a
f place. Now, her clothes were damp, and her hair was sticking to her forehead as she paced the marble floor of the foyer. The storm outside was stil
second!" I snapped, runn
d. "I suppose if you're fucking my daughter, that
dn't believe the words as they left my lips. It was a very pathe
aybe you are really dumb!" She raked her fingers through her hair. "But more importantly
of Jasmine standing in that penthouse doorway, holding her phone with that dead, emotionle
ly a ride-share. Or some low-rent
into the pouring rain wearing a suit that costs more than you're probably gonna earn this month after this whole debacle is over. He bowed to her, and I mean bowed, better than any of the
nobody from Nowhere, Ohio. She doesn't have family. She doesn't have money. She spent three years folding my laundry and taki
said the global board of dir
Do you have any idea what this scandal has just cost me? The shareholder stream went live
is my daughter you were caught with on that live video! Her reputation is completely dragged t
o explode. The screen lit up with another call from a major shareholder, immediately followed by the chairman of the board. "The directors are calling me! The sha
e rain. I didn't care about my mother or Victoria. If Jasmine thought this pathetic little stunt was going to give
utive office of Sterling Media
s. My board members were screaming at me simultaneously via the speakerphone on my desk, their voices overlapping in a deafening chorus of blame. Standing near
silence of the room. "I don't care if she's staying at some trashy motel or walking the streets in
rritation. I expected it to go straight to voicemail. I expected her to be huddled in some cheap diner, shivering
e call actual
idea what you've done? You tanked my stock by a lot! My mother told me how you insulted her on the driveway. You are going
e cut in. It wasn't Jasmine. The tone was co
s my anger ground to a sudden halt. "Who t
cutives," the voice replied smoothly, completely unbothered by my shouting. "Any further direct communication to ou
self. "Vance Global? What kind of sick joke is this? Did
ying professional indifference. "Your ex-wife is demanding absolutely zero alimony, zero assets from the Sterli
e wall. "Zero alimony? She's a penniless orphan! She doesn't
es ago, Vance Global has officially terminated the primary supply chain and data-hosting contract with Sterling Media, citing a direct breach of
ent comple
fingers and hitting the plush carpet with a dull thud. My breathing cam
mpire. They owned the satellites, the distribution channels, and the server grids. Withou
pen. My assistant ran in, her face as white
to look at the finan
es to the large television monitor on the wa
ardroom coup, the mysterious, long-hidden sole heir to the Vance Global Empire has officially taken the reins. Her first exe
-resolution photograph taken inside t
. She was wearing a multi-thousand-dollar white pantsuit, her hair pulled back into
s Jas
refused to process the image on the screen. The quiet, submissive girl who had spent three years folding my lau
oom, a terrifying, suffocating weight crushi
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