My Husband Divorced Me For A Billion-Dollar Contract — Without Knowing I Was The One Who Issued It
Part 2
The heavy mahogany doors swung open, and Brian Dawson stepped into the ballroom.
The entire room fell into a breathless hush.
Craig immediately smoothed his lapels and rushed forward, wearing a sickeningly sweet smile.
“Mr.
Dawson, it is an honor,” Craig gushed.
“I am so sorry for the disturbance.”
“My ex-wife sneaked in and destroyed the ceremonial contract, but I assure you she will be dealt with.”
Heather quickly stepped up beside him, hooking her arm through Craig’s.
“We will have security remove this janitor immediately, sir.”
Brian ignored their outstretched hands entirely.
His sharp gaze swept the room until it landed on me.
He walked straight past Craig and stopped directly in front of me, his expression softening.
“Brenda,” he said, his voice carrying clearly through the silent room.
“Have these people been mistreating you?”
Craig froze.
The smug smile slid off Heather’s face.
“Mr.
Dawson, you must be mistaken,” Craig stammered, stepping closer.
“She is just a janitor.”
Brian turned his head slowly, leveling a freezing stare at my ex-husband.
“Since the contract is torn, your company will no longer be partnering with the Dawson Group.”
A collective gasp echoed through the ballroom.
“What?”
Craig choked out.
“Mr.
Dawson, please, there must be a misunderstanding.”
“That billion-dollar contract was only given to you because of Brenda,” Brian stated coldly.
“I never thought the Reed family would be so ungrateful.”
He turned his attention to Heather.
“And you.”
“If you ever speak to Brenda like that again, your family’s company will face bankruptcy by morning.”
Heather took a terrified step back, her face draining of color.
“Spread the word,” Brian announced to his chief assistant.
“Craig’s company is blacklisted.”
“Anyone who works with them will be treated as a rival to the Dawson Group.”
Craig collapsed to his knees, the gravity of his massive failure finally crushing him.
He reached out toward me, his eyes wide with sudden, desperate realization.
I didn’t even look down at him.
I turned and walked out of the ballroom, leaving the wreckage of his life behind me.
Brian followed me into the cool night air, matching my stride.
Would the most powerful man in the city realize that my true identity was far more dangerous than just an underestimated janitor?
Part 3
Brian Dawson already suspected there was more to Brenda than a mop and a bucket.
What he did not yet know was that she was the sole heir to the Carter Group, the most dominant corporate empire in the nation.
For three years, Brenda had hidden from her aristocratic family, living a quiet, mundane life to support a man she thought she loved.
She had endured the insults, the cold dinners, and the endless condescension, all to build Craig an empire from the shadows.
She had scrubbed the floors of his startup office when he couldn’t afford a cleaning crew, and she had secretly manipulated the stock market to save his company from bankruptcy.
She had done it all without asking for a single ounce of recognition or praise.
She had believed that love was about sacrifice, about building something together from the ground up.
Now, the illusion was completely shattered.
Craig had proven himself to be nothing more than a superficial, ungrateful social climber who valued status over loyalty.
The cool night air washed over Brenda as she stepped out of the plaza hotel, leaving the chaos of the ruined signing ceremony behind her.
She took a deep breath, the crisp city breeze clearing the lingering scent of Heather Foster’s spilled champagne from her mind.
Brian matched her pace, his tailored coat catching the wind as they walked down the illuminated sidewalk.
“Are you sure you don’t need a ride?” he asked, his dark eyes scanning the quiet street with a protective intensity.
Brenda adjusted her simple black clutch, her posture perfectly straight, betraying none of the emotional turmoil of the evening.
“I have my own arrangements, Mr.
Dawson.”
“You are a very powerful man in this city.”
“If the paparazzi caught wind of us together, it would only cause unnecessary trouble for your company.”
Brian offered a faint, almost reckless smile, shoving his hands casually into his pockets.
“I really don’t care about the paparazzi, Brenda.”
“I care about making sure you get home safely.”
“I do,” she replied firmly, her tone leaving no room for argument.
A sleek, armored black sedan glided silently to the curb, its tinted windows completely obscuring the driver.
The vehicle was a masterpiece of modern engineering, designed to withstand ballistic impacts while looking like a standard luxury car.
