Chapter 17 - The Tampered Contract
Camille snatched a thick stack of documents stamped with bright red seals from her leather handbag and hurled them directly at Rafe’s face. The white sheets scattered through the air, fluttering down onto the cold marble floor.
"All company shares, this mansion, and full legal guardianship of the child... you signed every bit of it over to me last week, remember?" Camille let out a venomous laugh, her crimson lips curving into a twisted smile. "The tea you drank every night, the painkillers you took... why do you think your legs have grown increasingly paralyzed? Why does your memory fade into fog? The once-brilliant Rafe is now nothing more than a helpless cripple living on my mercy!"
Ruth’s heart squeezed painfully as she heard those cruel words. She glanced at Rafe—a proud man clutching the edge of the mahogany desk to keep his body from collapsing. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, but his eyes never gave up. The grief of losing his wife, the guilt of letting the enemy into his home, and his fierce love for Maisie ignited a blaze of righteous fury within him.
"You... you poisoned me..." Rafe gritted out, his voice grinding through clenched teeth.
"That's right! And now, this house belongs to me. Get out, both of you—the crippled old man and this nosy little maid!" Camille barked, violently shoving a crystal vase off the table, sending it shattering loudly against the floor.
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Ruth stepped forward, positioning herself firmly between Camille and Rafe. Her eyes burned with composure and authority—the gaze of someone who had nothing left to lose except her vow to protect the child. "Do you truly think those fraudulent papers carry any legal weight, Camille? A power-of-attorney deed requires the witnessing of the family’s head council. And you forgot one thing... that night at the hospital, I didn't just see you. I preserved something you desperately wished to destroy."
Camille’s face drained of color instantly. Her boastful confidence crumbled into dust before Ruth’s deep, impenetrable gaze.
