Chapter 1: The First Notification
Chapter 1: The First Notification
Mara set the phone down and closed her eyes.
The authorization was complete.
Within seconds, a secure message appeared.
Hostile acquisition initiated. Irrevocable.
Downstairs, Adrian laughed as another bottle of champagne popped open.
He had no idea.
The venture capital firm bearing his name had been drowning in debt for over a year.
He thought he had negotiated every loan himself.
What he never realized was that every emergency financing agreement required the approval of one silent guarantor.
His wife.
Mara.
Years before their marriage, she had inherited her grandfather's private investment company.
She never flaunted her wealth.
She simply let Adrian believe he had built everything alone.
Now the clauses he had never bothered to read were coming due.
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At exactly 8:00 p.m., lenders exercised their rights.
His controlling shares disappeared.