The faint silver emblem of the Carter Group gleamed subtly on the door panel, barely visible in the dim streetlights.
Brenda offered Brian a brief, respectful nod before slipping into the plush leather interior.
The heavy door closed with a solid, satisfying thud, sealing her away from the chaos of the night.
Brian stood on the sidewalk for a long moment, watching the red taillights fade into the dense city traffic.
His chief assistant stepped out from the shadows of the hotel entrance, holding a glowing tablet.
“Sir, we just ran the plates on that vehicle as a standard security precaution,” the assistant murmured.
“It is registered directly to the executive fleet of the Carter Group.”
Brian narrowed his eyes, tracking the car until it disappeared completely.
“Her last name is Carter,” he noted quietly, piecing the puzzle together.
“That cannot possibly be a coincidence.”
“Do you suspect she belongs to a distant branch of the family, sir?”
“Perhaps a cousin, or an unrecognized heir?”
Brian shook his head slowly, a knowing smile playing on his lips.
“Her background is completely irrelevant to me.”
“It is the woman she is that I care about.”
“Whoever she truly is, she just shifted the balance of power in this city without breaking a sweat.”
The penthouse suite of the Grand Hotel was suffocatingly quiet, insulated entirely from the noise of the city below.
The room was decorated in rich mahogany and dark velvet, a fortress of old money and absolute power.
Dan Harrison, the imposing director of the Four Gangs syndicate and a trusted ally of the Carter family, poured a cup of aged, expensive tea.
He moved with the slow, deliberate grace of a man who commanded thousands of loyal enforcers.
Brenda sat across from him on a plush leather sofa, her posture relaxed but undeniably commanding.
“It has been three years, Lady Carter,” Dan said, sliding the delicate porcelain cup across the polished table.
“The family has been waiting for your return with bated breath.”
“We feared you had abandoned your birthright for good.”
Brenda picked up the cup, letting the warmth seep into her cold palms.
“My time playing house in the suburbs is over.”
“I gave Craig everything I had, and he threw it away for a desperate grab at high society.”
“Now, I need to prepare for the official succession ceremony.”
Dan nodded heavily, his rugged face hardening into a grim expression.
“Your younger sister, Kelly Carter, has been making aggressive moves in your absence.”
“She has been carving up the family’s resources, bribing board members, and attempting to secure the presidency for herself.”
“She believes you are weak because you chose love over power.”
“Let her try,” Brenda said softly, taking a slow sip of the bitter tea.
“I will deal with Kelly when the time comes.”
“She has always been ambitious, but she lacks the vision required to lead the Carter Group.”
Dan pulled a thick, gold-embossed envelope from the inner pocket of his suit jacket and placed it reverently on the table.
“This is your VIP invitation to the Carter Group Investment Conference tomorrow night.”
“Every elite family in the city will be there, desperately vying for a partnership with our new administration.”
“I assume you want your true identity kept concealed until the final succession ceremony?”
“Yes,” Brenda agreed, her eyes turning cold and calculating.
“Let them show their true colors first.”
“Let the rats scramble for the crumbs while they think the cat is away.”
“The higher they climb on their false assumptions, the harder they will inevitably fall.”
Dan bowed his head respectfully, recognizing the familiar, terrifying intellect of the true Carter heir.
“As you wish, Lady Carter.”
“The Four Gangs stand ready to enforce your will.”
The afternoon sun filtered brightly through the floor-to-ceiling windows of Manhattan’s most exclusive luxury boutique.
The store was a temple of high fashion, featuring marble floors, crystal chandeliers, and racks of clothing that cost more than most people made in a lifetime.
Brenda stood quietly before a towering gilded mirror, examining a breathtaking midnight-blue gown.
The silk cascaded down her frame flawlessly, a true masterpiece of French couture design.
She turned slightly, watching how the fabric caught the light and shifted like dark water.
“I will take this one,” she told the hovering, impeccably dressed attendant.
Before the attendant could even process the request, a sharp, incredibly nasal voice echoed aggressively across the quiet showroom.
“Wrap that dress up for me immediately.”
Brenda glanced over her shoulder, her expression completely flat.
Heather Foster marched through the heavy double glass doors, her designer handbag swinging aggressively from her arm like a weapon.
