Chapter 7 - The Father's Intervention
Sterling violently pushed through the final layer of the wealthy crowd, practically throwing an elite executive out of his way to reach the center of the confrontation.
He didn't politely ask his daughter to step back. He didn't try to de-escalate the situation gently. Driven by pure, absolute, suffocating terror, Sterling swung his arm and violently swatted Celeste’s pointing hand down, striking her wrist hard enough to make her gasp in shock.
Celeste stumbled backward, her red sequined evening gown rustling wildly. Her arrogant, mocking expression instantly vanished, violently replaced by profound shock and deep confusion. She stared at her father, completely unable to process why he had just physically struck her in front of her high-society friends.
"Dad! What the hell are you doing?!" Celeste shrieked, rubbing her wrist angrily. "I am handling a subordinate!"
Sterling didn't look at her. He didn't care about her bruised wrist or her bruised ego. His entire body was shaking violently, his white hair messy from his frantic sprint across the ballroom.
"Celeste, shut your mouth!" Sterling yelled, his voice cracking with a desperate, terrified panic that instantly silenced the entire surrounding crowd.
He had spent his entire life building the company, and he had sold it to Luke under the strict condition that his family would remain in charge. He knew that the man standing in front of them had the absolute, unilateral power to strip them of every single dime they owned in a fraction of a second.
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Sterling turned away from his shocked daughter and faced the man in the worn canvas coat.
👉 Read Part 8 to see the multi-millionaire completely surrender.
