Every moment was critical for him now.


    Seeing Ste wasn''t picking up her calls, and Jeremy still trying to find her whereabouts, Sirena was clueless, "Why are you looking for her location?" "What do you think? You caused this mess, shouldn''t you fix it?"


    Jeremy couldn''t stand hearing Sirena speak at the moment; her voice was like a fuse to his temper.


    Sirena asked, "You''re not expecting me to actually go and apologize, are you?"


    But from Jeremy''s response, that seemed exactly what he wanted. Otherwise, he wouldn''t have asked Harper to pinpoint Ste''s exact location. Ste had already dismissed her so coldly over the phone; showing up on her doorstep might just give her another chance to mock Sirena. Harper, Jeremy''s assistant for five years, didn''t take more than thirty minutes to return with the information, a testament to her efficiency.


    "Mr. Patel, Ms. Quinn is currently on the 26th floor of the Orient Nexus Building."


    "What''s she doing there?" Jeremy frowned.


    The Orient Nexus Building was mainly upied by smallpanies and studios.


    Sirena spected, "What else? She must be working there. Now that the Larkin family has cut her off financially, she needs to find some way to survive. Only she''d care about that measly sry!"


    Sirena never missed an opportunity to belittle Ste. She couldn''t understand why Jeremy was making her apologize to someone like Ste.


    Jeremy nced at her with furrowed brows. He felt there was more to it. The woman who could provoke Ronald wasn''t someone who''d worry about needing a backup n.


    "Let''s go."


    Wanting to avoid further conversation with Sirena, Jeremy turned to leave.


    "You''re really making me apologize to her?" Sirena interrogated.


    "Stay, and you''re out of the Patel family for good."


    Sirena was speechless.


    Was it really that serious?


    Seeing Jeremy''s firm stance, Sirena didn''t dare to utter another word of rebellion.


    ...


    At the hospital, Cloudia was furious.


    "Tell all thepanies, no one hires her. I want to see how tough she can be." This time, Cloudia was truly enraged.


    No matter how much she pleaded, Ste remained defiant. So, Cloudia decided there was nothing more to


    be said. She was determin more


    cut


    off all of Ste''s options.


    Without any fallback, Cloudia couldn''t wait to see how long Ste could remain stubborn.


    Jaxon nodded, "Yes, it''s been taken care of."


    "Mom, don''t do this because of me. This will only make her hate me more," Urs, frail and weak, pulled at Cloudia''s shirt from her hospital bed.


    Though she said this, knowing that Ste''s


    empcards were blocked


    and she was being barred from employment, Urs couldn''t help but feel a


    a sense of victory. She


    doubted Ste would resist calling Tegan and Finley under such pressure.


    Cloudia responded, "Don''t defend


    her. Let her hate us. She''s so ungrateful, it''s not just you she''s spiting, it''s me as well. That ingrate,


    have not been good to her all these


    years? And she repays me like this."


    Talking about Ste only fueled Cloudia''s belief that she was dealing with an ungrateful brat.


    "But..."


    "Urs, Mom''s right. Don''t speak well of her. If we don''t press her now, who knows when Finley and Tegan will be able to contribute to your treatment." They justified their harsh methods by ming Ste''s stubbornness; it was her fault for not yielding.