I Love You More Cade by Coral Hume ( Nydia and Jackson) Chapter 34

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Cade sped off in his car, leaving Nydia behind. Snow splashed around her.

Nydia vomited for about three minutes. After that, she started to feel sober again. Her skirt was torn, revealing the thin bottoms underneath, and her teeth chattered with cold. She cursed, “Scum bag! Psycho!” She shouted for a while before she put on her coat and got up from the snow.

It was silent around without a car in sight. Nydia had no choice but to open the map and navigate herself home. She tried to call Veronica on her way home, but no one answered. She wondered, ‘What is Veronica doing? We were out for a drink together. Cade caught and abandoned me while Veronica ghosted me.

Nydia walked for more than an hour to get home and even got blisters on her feet. She felt so cold that she could not feel her body. Her body was itchy and sore when the hot water poured over her head. Emotions overwhelmed her and drove her to the edge of tears.

Nydia seethed with fury as she realized she had more wounds on her body, yet her old ones had not fully healed. That night, she dreamed that she relentlessly punched and kicked Cade until he fell to his knees and begged for mercy. She felt empowered in the dream, so she leaned back and laughed until her throat was dry and sore.

A sore throat woke Nydia up. She cried inside, ‘I can’t believe I caught a cold!‘ This was the first time she had been sick this year. The inflamed tonsils gave her a headache and left her entire body sore.

Nydia initially intended to take a day off. However, Alison called early in the morning to deliver the message that Cade had scheduled a meeting at 10:30 a.m., and no one was allowed to be absent.

Nydia cursed when she received the message. She gritted her teeth and crawled out from under the blanket. She sneezed in a row the moment she left the warmth. Nydia was aware that she could not take medicine on an empty stomach. Therefore, with little appetite, she casually chewed a few mouthfuls of cold bread. Tears welled up in her eyes as she experienced the pain of swallowing the bread.

When Nydia fell ill, she became fragile. Tears welled up in her eyes easily, and she missed her family more than ever before.

Nydia was the last to arrive at the conference room. Cade, Josephine, and the pillars of the corporations were all already present, looking at her with disdain. She got used to it. The physical pain left her with no energy to care about these people’s thoughts about her.

Josephine spoke first with a smile, ‘Ms. Sharp, congratulations! You handled the infringement issue brilliantly, and the company’s stock has doubled a few times.”

Nydia did not raise her eyelids when she heard that.

Kaden Marshall, an executive at the corporation, grunted, “It is not her credits. You don’t have to congratulate her.”

The other executives and stakeholders followed Kaden and started their attack on Nydia. “Agreed. While the incident was well explained, the damage to the company’s reputation was significant, and that’s a loss that money can’t compensate

for

“Our benefits will fluctuate like a rollercoaster as long as the Sharp Group is still operating.”

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When Lance was about to retort, Nydia chuckled and replied, “Why do you always complain at the board meeting? You all make a fortune because of this event, don’t you? Are you dissatisfied with Mr. Jackson or the corporation?” With that, she glanced at Cade.

Cade looked at Nydia from the corner of his eye, emotionless.

Kaden hurriedly blamed, “We are talking about your mistakes. Don’t involve Mr. Jackson.”

Nydia sneered and shot back fearlessly, “What are my mistakes? Oh, right, I did make a mistake. My biggest mistake is working tirelessly for the corporation, which enables everyone here to earn too much money. You have nowhere to spend your countless money and time, so you show up at headquarters every day to cause trouble for me.”

She did not want to continue the conversation with these people. Her cold made her feel unwell and drove her to speak more bluntly.

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A shareholder shouted, “What did you say?” Some of them were so furious that their eyes turned red as if they were g to eat Nydia. Their yelling caused a sudden pain in Nydia’s ears that she nearly blacked out.

Growing irritated, Nydia responded impatiently, “Do you have anything else to say? Wrap it up! I’ve got a busy schedule.” Those words were for Cade.

Seeing Cade’s eyes narrow slightly, Josephine quickly interjected, “Ms. Sharp, we completely understand it. Given your busy schedule, I’ll get straight to the point. We need your assistance for a collaboration.”

Someone murmured, “How come she is busy? I think she doesn’t work enough for the corporation.” Shareholders and the executives cast a more disdainful look at Nydia.

Nydia took over Josephine’s file. She sneered once she opened it, thinking. This is the merger and acquisition in Mewarting City. It’s a project brimming with benefits. I remembered someone else was in charge of it, but Josephine snatched it after she landed a job here. I didn’t expect it would take so long. It seems that this isn’t an easy project. That makes sense. Otherwise, Josephine wouldn’t be keen to pass it on to me.

The shareholders and the executives were all aware of what Josephine was up for, so they all showed a face of enjoying

the scene.

Kaden was afraid Nydia would refuse to take the project, so he added, “Didn’t you say that you work hard for the corporation? Well, here’s your chance to prove it. Take the project. Besides, everyone is watching you after the infringement issue. If you nail this project, I’m confident they’ll never doubt your capability again.” He sounded concerned about Nydia, but all he wanted was to witness Nydia’s failure.

Nydia knew it was a plot but could not reject this project. Subconsciously, she glanced at Cade and found him playfully looking at her, just like everyone else. His gaze seemed to taunt, “What? Are you scared?”

Nydia’s expression darkened, but soon, she put a smile on her face. She raised from her seat and tapped the file twice with her fingers, announcing. “Thank you for acknowledging my ability and giving me this project. I’ll try my best.”

Cade gazed at Nydia’s back, his expression turning stern. He contemplated, I might consider letting Nydia off the hook if she begs or submits to me or simply refuses the project. However, she didn’t give me that chance. She seems increasingly resistant to bowing down to me.

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Josephine sensed Cade’s emotion changed because of Nydia. She clenched her hands under the table into fists, but she managed to squeeze a smile, asking, “Cade, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Cade withdrew his gaze from Nydia and said coldly, I’m okay. Meeting dismissed.

Nydia could not endure the sickness anymore, so she drove to the hospital at noon. When she made an appointment, she remembered she owed Bentley a meal. She pondered, “I can’t risk having lunch with Bentley. If Cade finds out, I’ll be in trouble again. But perhaps I can find another way to send the commission fee to Bentley.”

Nydia spotted Bentley under the list of brain surgery specialists. When she was about to make an appointment with him, the nurse approached and kindly said, “Dr. Wiley isn’t at work.”

Nydia was stunned and asked, “When will he return to work?” She thought, I can schedule the appointment once Bentley is

back at work.”

The nurse shook her head and replied, “I don’t know. He left in a hurry. We haven’t seen him in days.”

“Oh, thanks for the information.” Nydia withdrew her appointment resentfully, thinking, ‘Well. I can buy him a meal whenever

he has time.”

It was viral influenza. When Nydia left the pharmacy with a large bag of pills, she tried to call Veronica again. Someone picked it up this time. However, it was Walter Carlson speaking.

Nydia asked, “Is Veronica there?”

“Ouch! Careful, please! My legs hurt so much that I feel like I was losing them.” Veronica’s crying came from the phone.