He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 14

He Scorned Me, Now I’m a CEO He Can’t Afford Chapter 14

Wyatt opened his text thread with Lena.

He had thought that even if she ignored the group chat, she would come to him.

To explain, or to gloat.

She had caused such a massive stir, completely upending everyone’s perception of her. The Lena he knew would have wanted to see his reaction.

To watch him be shocked, unsettled, regretful.

But the thread was silent.

There was nothing.

Wyatt threw his phone onto the oak table with a dull thud.

What the hell?

Where was the Lena who used to spam him with a dozen party photos a day?

Where was the girl who told him every little thing, who annoyed him so much he’d had to mute her notifications?

Now, when he had finally realized her talk of doubling Red Creek’s profits might not have been a joke, she had nothing to say.

As his irritation grew, a sudden thought made him go rigid.

Wait.

Lena hadn’t contacted him first in a very long time.

He snatched his phone back, his fingers tightening as he scrolled up through their chat history.

Message by message.

The farther he went, the more one-sided it became.

He finally realized that since the week before the cowboy festival, Lena had not sent him a single message.

Not even a period.

Thinking of how cold she had been lately, each encounter icier than the last, an unfamiliar unease began to creep up his spine.

Wyatt stared at the input box for a long time.

Finally, as if refusing to admit defeat, he typed a single line and hit send.

[We’ll merge the ranches.]