Chapter 10 - The Justice Served
The heavy double doors swung open, and a dozen armed federal agents stormed into the grand entrance hall.
"Vanessa Vance, you are under arrest for corporate espionage, grand larceny, and conspiracy to commit murder," the lead agent announced, stepping forward with heavy steel handcuffs.
"No! Please! Don't touch me!" Vanessa shrieked hysterically, thrashing wildly in her ruined blue gown as the agents violently hauled her to her feet.
They didn't give her a coat. They dragged the screaming, completely humiliated socialite out into the freezing, torrential rain, shoving her into the back of a police cruiser in front of every single elite guest she had tried to impress. Her toxic existence was entirely, permanently swallowed into ruin.
The chaotic energy completely evaporated from the mansion.
Dominic took a slow, heavy breath. He turned to me, the terrifying billionaire vanishing instantly. He looked incredibly human, and deeply remorseful.
"I failed your father, Avery," Dominic whispered softly. "I am so sorry you had to fight in the dark for ten years. You are never delivering another package again. The position of Head of Security for the Sterling Empire belongs to you, if you want it."
I looked at the powerful man standing in the rain. I felt the agonizing, suffocating weight of a decade finally lift off my shoulders. My father was avenged. The truth was in the light.
I smiled gently, adjusting my red silk dress. "I accept."
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As I stood in the grand hall, finally stepping out of the shadows and into my true power, the storm outside began to clear.
If you were Avery, would you have accepted the billionaire's offer to run his security empire, or would you have walked away to start a completely new life?
