Chapter 7 - The Investor's Panic
Defeated and humiliated, Luca grabbed his suitcases, his face burning with shame as the security guards escorted him and Chloe off the premises.
As soon as they reached their luxury car in the driveway, Luca's phone began ringing frantically. The screen displayed the name of his primary investor—Marcus Thorne, a ruthless billionaire who backed Vance Capital.
Luca answered with a trembling voice. "Mr. Thorne..."
"What the hell did you just do, Luca?!" Thorne roared through the speaker, his voice trembling with furious rage. "I just received a notification from our legal compliance team! The state licensing board has suspended Vance Capital's development permits because your primary asset—the lake villa—was fraudulently listed as collateral on our twenty-million-dollar bank loan!"
Luca felt all the blood drain from his head. His knees buckled, and he collapsed against the hood of his car. "No... no, Mr. Thorne, listen to me—"
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"If that loan gets called in, you are ruined, Luca!" Thorne spat. "Fix this today, or I will destroy you!"
👉 Read PART 8 to see Chloe turn against Luca in his moment of weakness!
