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In the years that followed, my life got busier,
and I stopped paying attention to anything
related to Chase.
I focused on my studies and on breaking into
the overseas market.
That was the other reason I left right after
high school.
To run a pilot program for my parents‘
company, to see if we could get a foothold in
a new market.
It was exhausting, but it was also exhilarating.
For the first time, I felt like I was truly in
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control of my own destiny.
The comments were gone.
This was a life I was building for myself.
Ten years later, through my own hard work,
our subsidiary company was firmly
established abroad.
Today, on my second day back in the country,
I saw Chase Sterling again at a business
party.
He stared at me, his eyes wide with disbelief
before turning red at the corners. He rushed
towards me.
My bodyguard stepped in front of him.
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“Summer? It’s me, Chase! Don’t you
remember me?”
My business partner looked at me, confused.
“Who is this?”
I smiled politely. “Just an old high school
classmate.”
At my words, Chase’s eyes got even redder,
full of hurt.
Because I knew from the comments that he
was supposed to bankrupt my family, I’d had
my dad start putting pressure on Sterling
Corp before I left.
It’s every man for himself.
Don’t blame me for being ruthless.
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They certainly didn’t hold back when they
tried to destroy me.
Combined with the public backlash, Sterling
Corp had crumbled into a mediocre, mid-
sized company. They were no longer a threat.
As for Chase, I heard the online scandal was
so huge that he was recognized the second
he stepped onto campus.
Everyone whispered about him behind his
back.
The pressure was too much, and he dropped
out after two years.