Craig trailed a few steps behind her, looking thoroughly exhausted but still trying desperately to maintain an air of aristocratic superiority.
He froze the moment he saw Brenda standing there.
“What in the world are you doing in a place like this?”
Craig demanded, his face twisting into an ugly, condescending scowl.
“This store carries only top-tier designer pieces from Paris and Milan.”
“Every single dress in this room costs at least six figures.”
“You are going to embarrass yourself.”
Heather stepped aggressively between them, glaring fiercely at the trembling attendant.
“I said, wrap it up right now.”
“I am a highly valued VIP client of the Foster Group, and I want that exact midnight-blue dress.”
The attendant looked nervously between the two women, clearly terrified of making the wrong choice.
“I am so incredibly sorry, Miss Foster, but this is a one-of-a-kind piece.”
“The lady has already claimed it, and we do not have duplicates in stock.”
Heather sneered viciously, crossing her arms tightly over her chest.
“She is a literal janitor.”
“Do you honestly think she can afford a six-figure couture gown?”
“High-end fashion does not just sell to anyone with a few pennies in their pocket.”
“If your actual wealthy, influential clients find out that a woman who scrubs toilets is wearing your brand, your reputation will be completely ruined.”
The store manager rushed out from the back office, dabbing nervous sweat from his forehead with a silk handkerchief.
He took one look at Heather’s aggressive, entitled posture and Brenda’s simple, unbranded daytime clothes, and immediately made a calculated, cowardly decision.
“I apologize, miss,” the manager said, looking directly at Brenda with a dismissive wave of his hand.
“This shop is clearly not for you.”
“I must ask you to leave the premises immediately before I call security.”
Brenda did not raise her voice, nor did she show even a fraction of intimidation.
She slowly turned away from the gilded mirror and locked her terrifyingly calm eyes with the manager.
“Do you truly believe that just because she demands it, that is the final word?”
“I am a VIP in this city!”
Heather barked, waving a sleek black premium credit card in the manager’s face.
“Swipe the card and throw this trash out into the street where she belongs.”
The heavy glass doors swung open again, the brass entrance bells chiming softly.
Brian Dawson strolled casually into the boutique, his hands comfortably tucked into the pockets of his tailored trousers.
The sheer, overwhelming weight of his presence instantly sucked all the oxygen out of the room.
“Actually, they are the ones who are going to have to leave,” Brian said, coming to a halt directly beside Brenda.
Craig’s face flushed a deep, violent shade of red, his hands balling into tight fists.
“Mr.
Dawson, you are making a massive mistake defending this woman,” Craig spat, his voice trembling with misplaced rage.
“She is just using you for your money.”
“She is a gold digger.”
Brian ignored Craig entirely, refusing to even acknowledge the man’s pathetic existence.
He pulled a slim, encrypted silver phone from his jacket pocket.
“Buy this entire luxury brand,” Brian commanded into the receiver, his voice utterly bored.
“Every flagship store, every overseas asset, every factory.”
“I want the acquisition completed in three minutes.”
Heather burst into shrill, incredibly mocking laughter.
“You cannot possibly buy this brand!”
“It belongs to the massive Carter Group!”
“They do not just sell their prestigious assets on a whim to appease some local billionaire’s fragile ego.”
Brenda watched the pathetic exchange with quiet, detached amusement.
Her own phone vibrated softly against her palm.
She tapped a single confirmation button on the highly secure, encrypted Carter Group executive server application.
Less than a minute later, the arrogant store manager’s tablet began to chime wildly with incoming high-priority alerts.
The manager stared at the glowing screen, his face draining of all color until he looked entirely ghostly.
“The… the transaction has been officially approved,” the manager whispered, his voice trembling violently in the quiet room.
“The Dawson Group now completely owns the global brand.”
Heather’s jaw dropped open, her mocking laughter dying instantly in her throat.
“That is mathematically impossible!” she shrieked, her facade crumbling.
Brian slipped his phone back into his pocket and offered Brenda a warm, genuine smile.
“From now on, this store welcomes everyone,” Brian announced to the terrified, shaking manager.
“Except for the Reed family and the Fosters.”
“Escort them out immediately.”
Two massive, highly trained security guards immediately flanked Craig and Heather, grabbing them by the arms.
“Take your filthy hands off me!”
Heather screamed, struggling pointlessly against the guard’s iron grip.
