Chapter 242

Jasmine was genuinely happy to see Penny back on her feet. "I'm so glad you're moving forward," she said. Penny nodded. "Men are just dead weight when you're trying to climb the career ladder. If I ever fall into that lovesick trap again, I swear I'll punish myself by eating nothing but kale smoothies for a month." … Calvin had been having a rough time lately. He'd lost several major projects to competitors. Over the past month, regulators had been all over his company, conducting multiple raids and imposing unreasonable compliance demands. Additionally, their two most profitable projects had been shut down entirely. He found himself constantly juggling finances just to keep the lights on, but the debts continued to pile up nonetheless. His company's financial reports were becoming increasingly messy by the day, and it drove him crazy. He knew that someone was deliberately trying to destroy him. Besides that, Amelia often called him and complained, "Sonia still hasn't been relea