Chapter 8 - The True CEO
"No!" Adam wailed hysterically, completely abandoning his arrogant billionaire persona. He fell to his knees on the expensive carpet, clutching his hair. "You can't do this! I built this company! I demand to speak to the CEO of Vanguard Holdings!"
"That won't be necessary," a cold, lethal voice echoed from the doorway.
The heavy boardroom doors swung open.
The room went completely, suffocatingly dead silent.
Four highly paid, terrifyingly professional corporate attorneys stepped into the room. They immediately parted down the middle, making way for their boss.
Stepping into the boardroom was Claire.
She wasn't wearing the soft white lace dress from the restaurant. She wore an immaculate, tailored black power suit, her brunette hair styled with flawless precision. She walked with the terrifying, untouchable grace of an apex predator stepping into her rightful kingdom.
Adam’s jaw completely unhinged. The blood violently drained from his face, leaving him looking like a terrified ghost.
"Claire?" their mother gasped from the back of the room, clutching her pearls as if she were choking. "What are you doing here?! Get out!"
Claire ignored her mother. She walked slowly to the head of the mahogany table, stopping right in front of her kneeling brother.
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She reached into her pocket and dropped the shattered silver watch directly onto the polished wood.
👉 Claire looked down at her family, preparing to deliver the ultimate, devastating financial truth.
