After I Stopped Loving Him (Isabella and Ethan) novel Chapter 1072

It didn't help that his relationship with Ethan had turned sour. The Adams Group had pulled out of several collaborations with The Lane Group, leaving Jackson absolutely furious.

Jordan knew he and Ethan couldn't go back to the way things were. Ethan was no longer the blinded fool who indulged Natalie's every whim. Plus, Ethan still hadn't returned from his business trip, leaving Jeremy and the other Adams executives to run the show.

Even though Jordan had grown up with the younger Adams brothers, they didn't humor him or Natalie the way Ethan once did. They were strictly business, refusing to let personal history sway their corporate decisions.

It was a harsh reality check. Jordan suddenly realized that his social standing in Cabinda wasn't because he was an heir to the Lane family. It was solely because he was Ethan's best friend.

Without Ethan's backing, Jordan didn't even have what it took to fully take over The Lane Group.

His father had always berated him for not being as capable as Ethan, a comparison Jordan had fiercely resented.

Now, he had to swallow his pride.

He really wasn't in Ethan's league.

And the Lane family certainly couldn't hold a candle to the Adams family.

The thought of his cunning, ruthless younger half-brother sent a wave of panic through Jordan. He needed to seize total control of The Lane Group and systematically siphon its shares into his own name before the kid grew up.

Once he did, the company would be entirely his. If Deborah and Kevin thought they were getting a slice of the Lane family's billions of dollars, they were dreaming!

"Dad, I'm not saying I'm definitely divorcing Natalie. It's just... hard to process what happened. My mind is a mess, and I don't know what to do. You have to give me some time to figure this out."

"Go back and tell Natalie to get an abortion before more people find out she's pregnant. I'm not taking any risks."

Even if the baby somehow turned out to be his, he wanted nothing to do with it now.

"Tell her to come home and act normal. Tell her not to let her mask slip. I won't say a word about the photos, and I doubt Isabella will run her mouth either."

Isabella's goal was merely to destroy their marriage.

And she had succeeded.

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