lair in place. The CEO began to sweat profusely, the
ce. "Get the legal team on the line," Griffin instructed loudly. "Prepar
ed to the inevitable plunge in Sinclair Corporation
wealth, Stephen turned his wrath entirely
watching crowd, but his eyes were wide with barely contained panic. He grabbed her rough
iously into her ear, his voice a low, lethal whisper
terrified by Stephen's sudden violence and his bru
hand off her daughter's arm. "Stephen, please! It's a
maintaining his rigid posture. "She has humiliated the Sin
"If you don't want us completely ruined by tomorrow morning, you will get on your
isgust, mockery, and judgment on the faces of th
o the cold marble floor. She sobbed loudly, choki
ing, sickening smile. "I have disciplined the girl,
et. She felt no pity. Her heart was a block of
excellent acoustics of the hall car
ance," Ava said calmly. "That was a
ok of pure dread washed over his
now. You didn't care when she stole my inheritance three years ago. You
are about the blatant favoritism shown to Lydia'
are only angry now because the Carlisl
. Their whispers turned into outright
gust. "I can't trust a man who treats his own blood lik
eer terror. He wiped his hands frantically on his
pt Ava. "Ava, please, you're just a
g height completely dwarfed Stephen. "Shut yo
be," Griffin stated. "And every wor
She cried, begging Ava, "Please, Ava, don'
enom. "Attempted surveillance i
is cane. "The Sinclair estate is a den of
y. His reputation was in tatters, and
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