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Chapter 7 - Breaking the Chains

As the officers marched Arthur toward the elevator, he turned his head, glaring venomously at his wife standing in her silver evening gown.

"Patricia! Tell them she's lying!" Arthur ordered, his voice filled with desperate malice. "Tell them you gave her those files under duress! If I go down, you get nothing!"

Patricia stood tall, taking a deep, steady breath that she had held back for thirty-two years. She slowly reached up, unclasped her expensive diamond necklace—a gift Arthur had used to buy her silence after every violent outburst—and dropped it onto the marble floor at his feet.

"I gave her the files because I want you to spend the rest of your life in a cage, Arthur," Patricia said, her voice firm, clear, and completely free from fear.

Arthur’s face twitched in utter humiliation as the elevator doors closed, sealing his fate forever.

Luca was escorted out right behind his father, weeping pathetically as his broken hand throbbed in pain, completely stripped of the power and privilege he had abused his entire life.

Jessi walked over to Patricia, wrapping a protective arm around the older woman’s shoulders as the remaining guests quietly evacuated the penthouse in complete awe.

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"It's over, Patricia," Jessi said softly. "They will never touch you again."

👉 Read Part 8 to see the full financial downfall of Vance Global Logistics.

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