Chapter 271

He suddenly changed the subject. "But that five percent-I'm giving it to your husband." Just like back then, when Eleanor's father,Mr. Carmody, handed over five percent of Stellar Group's shares to him. The same play. That sudden five percent was all it took to ignite his ambition. A broke nobody who'd never even sniffed high society became a shareholder in one of the top 100 companies overnight. Life flipped on its head. No more worrying about rent; now it was about networking with the right people today, scoring VIP party invites tomorrow-whatever it took to climb higher. He was convinced history would repeat itself. Dump five percent on that broke firefighter, and it'd twist him up just the same. Once that kind of ambition gets fed, there's no going back. Sooner or later, he'd start eyeing his wife's shares too. Jonathan figured he wouldn't have to lift a finger. That ambition-fueled husband would drag Calliope down all on his own. Taking Calliope head-on was tough-she had too much