Craig shot Brenda one last look of pure, unadulterated hatred before being violently shoved out the front door.
Brenda turned back to the mirror, smoothing the luxurious fabric of the midnight-blue gown.
“You didn’t have to spend five billion dollars on a dress,” she noted softly, her tone almost conversational.
Brian stood right behind her, their eyes meeting intensely in the reflection of the mirror.
“For you, Brenda, absolutely anything is worth it.”
The Carter Group Investment Conference was a heavily guarded fortress of unimaginable wealth and absolute power.
Massive industrial floodlights illuminated the grand entrance of the capital’s largest convention center, sweeping across the night sky.
Brenda stepped out of Brian’s armored car, the midnight-blue gown flowing around her like liquid shadow in the night.
She walked toward the plush red carpet, her posture radiating an effortless, terrifying authority that demanded immediate attention.
Craig and Heather were already standing near the security checkpoint, aggressively showing their standard invitations to the armed guards.
When Craig saw Brenda approaching with Brian Dawson by her side, his face twisted in disbelief and intense anger.
“You actually dare to show up here?”
Craig sneered, stepping aggressively into her path to block the entrance.
“This conference is hosted by the legendary Carter Group and the terrifying Four Gangs.”
“Your little Dawson Group influence means absolutely nothing in this highest tier of society.”
Heather waved her thick paper invitation like a weapon.
“We have invitations secured through my powerful connections.”
“You two are going to be watching the real elites from the cold sidewalk.”
Before Brenda could even respond to their pathetic taunts, the sharp, rhythmic clicking of stilettos echoed against the marble pavement.
Megan Malone descended aggressively from a silver stretch limousine, surrounded by a massive entourage of nervous executives.
Megan was the ruthless heiress to the Malone Corporation, the second most powerful financial syndicate in the capital.
She was also Brian’s arranged fiancée, a product of a corporate merger attempt from decades past.
Megan stopped directly in front of them, her cold eyes raking over Brenda with absolute, unfiltered disgust.
“So, this is the famous janitor,” Megan said, her voice dripping with venomous condescension.
“I am Megan Malone.”
“Charles and I are officially engaged, yet I hear he has been parading you around the city like a prized, pathetic pet.”
Brenda met her furious gaze without a single flicker of emotion, standing completely perfectly still.
“Brian and I are not in a relationship, and I am not trying to steal him from anyone.”
“Who do you think you are to casually gossip about my fiancé?” Megan snapped, stepping closer, her face contorting with rage.
Brian smoothly inserted himself between them, his broad shoulders firmly shielding Brenda from the heiress’s wrath.
“Megan, our engagement was a foolish joke arranged by our parents when we were children,” Brian stated firmly, his voice cutting through the tension.
“It is absolutely not binding, and I only have feelings for Brenda.”
“Please stop trying to force this ridiculous narrative.”
Megan’s face contorted with a terrifying, unhinged rage.
“The Dawson Group might be wealthy in Manhattan, but compared to the Malone family, you are nothing but an insect.”
“If you choose this filthy gold digger over me, I will destroy your company tonight.”
Craig eagerly nodded along from the sidelines, desperate to align himself with the powerful Malone heiress.
“He is throwing his entire life away for a woman who scrubs toilets, Miss Malone.”
Megan pointed a shaking, manicured finger directly at Brian’s chest.
“I will give you exactly five minutes to fix this.”
“If you do not apologize and abandon her right now, the Dawson Group stock will plummet to absolute zero.”
“My family will wipe you completely off the map.”
Brian didn’t even blink, his resolve absolute.
“For Brenda, I would go against the entire world.”
Megan let out a vicious, hysterical laugh and signaled aggressively to her lead financial officer standing nearby.
“Crush them into the dirt.”
The executives surrounding Megan immediately began tapping furiously on their high-tech tablets, initiating massive short-sells against Dawson Group assets.
Brenda watched the chaotic display with a terrifying, almost bored calmness.
She slowly pulled her encrypted phone from her black clutch.
She typed a single, devastating message to Dan Harrison.
‘Liquidate the Malone Corporation’s overseas holdings entirely.’
The minutes ticked by in a tense, suffocating silence.
Craig wore a sickening, eager grin, eagerly anticipating Brian’s total, humiliating financial ruin.
