Wifey’s Best Friend Knocks Her Up

Chapter 5

Nadia ignored my reaction and forcibly dragged me into the meeting room. As soon as we entered, she started exchanging pleasantries with the business partners.

"I'm so sorry everyone. My employee was foolish and inconsiderate, wasting everyone's time."

She kept smiling as she introduced Kieran to the partners, constantly praising him and putting me down, completely oblivious to the partners' strange looks.

Kieran couldn't hide the smugness in his eyes.

"See? The one who isn't loved will always be the loser," he said with the air of a victor, eyebrows raised.

"You loved her for so many years, cherished and protected her. But what use was it? All I had to do was crook my little finger and she came running back to me."

His smug demeanor made it seem like Nadia wasn't the love of his life, just a tool for him to show off.

I felt nauseous. The two of them were truly a perfect match - equally dismissive of others' love and efforts.

Nadia walked over to us, her smile stiff as she addressed me.

"Hurry up and tell everyone that Kieran was behind all the previous projects. You were just following orders."

"As long as you do this, I can forgive you."

She was still so high and mighty, but I no longer wanted to put her on a pedestal. I moved away from them and walked to the center of the room.

"I'm sorry for taking up a bit of your time," I said, bowing deeply.

"I have now resigned from Nadia's company. I won't be participating in any future collaborations with them. Thank you all for your support over the years."

With those words, the room exploded into chaos. Nadia's face instantly darkened, but before she could react, the lead partner immediately made his stance clear.

"Nash, if you're not involved in the partnership, then our collaboration with Nadia's company ends here."

The others chimed in as well.

"That's right. All these years, if it wasn't for your abilities, we wouldn't have invested money in Nadia's company at all. If you're leaving, there's no way we can continue working with them."

I thanked them graciously, no longer caring about Nadia and Kieran's ugly expressions as I strode out.

My vision was going dark. I had barely made it to the door when the pain made me lose all strength.

When I woke up, Nadia was sitting by my hospital bed, dozing off.

Seeing me awake, she instantly opened her eyes and looked at me with concern.

"You're awake."

"Is there anywhere else that's uncomfortable? Should I call the doctor over?"

I dodged her touch, my brows furrowed. My rejection was already obvious enough.

Seeing this, her eyes reddened with hurt, but I no longer comforted her. There was even disgust in my eyes.

She finally realized she should be panicking.

"Why didn't you tell me you had surgery?"

She threw a pile of medical reports onto my lap, hurt and aggrieved. "If you had said something, I definitely would have stayed by your side."

Really?

I laughed coldly. She seemed to have forgotten who said those words.

It's just a minor stomach issue, an old problem you've had for years. Why are you being so dramatic?

Now she was saying this as if I was the one who had done something wrong.

She became a bit guilty under my gaze, her voice faltering.

"Okay, fine. I was wrong. Is that good enough?"

"But no matter what, you can't just say we're breaking up."

I didn't want to see her anymore. I pointed at the door and said, "I can't accept your apology. Get out."