Bye Bye Lovesick Puppy No Longer Chasing Your Glow, I Became My Own Sun novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Some people are just meant to stay in your past.

Those words echoed in my mind as I stood in the pristine hallway of the MIT research facility, watching the future unfold before me. Felix and I had built something beautiful here–groundbreaking research, innovative solutions, a partnership that felt unbreakable.

Until the phone call that changed everything.

“Drielle,” Felix said, ending his conversation and turning to me with an expression I’d never seen before–excitement mixed with something that looked almost like dread. “That was my father.”

Richard Reed. Even I knew that name. Reed Industries had been a cornerstone of the aerospace sector for three decades, with government contracts and commercial partnerships that most companies could only dream of. Felix rarely talked about his family’s business empire, preferring to focus on pure research rather than commercial applications.

“Is everything alright?” I asked, noticing the tension in his shoulders.

Felix ran his hand through his hair, a gesture I’d come to recognize as his tell for difficult conversations. “He’s stepping down. Early retirement due to health issues.” His voice was carefully controlled. “The board wants me to

take over as CEO.”

The words hit me like a physical blow. Reed Industries was headquartered in Boston, but their main operations were spread across the country. Taking over meant leaving MIT, leaving our research, leaving everything we’d built ogether.

‘What did you tell him?” I asked quietly.

That I needed time to think.” Felix stepped closer, his eyes searching my face. “Drielle, this is everything my family

as worked for. Three generations of aerospace innovation, government contracts worth billions, the chance to ctually implement our research on a scale we could never achieve in academia.”

And what about our work here? The Mars propulsion project is just hitting its breakthrough phase-”

The mention of my father was a low blow, and Felix knew it. Dad’s unfinished work had shaped every choice I’d nade since his death, every equation I’d solved, every late night I’d spent pushing the boundaries of what was

This isn’t just about research for you, is it?” I said. “This is about proving something to your father.”

Bye Bye Lovesick Puppy: No Longer Chasing Your Glow, I Became My Own Sun

Chapter 17

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