“The five minutes are officially up,” Megan declared triumphantly, crossing her arms.
“Check the trading boards.”
Her lead financial officer stared at his tablet, his eyes widening in sheer, unadulterated panic.
“Miss Malone,” the officer choked out, his voice cracking violently.
“The Dawson Group stock isn’t dropping at all.”
“It is skyrocketing out of control.”
Megan snatched the heavy tablet from his hands, her perfectly manicured nails digging fiercely into the glass screen.
“How is that even mathematically possible?” she screamed, her composure completely shattering.
Brenda stepped calmly around Brian, closing the distance between herself and the furious, unraveling heiress.
“How I did this is absolutely none of your concern.”
“But wasn’t our explicit bet that if you failed, the Malone Group would withdraw from the conference entirely?”
Megan gritted her teeth so hard they audibly cracked, her eyes burning with pure, unbridled hatred.
“This is not over,” Megan hissed, spinning on her heel.
She stormed furiously into the convention center, her panicked executives trailing helplessly behind her.
Craig stared at Brenda, his small mind desperately trying to rationalize what he had just witnessed.
“It must have been a bizarre coincidence,” Craig muttered to himself, pulling Heather forcefully toward the entrance.
“Let’s just get inside before things get worse.”
The interior of the massive convention center was a vast sea of velvet, crystal chandeliers, and predatory corporate ambition.
Brenda walked confidently toward the very front row, completely bypassing the standard seating areas filled with lower-tier executives.
She took a seat at the center table, right beneath the grand, illuminated podium.
Megan Malone was already seated nearby, surrounded by her fawning sycophants and terrified advisors.
When Megan saw Brenda sit in the prime VIP chair, she slammed her crystal water glass down onto the table.
“Who the hell do you think you are?”
Megan shrieked, drawing the attention of the entire room.
“That seat belongs to the first lady of the Carter family!”
“Get out of that chair right now before I have you arrested!”
Brenda casually crossed her legs, resting her hands neatly and calmly in her lap.
“If it belongs to the first lady of the Carter family, then I am exactly where I belong.”
The surrounding tables fell completely, terrifyingly silent.
Craig let out a loud, highly inappropriate, mocking laugh from the second row of seats.
“Are you completely delusional, Brenda?”
“You are a divorced janitor, not a secret billionaire heiress!”
Megan motioned wildly to the conference’s arrogant director of investments, Christopher Sullivan.
“Director Sullivan!”
Megan demanded at the top of her lungs.
“This disgusting gold digger is trying to steal the Carter heiress’s reserved seat.”
“Throw her out immediately!”
Christopher Sullivan marched over, his face flushed with manufactured, sycophantic outrage.
“A fake will always be a pathetic fake,” Sullivan spat, glaring down at Brenda with pure contempt.
“Guards, take this absolute fraud away and deliver her to the real Carter heiress for severe punishment.”
Two heavily armed security contractors lunged forward aggressively to grab Brenda by the arms.
Before they could even lay a single finger on her, the massive double doors at the back of the hall crashed open with the force of an explosion.
Dan Harrison strode powerfully into the room, flanked by dozens of elite, heavily armed Four Gangs enforcers.
“Guards, take Christopher Sullivan down immediately!”
Dan roared, his voice shaking the crystal chandeliers.
The elite enforcers swept through the room like an unstoppable tidal wave, slamming the security contractors to the marble floor and shoving Sullivan violently to his knees.
Sullivan trembled violently, his arrogant facade shattering into a million pieces instantly.
“Mr.
Harrison, what is the exact meaning of this?”
Sullivan stammered, his eyes wide with pure terror.
Dan Harrison walked straight up to Brenda and bowed deeply, his forehead nearly touching his knees in absolute reverence.
“Lady Carter,” Dan said, his deep voice echoing clearly through the massive, silent hall.
“My deepest, most profound apologies for the immense disrespect you have endured tonight.”
The entire convention center descended into absolute, paralyzing, deafening shock.
Craig’s jaw dropped so far it looked physically painful, his eyes darting frantically between his former wife and the terrifying syndicate boss bowing before her.
“Lady Carter?”
Craig whispered, all the blood rapidly draining from his face until he looked like a corpse.
“That is impossible.”
