harmonious moment of Braden’s
and Shirley’s four years of marriage. She was almost moved to tears.
Suddenly, Aspen felt a strong sense of oppression above her head.
She looked back and almost had a heart attack.
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“Mr. Stewart.”
Howard asked with a cold face, “What are you doing sneaking around in the middle of the night?”
“Mr. Stewart, it’s not what you think. Mrs. Stewart…”
Aspen stuttered and wanted to exin.
However, Howard looked away and said seriously, “I don’t know what you’re trying to say. Well, I
didn’t see anything.
After he finished speaking, Howard put his hands behind his back and left as if nothing had happened.
Also, there was an obvious smile at the corner of his mouth.
Only then did Aspen realize something-
She thought, Mr Stewart, you are so smart!
You help the couple patch things up by making Mr. Braden suffer physically. You are the master of
ruses! Sure enough, the older, the wiser
A week had passed.
After getting a divorce, Shirley quickly adapted to her life of being a single woman. She devoted her
time to thepany during the day and had all kinds of fun at night. She enjoyed her life carefreely a
lot.
Today, she finally managed to sign a cooperation contract with the Burman Group for the new quarter
Jack readily agreed to Shirley’s request. He would invest 500 million dors in Korita Group for the
sake of research and development, and Korita Group’s first–year profit must exceed 8 billion dors.
Otherwise, he would receive 30% of Korita Group’s shares aspensation ording to
the contract.
When Ewan saw the contract, he was in a very bad mood.
“How cunning Jack is! We did him such a huge favor 1 thought he would be a bit more sincere even
just for the sake of histe daughter Who knows? This contract is full of traps! He is so ambitious. and
greedy”
He looked at Shirley with a face full of confusion, wishing to tear the contract apart. “Shirley, this is so
humiliating. Why did you sign it? It’s just 500 million dors. Big deal! Who gives him the nerve to look
down on us?”
However, Shirley was in a good mood. She smiled and said, “If we lose, the only thing we will lose is
30% of our shares. But if we win, we’ll get five years of investment from the Burman Group, which will
be at least 1.6 billion dors a year I think that’s fair and sincere.”
“Sincere my ass! Korita Group is just an unformedpany. They have no products at all. Do you have
any idea what 8 billion dors a year in profit in electronics are?”
Ewan held his forehead with a worried expression. “The world’s threergest electronicspanies
make just over 16 billion dors in annual profits. For a startup like ours, we should feel d to make
800 million dors a year. How can we possibly win? Isn’t that just handing over 30% of our shares to
the Burman Group?”
Shirley raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled confidently, “Once I bet, I never lose.”
If it were others, they might sound conceited and frivolous. However, when those words came from
Shirley, they made sense. It seemed to Ewan that some fairy sprinkled gold upon Shirley with a
wand, making Shirley shine and stunning, and he could hardly look away.
“Well, I guess you’re right. You’re Shirley, my boss, and the badass that those cunning foxes want so
badly to work for them. You’ve been lying low for so many years that I almost forgot what you are.
You’re never going to lose!”
As Shirley’s senior fan, Ewan was full of admiration, but he quickly added, “Of course, except for your
marriage with Braden.”
Shirley was so pissed off.
She thought, good for you, Ewan! You always manage to say the wrong thing!
Though your words are unpleasant to hear, I have to admit that you are not wrong.
I have never lost in my life, and my marriage with Braden is the only exception. It costs me a lot. I don’t
want to recall that part of my life ever again!
“Anyway, the sessful cooperation between us and the Burman Group will be a huge blow for the
Stewart Group. I’m sure that deadpan is now furious…!
Ewan couldn’t stop gloating. He said with great anticipation, “I wonder what his expression will be once
he finds out that his ex–wife, who he loathes so much, is actually Korita Group’s boss. I bet he’ll snap!”
At the same time, the atmosphere was cold and tense in the CEO’s office of the Stewart Group.
Liam Steele stared at the thick stack of documents in Braden’s hand and said in trepidation, “Mr
Stewart, we didn’t expect your wife to do such a thing. She is usually so honest. This is surprising!”