Chapter 6 - The Ultimate Eviction
Sloane’s knees buckled. She clutched Nolan’s tuxedo jacket, her face a mask of complete, pathetic despair. The "waitress" she had tried to humiliate was the most powerful woman in the room.
"As the sole director of the Bennett Foundation," Clara announced, her tone icy and formal, "I am officially revoking the land lease for Whitmore Development, effective immediately, citing a breach of our ethical conduct clause."
"No! Please! Ms. Bennett!" Nolan wept, dropping to his knees on the dark marble floor right in front of her. "I'll leave Sloane! I'll break up with her right now! Please don't take the land!"
Sloane gasped, staring at her boyfriend in utter betrayal as he threw her under the bus to save his money. "Nolan! How could you?!"
"You ruined me, you stupid girl!" Nolan screamed back at her, tears streaming down his face as the high-society guests pulled out their phones to record the spectacular downfall.
Roman stared down at the two pathetic figures turning on each other on the floor. He wrapped his arm tightly around Clara's waist, his chilling, quiet whisper carrying an air of absolute, terrifying finality.
"No misunderstanding," Roman delivered the final verdict. "Effective tonight, every contract your family holds is dead."
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He didn't need to raise his voice or lay a hand on them. With a single sentence and his wife's brilliant legal maneuver, the Harrington and Whitmore families were completely, irreversibly ruined.
👉 Continue to Part 7 for the satisfying final conclusion.
