First Love After Marriage by Flora Nancy

Chapter 17



Chapter 17 

Don’t get worked up. We have been together for so many years, and I’ve never met your grandmother before. Now that she’s sick, I’m going to visit her to show my filial piety.” Jim assured Nadia. 

He found out about Nadia’s grandmother’s illness from a mutual friend of theirs. The thought of Nadia holding an IOU for 40,000 dollars, bearing his signature and thumbprint, inade him uncomfortable. He wanted to visit Iris in the hospital and ask Nadia to return the IOU to him

Nadia knew that things had escalated between them, and she couldn’t trust Jim’s apparent kindness. Through gritted teeth, she snapped. Jim Ford. I’m warning you. Don’t you dare have any sinister intentions toward my grandmother. You should be coming after me.” 

Jim glanced at Nadia’s grandmother lying on the bed, nonchalantly stating, Don’t be so agitated. As long as you obediently listen to me, considering our many years together. I promise I won’t make things difficult for you.” 

What exactly are you planning?” 

Nothing else. I just want you to return that 40thousanddollar IOU to me. Then we’ll be even.” 

Initially. Nadia had intended to have Jim repay the 40 thousand dollars to ease her burden and return the money to James. After all, she didn’t want to owe James. But she wasn’t prepared for Jim’s despicable move of using her grandmother as leverage

Stay away from my grandmother. I’m going to the hospital right now. If anything happens to her, I’ll fight you tooth and 

nail.” 

Her grandmother was her bottom line, and she meant what she said

Hearing Nadia’s conversation, Daisy, who was nearby, worriedly asked, Nadia, what’s going on?” 

Nadia didn’t have time to explain everything and simply said. Mrs. Howe, I have to go. Are you going back to Orchid Valley 

or” 

Don’t worry about me. I’ll stay here for a bit longer and then go back. You go take care of your business.” 

Daisy didn’t want to become a burden to her granddaughterinlaw

Clare came out of the restroom holding a towel and noticed the bag in Nadia’s hand. Clare had overheard Nadia talking about Iris on the phone, so there had to be something going on with Iris again

Nadia, let me take care of Mrs. Howe. Just go to the hospital and take care of your business. If there’s anything I can help with, don’t hesitate to ask

Nadia looked gratefully at Clare, who was always there to lend a helping hand when Nadia needed it the most

Then I’ll go to the hospital now. I’ll leave everything here to you.” 

Turning around, Nadia headed toward the street and hailed a taxi

Watching Nadia’s expression, Daisy knew something had happened. She immediately took out her phone and called James

James was in the middle of a shareholdersmeeting with his phone placed on the table, continuously vibrating. He glanced at the phone on the table and saw that it was his grandmother calling, so he reluctantly picked up the phone

He knew his grandmother’s temperament well. If he didn’t answer her call, she would keep calling until he did

Grandma, I’m in a meeting.” he said

Is your meeting more important, or is your wife more important?Daisy retorted

What” 

James hesitated. At this moment, his meeting was definitely more important. After all, he had only known Nadia for a little over a day. But he couldn’t refuse his grandmother

Hurry up and go to the hospital. Your wife is in trouble. It sounds like someone is causing her problems. Go and resolve it,Daisy commanded, leaving no room for James to argue

James furrowed his brow, thinking that Nadia always caused trouble for him. But he had no choice but to listen to his grandmother. After hanging up the phone, he called his assistant, Harold

Go to Kingsley Hospital and see what that woman is up to againJames ordered

Harold nodded, looking sympathetically at James

Jaines was forced by Daisy to marry a woman he had no feelings for, just because that woman had saved Daisy

Now, even Harold had to deal with that woman’s issues. He was already 26 years old and needed to find a girlfriend quickly. He didn’t want to end up like his boss James

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Harold left the meeting room, and James returned to his seat

The sound of Daisy’s voice on the phone was quite lond just now. Did Mr. Howe get married?people present wondered. Who is the wealthy heiress or rich second generation that caught Mr. Howe’s attention? Everyone had a puzzled look on their faces

Victor Clifford had built the business empire with James’s grandfather, but his shareholding was relatively small. He had hoped to introduce his granddaughter to James and see if there was any fate for her to become the young mistress of the Howe family. It seemed like his hope had been shattered. James had quietly gotten married

Everyone whispered among themselves, trying to figure out the situation

James’s sharp gaze swept over all the shareholders. They immediately fell silent, not daring to say a word

The Howe Group had three main branches of brokerage, smart home, and real estate

James’s uncle, Jack Howe, the secondlargest shareholder of the Howe Group, had his sights set on James’s position

Fortunately, Daisy transferred her shares to James, which secured James’s position as the CEO

It was Jack Howe who instigated this shareholdersmeeting

The industry was going through a tough time, neither profitable nor losing money. Everyone remained silent, and then Jack spoke up

James, you have been in this position for quite some time now, but the smart home division hasn’t shown any progress. How do you expect us to have faith in you?he questioned

James smirked. Well. Jack, that division is your responsibility. If it’s not making money, shouldn’t you be finding solutions?” 

James deflected the question back to his uncle

you 

I’m not the company’s CEO, and I have done my best to maintain a breakeven situation. You are the CEO, and have been in that position for over six months. If you can improve the performance of the smart home division by 30 percent within the next three months, I won’t say anything more,Jack challenged

Jack had put in a lot of effort to make James organize this shareholdersmeeting Jack wanted James to raise the performance of the smart home division, which had always been a difficult problem

Hearing what Jack said, James tried to hold back the anger in his heart

It could be said that Jack had ruined the smart home division. It had great potential, yet it wasn’t making money

Even if Jack demanded a 50 percent improvement within the next three months, James could achieve it, let alone a 30 

percent one

However, James knew Jack wouldn’t make it easy for him

Jack had been working in the smart home division for 20 years and could create obstacles if he wanted to.. 

The reason why Jack was so greedy was that he wanted to help his own underachieving son. His son was always involved in scandals, spending time with mediocre actresses and bar hostesses. Jack often had to clean up after him. It was unimaginable for the Howe Group to fall into the hands of his irresponsible son

Daisy knew that Jack’s son was a useless person who could do nothing. She didn’t want to embarrass the Howe family, so she transferred her shares to James

Alright, Jack. If I can improve the performance of the smart home division by 30 percent, you have to resign from the Howe Group,” James declared

Jack didn’t expect that James was bold enough to agree to this proposal. Jack intended to present a difficult challenge to James but didn’t expect James to want Jack out of the Howe Group

However, Jack was confident and knew that it was challenging to improve by 5 percent within three months, let alone 30 percent

Jack had it under control. He wouldn’t simply let James secure his position as the CEO so easily

Jack had absolute certainty and was determined to bring James down this time

A hint of a smile appeared in Jack’s eyes. Alright, it’s a deal.” 

After the meeting ended, James returned to his office and received a call from Harold

Mr. Howe, Mrs. Howe’s exboyfriend has come to the hospital” 

Upon hearing the words exboyfriend,James furrowed his brow. So I have just dealt with that Dr. White,he murmured inwardly, and now her exboyfriend suddenly shows up?” 

It was becoming quite a mess

Alriglu, I’ll come right away. Keep an eye on her,James ordered

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How many times are you going to cuckold me, Nadia?he murmured

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