Amid the hum of conversations filling the grand ballroom, Johnny’s gaze settled firmly on Julia.
Even with her eyes cast downward, Julia could feel the weight of his stare locking onto her.
Before she could gather her thoughts or come up with any kind of response, a mocking smirk pulled at Johnny’s lips, and a sharp huff of laughter escaped him.
“Ms. Brown, if my memory serves me right, you are the exact same age as Maggie, aren’t you? When Maggie was only seventeen years old, she had already finished developing CUAP. To this very day, CUAP still forms Cole Corporation’s strongest technical moat, and no expert across the whole industry has ever managed to crack its core code.
She stepped back from her career for marriage and raising kids, sure. But less than two years after making her professional comeback, she has already delivered such extraordinary, industry-shifting achievements.”
The crowd had already fallen completely quiet the moment Johnny began to speak. Every guest held their breath, giving him their full attention.
Johnny paid no mind to the surrounding onlookers and kept pressing forward with his sharp rebuttal.
“What about you? From everything I can recall, within your professional field, you have achieved absolutely nothing up to this point.
You have never created any original, meaningful technical work of your own, have you?
We could set all of that aside if you like. Take those two or three academic papers Maggie published. Even without outside assistance, I’d wager you would struggle just to fully understand what those papers are talking about.
Compared to Maggie’s real-world skill set, doesn’t that make you thoroughly mediocre? So when I say Professor Nolan rejected your application as his student purely because your skill level fell far below his admission standards… am I actually wrong?”
Julia’s hands squeezed so tight her knuckles whitened, and all color drained right out of her face.
Murmurs and quiet sighs rippled through the surrounding guests.
“So that’s how it really went down. Nolan turned her away simply because she wasn’t talented enough for his standards. But she convinced herself Maggie was secretly sabotaging her behind the scenes. She went around spreading rumors that Maggie got her position at Cole Corporation through underhanded tricks, and even claimed her research papers were fraudulent. Little did she know he was making herself the laughingstock of the whole room.”


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The readers' comments on the novel: Mr. CEO Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time
Alguém saberia dizer o que houve com o livro, sem atualização a tempos...
Nada de episódio novo?...
Does the book stop? When are we going to get a new chapter?...
Olá, A história parou no capítulo 288? O nome do livro me gerou mais expectativas, quando ela realmente vai desprezar os dois e brilhar???...
Everytime I read new updates I am hoping to see Maggie completely moving on with her life not always checking where Franklin is up to with Julia. I think everyone reading this story by now understand that Franklin doesn't care about Julia. So what is the point of always pointing out how indifferent Franklin is to Maggie and how attentive he is towards Julia....
What does Helen mean Maggie is still married? Married to whom? Franklin has made it clear that he doesn't consider her anything and is flaunting his relationship with Julia for anyone who has eyes to witness it.So Maggie should wait for the divorce to be finalized to date. Isn't that double standards. And Franklin is dragging the divorce deliberately since divorced or not he does what he wants without any consequences. Really women are emotionally oppressed even authors only know that point of view 😕...
I feel sad for Maggie and all married women who have to endure emotional abuse with no end in sight. By the look of it,Franklin doesn't want to divorce Maggie for whatever reason. Either the reason is good or bad, Maggie shouldn't be humiliated like this just because she loves him. And the grandmother should be helping her get a divorce not emotionally blackmailing her, if she really cared about her. Franklin is using Maggie's love for the grandmother to abuse her. Is really loving people wrong? Author this one-sided hurt is not right. Let Maggie move on with dignity. It shouldn't end up with Franklin professing his love for her and her accepting it....