Chapter 3 – Everything They Built Was Never Theirs
Chapter 3 – Everything They Built Was Never Theirs
News spread before noon.
Markets reacted immediately.
Investors praised the board's decision.
Banks suspended several personal credit facilities linked to Lucas and Richard while internal financial reviews began.
At the Bennett mansion...
Helen stared at the television in disbelief.
"They're saying Isabella owns the company."
Richard threw the remote across the room.
"Impossible."
The front door opened.
Government investigators entered with legal documents authorizing the preservation of company records connected to the ongoing corporate inquiry.
Lucas walked in moments later carrying a cardboard box.
His office had already been emptied.
His portrait removed.
His name erased from the executive directory.
Sophie rushed toward him.
"Tell me this isn't real."
Lucas sank into a chair.
"It is."
For the first time since she met him...
He looked like an ordinary man.
Not a billionaire.
Not a CEO.
Just someone forced to face the consequences of his own choices.
Meanwhile...
Isabella sat quietly in her new office.
She signed her first document as Executive Chairwoman.
Not an order for revenge.
A scholarship program for young entrepreneurs.
Her assistant smiled.
"You could have destroyed them."
Isabella looked out across the city skyline.
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"They accomplished that themselves."
"I simply stopped protecting them."
