Chapter 63 - the iron matriarch
Richard smirked arrogantly, leaning heavily over the polished desk. "The media loves a good scandal. I will tell them Clara kidnapped you and forced me out of your life. The Vance conglomerate's stock will completely tank within hours. Pay me, and I disappear forever."
Before Lily could press the security button to have him violently thrown out, Clara stepped forward. She was no longer the weeping, terrified woman begging a cruel landlord for mercy in the freezing snow. She was a queen forged in fire.
"You abandoned us to starve, Richard," Clara said, her voice dropping into a low, vibrating rumble of absolute, terrifying authority that echoed through the quiet office. "You left a seven-year-old girl to freeze to death on the streets without a second thought."
Richard scoffed, attempting to maintain his bravado. "Ancient history, Clara. This is business."
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"You're absolutely right. This is business," Clara replied, her dark eyes narrowing to absolute, freezing ice. "And the Vance family does not negotiate with parasites. Get out of my building right now before I make you regret stepping foot in this city."
👉 read part 64 to see the smear campaign begin.
