After I Left, His Empire Collapsed Chapter 32

After I Left, His Empire Collapsed Chapter 32

He stammered.

“Vanessa. Don’t be angry. I was impulsive. I wasn’t thinking straight.”

“I’m rescinding the termination. Come back. Help me.”

His voice was sticky with forced warmth. My stomach turned.

“Mr. Croft. Fire me. Rehire me. On your whims.”

“What am I? Your dog? Called. Dismissed. Called again.”

“At the airport, you swore the company didn’t need me. Sadie was your top talent. Remember?”

“You said when a real crisis hit, she’d step up. Turn things around. Save the company. Why beg a nobody like me?”

The breathing on the other end hitched.

The boomerang always hurts more on the return.

Silence. Then Dylan’s jaw tightened. He threw out the bait.

“Vanessa. I know. Some management decisions. I was wrong. But I’m serious about this. I want you back.”

“Come back. Immediate promotion. Design director. Your own team.”

Impressive. It had been five years since my last promotion. He’d blocked every advancement attempt. Deliberately kept my salary and title stagnant. Control. Keep me beneath him.

Now he was dangling titles.

I was not the girl he could hypnotize with pretty words anymore.

“Not enough.”