Chapter 10 - Sibling Betrayal and Corporate Ruin
The next morning, news of the St. Regis gala scandal broke across national corporate tabloids. Headlines read: Rising VP Fired After Assistant Attacks Secret Heiress at Gala.
In a tiny coffee shop across town, Renata sat huddled in a corner booth, frantically scrolling through her phone. Her social media accounts were flooded with thousands of angry comments, her luxury endorsement deals were canceled within hours, and every high-end executive agency in the city had blacklisted her name.
When Marcus burst into the coffee shop, his clothes soaked from the rain, he spotted her and slammed his fists onto her table.
"You destroyed my life!" Marcus roared, drawing stares from customers. "You poured that wine! You insisted on humiliating her!"
Renata looked up at him with cold, venomous eyes, her slap-marked cheek still discolored and swollen.
"I destroyed your life?" Renata laughed hysterically. "You're the one who told me she was a penniless nobody! You used me to make yourself look important, Marcus! You made me think you were going to be the next CEO!"
"I was going to be!" Marcus wept, pulling his hair. "If you had just kept your hands to yourself!"
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"Get away from me, you pathetic loser," Renata spat, grabbing her coat and pushing past him into the street. "You're ruined, and I'm not sinking with your ship."
👉 Read PART 11 to see the ultimate legal trap Valeria set for Marcus in corporate court!
