Beyond the Divorce

Chapter 214 His Birthday

Ryan called to check on my injury just as I considered heading to the office that morning.

When I arrived, he spotted me and rushed over to check my face. “Is everything okay? Will it leave a scar?

Does it still hurt?”

My face had improved quite a bit over the past few days. The deeper scratches had faded to faint marks, and the finer ones were barely noticeable. It didn’t look as bad as it did initially.

He then pulled me to sit on the sofa and updated me on recent happenings at the company. Celine had ordered the abandonment of the land, leading to the Echelon Group’s victory.

“Celine gave up?” I asked skeptically.

“It seems like she’s trying to slow Atlas’s growth.”

and asked, “Are you suggesting

project with ATL Empire isn’t looking great.”

I mused

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step in

like it’s going to

under construction won’t be affected, but we have a three–year agreement with ATL Empire. Any disruption

spoke, I thought of Atticus. I had a feeling that

I shouldn’t get too close to him. Both ATL Empire and Echelon Group had their fair share of

for a while, I went back to my

between our companies.

in Atlas. His decision to attend Echelon Group’s celebration

on the phone the other day. I was sure

gap in my understanding of ATL Empire’s internal situation. I debated if I should ask Grayson or have him investigate. However, since Atlas had sent me

cross any lines.