Chapter 169
\nHe Never Noticed Me Until I Loved Someone Else novel Chapter 169<\/p>\n
Even though the sender was only listed as “Quinn”, Sebastian was absolutely certain it was Stella.<\/p>\n
Just this afternoon on the green, her friend had mentioned she was drowning in work trying to salvage SD Apparel.<\/p>\n
He never imagined she would actually cold-pitch him an offer.<\/p>\n
His assistant wasn’t exaggerating; the label was currently a commercial wasteland.<\/p>\n
And Stella hadn’t sugarcoated it in her email. She laid out the company’s agonizing financial struggles with brutal honesty, explicitly warning that taking the job would be a grueling uphill battle with zero guarantee of success.<\/p>\n
What an endearingly foolish girl. Which high-profile designer would willingly step onto a sinking ship after reading a pitch like that?<\/p>\n
Scrolling down, Sebastian studied the attached archival sketches and vintage catalog photos. It was clear the original founder possessed a raw, undeniable brilliance.<\/p>\n
But decades of neglect had left the aesthetics disastrously outdated for the modern market.<\/p>\n
He stared at the screen, a knot of hesitation tightening in his chest.<\/p>\n
It wasn’t the abysmal salary or the career risk that gave him pause. It was the crushing reality of how he was supposed to face her.<\/p>\n
She was Jarrod’s wife. Getting intimately involved in her daily life was playing with fire.<\/p>\n
But she was drowning, desperately reaching out for a lifeline. Could he really just sit back and watch her sink?<\/p>\n
Outside, the autumn wind howled against the penthouse glass, dragging the dark twilight with it. After an agonizing internal debate, he finally texted his assistant: Reply to the email. Schedule an in-person meeting.<\/p>\n
His assistant quickly confirmed the reply was sent.<\/p>\n
Before adding, Why on earth are you taking this? I thought you were on a sabbatical.<\/p>\n
This is how I recharge, Sebastian texted back.<\/p>\n
Tossing his phone onto the desk, his decision finally felt absolute.<\/p>\n
…<\/p>\n
Friday morning. The second Stella opened her laptop, a notification chimed.<\/p>\n
It was a reply from EISO!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-3457","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/3457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}