Chapter 3 - The Secret Master Agreement
Sitting on the floor of the locked penthouse, nursing her throbbing, bruised shoulder, Nora didn't cry. She slowly pulled herself up using the edge of the mahogany desk.
She unlocked her private desk drawer using a hidden biometric scanner beneath the frame. Inside lay the master acquisition contract that Julian had tried so desperately to intercept—the original charter of Aurelia Corporation that her late father had established twenty years ago.
Julian believed that by controlling 30% of Aurelia’s public shares and merging with Camilla's father's firm, he held the controlling stake. He had systematically manipulated the board members, bribing them with offshore promises to push Nora out of the company hierarchy before the gala announcement.
However, Julian had overlooked a crucial clause in the founding charter: Article 9.
Article 9 explicitly stated that if Aurelia Corporation ever attempted an unauthorized hostile takeover or third-party merger, Northstar Holdings—a private entity holding convertible debt bonds—had the immediate right of first refusal to convert its holdings into primary voting shares, automatically diluting all other board members.
Nora took out her phone with a steady hand and called Chairman Malcolm Reed, the only surviving original board member who had remained loyal to her father's memory.
"Malcolm," Nora whispered into the receiver, her voice dripping with lethal determination. "Activate the debt conversion. I'm taking the company back tonight."
On the other end of the line, Malcolm let out a deep, satisfied sigh. "It's done, Nora. I have the legal team waiting at the Halcyon. But are you sure you want to do this publicly?"
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Nora looked in the mirror at the severe purple marks blooming across her shoulder, her jaw setting in stone. "He wanted a show, Malcolm. I'm going to give him a masterpiece."
👉 Read Part 4 to see what happened when Julian tried to stop Malcolm on stage.
