Chapter 8 - The Financial Guillotine
Rachel pulled the prenuptial amendment out of the folder. She held it high, ensuring Carter could see his massive payday dangling right in front of his face.
Then, with absolute, flawless precision, she gripped the top of the paper.
She slowly, deliberately ripped the legal document completely in half.
The sound of the tearing paper echoed like a gunshot in the silent ballroom.
"Wait, please! We can fix this!" Carter begged, desperately reaching his trembling hands up toward her as he watched his entire financial future vanish into thin air. "I love you! I was just stressed about my debts! I didn't mean to hurt you!"
"You didn't hurt me, Carter," Rachel replied smoothly, her voice devoid of any human empathy. "You just saved me."
Diane scrambled out of her front-row seat, her gold gown rustling frantically.
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"You can't do this!" Diane shrieked, completely abandoning her elegant facade. "Carter's businesses are leveraged against my house! If you don't sign that paper, the bank is going to foreclose on my estate tomorrow morning! We will have nothing!"
👉 Rachel looked at her former mother-in-law, ready to deliver a devastating truth that would ruin them both.
