Chapter 7 - The True Heir
"No..." Vivienne choked out, her voice cracking as her eyes frantically scanned the legal document. "This is a forgery! This is impossible!"
"Read it aloud," Sylvester commanded, the absolute authority in his tone allowing zero room for refusal.
Vivienne swallowed hard, a tear of pure panic ruining her expensive makeup. She looked at the surrounding crowd, realizing there was nowhere to hide.
"I, Eleanor Cross," Vivienne read, her voice shaking violently, "being of sound mind, do hereby completely disinherit my granddaughter, Vivienne, due to her reckless, cruel, and toxic management of the family name."
The elite guests gasped, the whispers rising like a tidal wave across the ballroom.
"Keep reading," Sylvester prompted coldly.
"All assets, properties, and holding companies of the Cross Estate," Vivienne sobbed, "are to be immediately transferred to the sole control of my only trusted protector and silent partner... Sylvester Stallone."
Vivienne dropped the paper as if it had caught fire.
The empire wasn't hers. It had never been hers. For the last ten years, while Sylvester was supposedly a ghost, he had been quietly backing her grandmother's empire, securing the family's wealth from the shadows.
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"My grandmother hated you!" Vivienne shrieked hysterically, scrambling to her feet, her crimson gown soaked in champagne and vase water. "She called you a thug! She would never give you the company!"
👉 Vivienne’s desperate denial was pathetic, but Sylvester was about to reveal the final, devastating secret of the Cross family.