“She is just the worthless woman I dumped.”
Dan slowly turned around, his eyes locking onto Craig with sheer, unadulterated murderous intent.
“From this very moment on, anyone who has disrespected Lady Carter is a sworn enemy of the Four Gangs.”
“And as you all know, we do not show mercy to our enemies.”
Utter panic erupted among the elite families in the room.
Wealthy executives who had been openly sneering at Brenda mere moments before suddenly scrambled desperately to their feet, bowing frantically and begging for their lives.
“Lady Carter, please accept our sincerest apologies!”
“We were completely blind to the truth!”
Megan Malone stood entirely frozen, her hands trembling so violently she dropped her clutch.
“She cannot be the Lady Carter,” Megan muttered, her voice laced with desperate, pathetic denial.
“It is a highly elaborate trick.”
“You are colluding with her to seize power, Dan Harrison!”
Before Dan could order his armed men to drag Megan away, Brenda raised a single, calm hand to stop him.
“Leave her,” Brenda commanded softly, her voice carrying a terrifying weight.
“She will destroy herself soon enough without our help.”
Brenda turned her terrifying gaze toward the stage, her voice ringing out with absolute, unquestionable authority.
“As the true heir to the immense Carter Group, I am officially selecting the Dawson Group as our primary business partner in Manhattan.”
A chorus of frantic, terrified agreements echoed through the hall, absolutely no one daring to voice an objection.
Craig sank heavily into his plush chair, the crushing weight of his colossal, life-ruining mistake finally destroying his chest.
He had thrown away the absolute most powerful woman in the entire country for a cheap, lying fraud.
The abandoned industrial factory in the Eastern District smelled strongly of rust, damp concrete, and very old blood.
Brenda walked calmly through the decaying archway, her high heels clicking rhythmically and menacingly against the cracked floor.
She had received the anonymous, highly threatening message an hour ago.
Brian Dawson had been violently taken.
She stepped fearlessly into the cavernous, shadowy main hall.
Brian was tied tightly to a rusted steel pillar, a dark, nasty bruise already swelling along his strong jawline.
Megan Malone stood a few feet away, desperately clutching a heavy, rusted iron pipe.
But Megan was absolutely not alone in her treachery.
Kelly Carter, Brenda’s treacherous, highly ambitious younger sister, stepped out from the deep shadows, her lips curled into a vicious, ugly sneer.
“You really came alone,” Kelly mocked, carelessly tossing a sharp silver pocket knife between her manicured hands.
“I wanted to see exactly how far you would go, Kelly,” Brenda replied, her voice eerily, unnervingly calm.
Megan stepped forward, her eyes wild with a deranged, desperate obsession.
“You ruined my entire family, Brenda!”
“Because of your actions tonight, my father completely disowned me and kicked me out onto the street!”
“If I cannot have Brian, absolutely no one will.”
Megan raised the heavy iron pipe high into the air, lunging directly and violently at Brian’s exposed head.
Brenda didn’t even flinch, her expression remaining totally flat.
A sharp, deafening crack echoed loudly through the cavernous factory.
A highly trained sniper’s bullet, fired precisely from the dark rafters above, shattered the iron pipe in Megan’s hands, sending her stumbling backward in intense shock.
Dozens of elite, black-clad Carter Group operatives immediately rappelled from the high skylights, completely surrounding Kelly and Megan in mere seconds.
“Did you really, honestly think I would walk blindly into a trap unprepared?”
Brenda asked softly, stepping forward.
She stepped carefully over the shattered pieces of the iron pipe and casually, efficiently untied the thick ropes binding Brian.
Kelly dropped her silver knife, her confident, arrogant sneer vanishing instantly as she raised her shaking hands in total surrender.
“I will deal with both of you publicly at the succession ceremony tomorrow,” Brenda whispered, her eyes completely devoid of any mercy or familial love.
The Carter Group presidential succession ceremony was a spectacle of unimaginable, breathtaking corporate grandeur.
The grand auditorium was packed tightly with the absolute most influential, wealthy figures in the entire nation.
Craig sat pathetically in the very back row, sweating profusely, still desperately hoping that the events of the previous night had been some elaborate, drug-induced hallucination.
The heavy velvet stage curtains parted slowly, and Kelly Carter marched confidently to the center of the grand stage, hiding her terror behind a fake smile.
