Too Late, Mr. Forbes: Watch Me Shine

Chapter 7

Word Count: 641 | Released on: 13/05/2026

e Vanguard Media building. Her neck was s

e curb, raising her

y to the curb, stopping inches from her toes.

ed by the soft amber reading light. He wore

e said. It was

the motel that morning before work-the room was still paid through the end of the week, and it

lout from your article," Ja

lush leather seat. The door pulled itself shut w

cup. Condensation dripped down the sides. "Iced Americano

plastic felt grounding again

under her eyes. "You look exhausted. My driver is taking us t

rigid against the leather. "How

his voice gentle but firm. "The Forbes PR machine is going to

into the underground, private garage of a fi

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ospital yesterday-an old informant had come through, though it had drained every favor she had left-but Aniy

eyes locked onto hers. "Don't be af

oulders finally snapped. S

here inside the Forbes Towe

desk. His chest heaved. His tie was rippe

ssistant, stood near the doo

. "She checked out this morning. Her suitc

knuckles were bone-white. "Find her. I don't ca

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p. His eyes were bloods

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teeth ground together so hard his jaw looked

ipped through his chest. Jam

glass walls. "I want Vanguard Media buried in lawsuits by tom

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“For seven years, Hayden Simmons lived in the sprawling Forbes Estate, trading her journalism dreams to pay for her younger sister's ICU bills. But her sacrifice meant nothing when billionaire August Forbes planned his engagement to Bridget Blake-the same cruel heiress who had maliciously crushed Hayden's mother's only keepsake under her heel while August defended her. When Hayden finally packed her battered suitcase to leave, August didn't apologize. Instead, he brutally froze the trust account funding her dying sister's life-saving cancer treatments. He cornered her, pinning her against the wall, and ordered his security to lock her inside the estate to force her submission. "You don't get to decide when we are done." He thought she would crawl back to him, crying and begging on her knees. He truly believed he could publicly marry another woman while keeping Hayden trapped in his shadow forever, assuming her desperation made her weak. Instead of begging, Hayden left his limitless black card and Cartier diamonds on the vanity. She walked out the iron gates, went straight to his biggest rival's media empire, and published a viral, front-page exposé tearing his pristine merger to shreds. This time, she wasn't going to hide. She was going to burn his world to the ground.”