Reborn and Betrayed The Billionaire's Ex-Wife Strikes Back

"If you pull the technology and the investment now, the whole company will collapse!"

Eugene looked up at me in a panic. "Rose, this company is our life's work. It's like our baby. You can't just stand by and watch it be destroyed."

I clenched the fabric over my lower abdomen, my voice ice-cold.

"Eugene, you don't get to say that to me. Give me back the chip technology and my investment."

Eugene's burning gaze slid away. He pressed his lips together and said nothing.

Sylvia suddenly popped out from behind him, eyes brimming with tears, and shouted at me.

"Ms. Fox! You're so selfish!"

"Eugene doesn't love you anymore. No matter how hard you cling to him or threaten him, you'll only make him hate you more!"

"Ms. Fox, breaking up and then refusing to let go of the company's funding and technology? People online are going to tear you apart and call you a gold digger!"

"A gold digger?" I almost laughed. "If I'm the gold digger, then what does that make the two of you, clinging to MY life's work?"

I flung the contract down in front of them.

"Read it carefully. The agreement we signed states that my technology and my capital belong to me. I can terminate this partnership whenever I want."

Sylvia choked on her words, but she quickly recovered, righteous indignation blazing across her face.

"So what?! It was our company that gave your little chip a platform to grow. Without that, your technology would've been worthless! Instead of being grateful for everything Eugene did for you, you're trying to rob us blind!"

I turned to Eugene.

"Eugene. Before I lose my temper and drag this into court, sign the termination agreement and pay me $10 million."

"Otherwise, I'll make sure the entire internet knows exactly how you cheated on your fiancée and let your mistress come here to make a scene."

Sylvia's face flushed scarlet. She opened her mouth to fire back, but Eugene grabbed her arm and stopped her.

He took a deep breath, pulled out his phone, and made a call to authorize the transfer.

Then he looked at me, his expression complicated.

"Rose, you didn't have to push things this far between us..."

His voice dropped with disappointment.

"I'm not afraid of your threats against Sylvia. As long as I'm here, not even you can touch her."

"I agreed to your terms today only because of what we once had. Rose, after all those years together, it shouldn't have come to this. I thought we could at least be friends..."

He caught the disgust on my face and sighed.

"Fine. Sylvia was right about one thing. Your chip can only be developed by our company right now. Even if you take it back, it'll just collect dust. I know that's not what you want."

"I'll keep the partnership agreement on file for you. When you've had time to think it over, call me. We'll sign a new deal. As compensation, I'll offer you equity..."

I couldn't listen to another word.

"Zara Lambert, throw them out."

As Sylvia left, she kept glancing back over her shoulder, her eyes dripping with venom.

I did the math. The factory fire had cost three million. Now he'd just transferred ten million to me.

Eugene had no liquid capital left.

I thought about the career I'd been forced to abandon in my previous life. The decades of self-doubt and despair.

What he owed me? It was so much more than this.

I wanted everything he'd ever built to crumble in my hands.

Dad tried to comfort me. "Rosie, I'll introduce you to someone better."

I just smiled.

A few days later, I met the man who'd been Eugene's biggest rival in my previous life: Stanley Farley.

In truth, Stanley and I were the real peers. We'd both built our careers in chip research.

If I hadn't poured everything into helping Eugene rebuild his company back then, I might have chosen to bring my technology to Stanley instead.

In my previous life, my chip had been a generation ahead of the entire industry. But Stanley had relied on independent R&D and spent ten years closing the gap.