“Good evening, everybody,” Kelly announced into the microphone, her voice dripping with incredibly fake, calculated sorrow.
“I deeply regret to inform you all that my beloved sister, Brenda Carter, passed away in a tragic, unforeseen accident last night.”
A massive shockwave of loud murmurs and gasps rippled through the massive crowd.
“With the first lady tragically gone,” Kelly continued, a triumphant, greedy gleam entering her eye, “I must heavily assume the Carter Group presidency.”
The massive wooden double doors at the very back of the grand auditorium swung open with a deafening, terrifying crash.
Brenda walked slowly and deliberately down the center aisle, her posture absolutely immaculate, a terrifying, cold smile playing on her lips.
“Who exactly said I was dead?”
The massive crowd gasped in perfect, stunned unison.
Kelly stumbled backward aggressively on the stage, the heavy microphone dropping loudly from her trembling, weak hands.
“How are you still alive?”
Kelly choked out, her face completely pale.
Craig stood up slowly from his seat, his weak knees knocking together uncontrollably.
It wasn’t a hallucination.
His ex-wife, the very woman he had treated like absolute garbage for three long years, was truly the apex predator of the entire corporate world.
Brenda climbed the grand stairs to the stage, her every single step echoing with absolute, terrifying finality.
She raised her right hand high into the air, displaying a massive, ancient jade ring intricately and beautifully carved with a phoenix.
It was the ultimate, undeniable symbol of the Carter family’s absolute, dictatorial power.
“I am the true, undeniable heir,” Brenda declared, her powerful voice washing over the completely stunned, silent audience.
“I am the rightful, undisputed president.”
Kelly fell heavily to her knees on the hard stage, sobbing hysterically and uncontrollably.
“Sister, please!”
Kelly begged, crawling pathetically toward Brenda.
“I was completely wrong!”
“Please have mercy on me!”
Brenda looked down at her treacherous, backstabbing sister with absolute, unfiltered disgust.
“You are absolutely not my family anymore.”
She gestured sharply to the elite, heavily armed guards standing rigidly by the wings of the stage.
“Take her directly to the authorities.”
“Make absolutely sure she never sees the outside of a dark prison cell again.”
As the strong guards dragged Kelly screaming and crying from the stage, Megan Malone’s father, the imposing head of the Malone Corporation, rushed forward from the front row.
He bowed deeply, his old face pale with absolute terror.
“Lady Carter, I offer my absolute deepest apologies for my deranged daughter’s unforgivable actions.”
“I have permanently and legally exiled her from the Malone family.”
Brenda nodded slowly, accepting his total, public submission without a single word of comfort.
The auditorium erupted into deafening, thunderous applause, the corporate elite finally bowing deeply to their new, undisputed, terrifying ruler.
Amidst the loud cheering, a pathetic, desperate, whining voice broke through the noise.
“Brenda!
Please, wait!”
Craig violently shoved his way to the front of the stage, pathetic tears streaming down his face.
“I was completely blind!”
“Heather ruthlessly manipulated me into doing it!”
“I have absolutely always loved you, Brenda.”
“Please, please give me another chance!”
Brenda looked down from the high stage at the pathetic, groveling, miserable man she had once called her husband.
She felt absolutely nothing.
No lingering anger, no profound sorrow, just a cold, incredibly crushing indifference.
“Whenever absolutely anything goes wrong, you always pathetically blame the woman beside you,” Brenda said softly, ensuring the sensitive microphone caught every single devastating word.
“You are a completely pathetic excuse for a man, Craig.”
“I will personally ensure that your worthless company ceases to exist by tomorrow morning.”
“Get him completely out of my sight.”
Two massive, unsmiling guards grabbed Craig aggressively by the shoulders and dragged him backward out of the grand auditorium, his desperate, sobbing pleas echoing into total, utter nothingness.
Brian Dawson stepped confidently up onto the stage, standing firmly and protectively by Brenda’s side.
He didn’t say a single word, but the protective, incredibly warm light in his dark eyes spoke absolute volumes.
Brenda turned slowly back to the massive audience, the ancient phoenix ring gleaming brightly under the harsh stage lights.
She had spent three long years cleaning dirty floors in the absolute shadows.
Now, she owned the entire building.
THE END
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