Chapter 7
The second I finished talking, these brown nosers were dropping to their knees.
They looked scared shitless “Ms. Vale.please!”
I snorted.
“Did you forget how high and mighty you were just now, playing judge and jury with me and my daughter?”
“We were totally blind!Just please give us a chance!”
Then they started slamming their heads on the ground, over and over.
But to me, this was just them kissing ass because I had more power than they did.
Pure self-interest, nothing more.
I nodded to my assistant, and he immediately did what I’d told him – played the security footage from the school.
The video spread like wildfire across the internet.
You could see them with their mouths wide open like rabid animals, totally ignoring Lila’s explanations and tears, just sucking up to Gavin and Vivian.
The most vicious insults and disgusting lies poured out of their mouths.
They used words as weapons, attacking me and my daughter without mercy.
As far as I was concerned, they didn’t deserve forgiveness!
grabbed a thick stack of contract termination papers and threw them all over these people.
My voice was ice-cold”Remember what I told you?”
From now on, Brightstar Corporation will never work with any of you again!”
They looked up at me with trembling lips and broken, desperate eyes.
Being cut off from Brightstar in this city meant bankruptcy, being blacklisted from the whole industry.
When they tried to crawl closer to beg, security dragged them away without hesitation.
light then, the top three trending topics online were.
Brightstar CEO Vanessa Vale Kicks Cheating Husband Out”
Gavin Cooper Fired Live on Air from Brightstar CEO Position”
Vivian Yarrow’s Online Smear Campaign Backfires Spectacularly”
When the press conference ended, things were far from over.
Brightstar’s legal team was filing lawsuits against Gavin, Vivian, and everyone else who spread lies online. Justice was coming for all of them.
A few days later, Gavin blocked me and Lila’s car. He had his arm in a cast, looked like he hadn’t shaved in weeks, and was skinny as a rail.
“Vanessa, I messed up big time. I’m totally done with Vivian – please give me another shot. Can we get back together?”
I shoved him away in disgust Get lost!”
Then he went over to Lila, playing the victim:
“Sweetheart, look what happened to your dad. Don’t you feel bad for me? Help me talk to your mom – we’re family!”
Lila looked at him with zero emotion: “I stopped having a dad the day you abandoned me at school. Go away!”
I called security team over “If you ever see this guy near our house again, beat his ass every single time!”
Gavin got thrown out like a beaten dog.
The court hearings came fast. Gavin got several years for white collar crimes, and Vivian got fined and held liable for her online harassment campaign.
Prison gossip travels fast, and Gavin’s story made him a target there too. He got worked over regularly and had some kind of breakdown, Word is he’s barely
human anymore.
Vivian had all her assets frozen, but it still wasn’t enough to cover the damages. She became a deadbeat, and Leo had to drop out of his fancy private school
At his new school, everyone knew about the scandal. Leo was constantly getting shit from other kids, and it twisted his mind. He started blaming everything on
is mother.
He screamed at her like a maniac”If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be going through this! It’s all because of your stupid greed! This is all your fault
Baby, everything I did was for you! I thought Gavin was really successful, so I used our history to seduce him. I figured… if we could just win him over, we’d et for life. Filthy rich, both of us.But…”
Stop using me as your excuse!”
eo’s eyes were bloodshot, his face twisted with rage as he looked at his mother like she was his worst enemy.
It’s all your fault! If you hadn’t been a homewrecker, none of this would’ve happened to me!”
ivian listened to her son’s tearful accusations, crying her eyes out. Then something metallic glinted in her pupils.
It’s all your fault! All your fault!”
lot blood ran down the knife handle. With her last breath, Vivian whispered “Leo…”
Then I heard about this news story, Lila and I were vacationing in Spain.
d already told my daughter I wasn’t planning on getting married again. I was going to continue my family’s legacy, grow the business even bigger, then raised
er to be an excellent heiress.
