Chapter 5 - The Frozen Assets
"What did you just say?" Victor whispered, his face losing every bit of its color.
"My mother signed over her full proxy voting rights to me two hours ago," Landon said, taking his seat next to me and looking his father straight in the eye. "Her 35% stake, combined with Aubrey's 15%, gives us a 50% voting block. And under Section 4 of the corporate bylaws, a tie-breaker vote on ethics violations is decided by the Chief Operating Officer—which happens to be me."
Victor stood up so fast his heavy chair overturned, crashing against the floorboards. "You ungrateful little viper! I gave you your career! I built this entire company from the dirt so you could inherit it!"
"You built it on lies, manipulation, and physical abuse," Landon shot back, leaning across the table. "You kicked me last night to cover up the fact that you got a thirty-four-year-old woman pregnant behind my mother's back. You allowed her to assault my fiancée. You are unfit to lead a grocery store, let alone a Fortune 500 company."
Sienna panicked, jumping out of her chair. "Victor! What about my offshore setup?! You promised me $5 million for the baby's trust fund!"
"Shut your mouth, you stupid girl!" Victor screamed at her, his composure completely gone. "You ruined my life!"
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"Nobody is getting $5 million, Sienna," I added smoothly, pointing to the hallway behind them. "Because the forensic accounting team we hired at midnight just finished auditing Victor's discretionary expense accounts. They found the $3 million he illegally siphoned from the company's charitable foundation to pay for your silence."
Just as I finished speaking, the distant sound of police sirens began echoing from the streets below the skyscraper.
