She is a CEO by George Chapman novel Chapter 194

Juliana's heart sank. She went to the hidden corner and looked through the glass. She knew the woman sitting opposite Kane. It was Poppy!

The way Poppy looked was very different from usual. With light makeup on her face, she wore a simple but elegant long dress, looking like an innocent girl.

"Did you have another fight with Jacob today?" Kane asked Poppy as soon as she sat down in the cafe.

"Well, he's been picking on me non-stop since he slapped last time." Poppy said pitifully, "Kane, I don't know how much longer I can hold on."

"Does he even hit you?" Kane asked worriedly.

Some time ago, Poppy suddenly went to his home late at night. At that time, she was drunk, with clear finger marks on her face. As soon as she saw him, she began to cry. Kane naturally would not sit by and do nothing. After he pacified her, he let her stay at home. That night, seeing Poppy fall asleep with tears in her eyes, Kane felt his feelings for her were evoked.

After that, Poppy came to him almost every day. He didn't know whether or not she did it deliberately, her makeup was changing day by day, and she wore much simpler styles. Gradually, she looked more like her old self that he adored.

Kane also wanted to spare some time to spend with Juliana, but Poppy wept and tell him Jacob not only scolded her but hit her every time she saw him. Having sympathy for Poppy, he again played the role of her protector, came out every day to see her, accompanied her and comforted her.

"He almost did it to me again last night," Poppy said in an injured tone. Her eyes began to redden again. Beneath her pathetic look was her calculations. In fact, Jacob had not spoken to her for more than half a month, so she was just making up the story to Kane.

Poppy was doing that in order to find another trustworthy partner.

"Poppy, you will have a poorer relationship with Jacob as time goes by. Have you thought about how to handle it?" Kane asked Poppy.

"Kane, I want to break up with Jacob." Poppy said decisively, knowing the time was right.

"Break up?" Kane was shocked at her words. He had advised her to split up with Jacob because Jacob was not a trustworthy life partner. But she refused to listen to him. How could she say she wanted to break up with Jacob so easily now?

"Yes, actually, I hid one thing from you ..." Poppy looked at Kane and said in an undertone, hesitating.

"What is it?" Kane asked.

"I registered a company in your name in Houver, and now I'm having my henchman transfer JTP's assets to it," Poppy looked at Kane and said seriously.

Kane almost stood up after hearing this. He looked at Poppy with wide eyes and asked, "So that's why you took my ID card that time?"

"Yes." Poppy nodded. "The marriage between Jacob and I can't work, so I gotta find another way out."

"But why did you register it using my name?" Leaving aside the fact that what Poppy was doing now was against the law, Kane was more concerned about why she used his name to register the company.

"Firstly, the plan can be carried out more smoothly without arousing Jacob's suspicion; secondly ..." Poppy deliberately paused. With a gentle look in her eyes, she looked at Kane and continued.

"Don't you get it?"

As a mature adult, Kane immediately understood the implication of Poppy's words. He was shocked, looking at her for a long time speechless.

"Kane, I know you've loved me for years," Poppy said softly, gently lifting one hand to stroke the back of Kane's hand. "I admit I chose the wrong person at first. Now I know I was wrong and want to start over. How about you?"

Over the years, Kane had looked forward to hearing Poppy's confession of love countless times. If it was before, he would have jumped up with joy, but now ...

Slowly drawing back his hand, Kane responded to Poppy with complicated emotions, "Poppy, you know things are different now."

"What's the difference?" Poppy raised an eyebrow, showing her bossiness. "Are you worried about Juliana?"

Kane kept silent.

"Can't our decade-long relationship be compared with Juliana, who you know for less than a year?" Poppy said with displeasure.

"Or is it because of the child in her belly? If you want the baby, when it is born, I can find a way to help you get it back, and then we'll leave here and start over!"

Kane was the key part of Poppy's escape plan.

"No!" Kane refused without hesitation. Seeing Poppy's dismayed face, he lowered his eyes, not daring to look her in the eye and whispered, "I can't hurt Julia."

She had degraded herself to confess her desire to be with him, but she didn't expect Kane to reject her without hesitation.

She goggled at him and questioned, "Kane, you'd rather choose Juliana than me?"

Kane had loved Poppy for years, and of course he was tempted after hearing her confession, but his reason told him that Juliana was equally important, not to mention that she was pregnant with his child.

"Poppy, you can live well after you leave me. I can let you use my identity for asset transfer, and you can go to other cities to start over after you are done with it. But Julia can't live without me. I am now her only spiritual pillar, and the future is not yet known, so I cannot abandon her."

"Kane!" Poppy was enraged by Kane's words. How dared he straightway reject her because of Juliana!

"Are you out of your mind? Yes, the child in Juliana's belly is yours, but she doesn't know that! Dare you say she doesn't have any selfish motives by choosing to be with you? As the future mistress of Davonnis Corp, she just takes you as a playmate who can give her spiritual comfort!"

"Poppy!" Hearing Poppy's criticism of Juliana, Kane could not help but flare up and retorted, "Is it because of you that Julia ends up in this situation? If it wasn't for you, we wouldn't be like this. Why do you always put the blame on others?"

Now Kane saw Poppy's true face. He thought she had her reasons for everything that she did. But he did not expect her to be selfish. He also realized that he was just a backer for her. The reason she came to him was that she couldn't stand Jacob anymore.

Poppy was vexed by Kane's refusal, unable to utter a word.

"I won't say yes to your request. If you don't keep your promise to help me and Julia, we'll figure out a way ourselves!" Kane added determinedly.