Chapter 8 - The Fallen Socialite
Olivia Harrington stood frozen in the center of the ballroom, her beaded champagne dress gleaming under the lights as every smartphone camera shifted from Claire to her horrified face.
Her father, a prominent real estate mogul who had been sitting at a VIP table nearby, stood up abruptly, his face dark with fury.
"Mr. Harrington! Father!" Olivia cried out, reaching toward him as tears finally ruined her heavy makeup. "Help us! Tell them they can't do this!"
Her father looked at her with pure disappointment and cold disgust.
"The Harrington family is terminating all ties with the Sterlings effective immediately," her father announced loudly to the entire room. "The engagement between my daughter and Nathan Sterling is officially cancelled."
Olivia let out a high-pitched, pathetic sob as her own father turned his back and walked out of the ballroom with his security detail, refusing to be dragged into the Sterling family's financial ruin.
Nathan fell to his knees beside his father, weeping pathetically as he looked up at Claire with desperation in his eyes.
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"Claire... please..." Nathan whimpered, reaching toward the hem of her wine-stained gown. "We were married for three years! Think of our history! You can't do this to us!"
👉 Read Part 9 to see how Claire delivered her final verdict to her ex-husband.
