Mr. CEO, Your Wife Has Wanted a Divorce for a Long Time Novel

---- Chapter 404 Maggie glanced up by chance and caught the contempt and hauteur in Julia's eyes. The instant their gazes met, Julia coolly looked away. Johnny curled his lip. "She's really full of herself." Watching the guests flock to Julia and Logan, eager to cozy up and pitch collaborations, Maggie tightened her grip on her glass and said blandly, eyes lowered, "Someone's giving her enough backing.

Her arrogance makes sense." She paused, then added, "There are some very capable people at the Brown family's company." Johnny knew she'd been wanting to make a move on Brown Corp lately; she simply wouldn't let him get involved so he wouldn't be implicated if anything went wrong. Since she'd brought it up herself, he understood things weren't going smoothly. ---- He leaned closer and murmured, "Not going well?" "Mhm." She'd infiltrated Brown Corp several times, and the difference in their current system defenses versus before was glaring.

Even with her stealth, the technicians Franklin had recruited had still detected traces of an intrusion. They only knew there'd been a breach and hadn't caught her tail, but slipping past that level of talent to accomplish what she wanted was no easy feat. Brown Corp suddenly had several top-tier engineers-recruited by Franklin himself. In other words, Franklin was helping the Browns guard against her. With his money and reach, Franklin could pour near-limitless support into Brown Corp and Wilson Tech.

That meant neither a technical takedown nor other "collapse-the-company" plays would work easily against them. There was a finance article years ago that did a rough tally of Franklin's holdings, claiming his personal assets already surpassed Wilson Group itself. Cole was doing well now, but in sheer personal wealth, she and Johnny ---- weren't remotely in Franklin's league. So propping up Wilson Tech and Brown Corp was hardly a strain for him. With him there, trying to topple them... Johnny ground his teeth, jaw tight with frustration.

Worried she might act on impulse, he urged, "Don't rush it. Our chance will come." "I know." Neither of them felt like staying. After about half an hour, they left the banquet. Downstairs, as they headed toward the parking lot, they spotted Franklin with Julia and Logan not far away. Franklin hadn't attended the event at all. No need to guess-he'd come specifically to pick Julia up. The trio saw Maggie and Johnny as well. Julia's face stayed impassive; Logan frowned when his gaze landed on Maggie. Franklin gave a polite nod.

Maggie and Johnny acted as if they hadn't seen them and looked away in unison. ---- Their cars were parked close. As Maggie and Johnny reached theirs, Franklin and Julia waved to Logan, then got in and drove off. Out this late to pick her up-odds were they were already cohabiting. Johnny clicked his tongue and said, "Let's call ita night." Maggie nodded. Because of a tight schedule, the next day Maggie and Johnny, along with a few Cole engineers, headed to the airport to rendezvous with Wilson Group for system testing in Dallas.

As soon as they joined the group, they spotted Franklin and Julia among the crowd, too.