Chapter 9 - The Ultimate Revenge
"Julian?" Vincent shrieked wildly, scrambling to his feet as the massive, impossible reality set in. "What does Julian have to do with you?!"
"I am their legally contracted, fully compensated gestational surrogate," Claire stated coldly, holding the ultrasound of Julian’s biological child like a multi-million-dollar weapon.
The cinematic realism of the absolute, crushing betrayal completely electrified the parking lot.
When Vincent had cruelly abandoned her for a pregnant mistress, Claire hadn't cried in a corner. She had quietly reached out to his biggest corporate rival. Julian Sterling had agreed to pay Claire an astronomical, fifty-million-dollar surrogate fee to carry his absolute true heir.
But the money wasn't just cash.
"As my primary compensation," Claire whispered, her eyes flashing with lethal danger, "Julian transferred fifty-one percent of his newly acquired shares in your company directly into my name."
Vincent physically staggered backward, his jaw literally unhinging.
"You don't own your empire anymore, Vincent," Claire commanded smoothly. "I am the majority shareholder. And tomorrow morning, I am firing you, seizing your offshore trusts, and completely liquidating every single asset you own."
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"You can't do this to me!" Vincent screamed hysterically, throwing his hands against his head as his entire life completely collapsed in a matter of seconds.
👉 Claire opened her car door, completely leaving the trash on the pavement where it belonged.
