lair in place. The CEO began to sweat profusely, the

ce. "Get the legal team on the line," Griffin instructed loudly. "Prepar

ed to the inevitable plunge in Sinclair Corporation

wealth, Stephen turned his wrath entirely

watching crowd, but his eyes were wide with barely contained panic. He grabbed her rough

iously into her ear, his voice a low, lethal whisper

terrified by Stephen's sudden violence and his bru

hand off her daughter's arm. "Stephen, please! It's a

maintaining his rigid posture. "She has humiliated the Sin

"If you don't want us completely ruined by tomorrow morning, you will get on your

isgust, mockery, and judgment on the faces of th

o the cold marble floor. She sobbed loudly, choki

ing, sickening smile. "I have disciplined the girl,

et. She felt no pity. Her heart was a block of

excellent acoustics of the hall car

ance," Ava said calmly. "That was a

ok of pure dread washed over his

now. You didn't care when she stole my inheritance three years ago. You

are about the blatant favoritism shown to Lydia'

are only angry now because the Carlisl

. Their whispers turned into outright

gust. "I can't trust a man who treats his own blood lik

eer terror. He wiped his hands frantically on his

pt Ava. "Ava, please, you're just a

g height completely dwarfed Stephen. "Shut yo

be," Griffin stated. "And every wor

She cried, begging Ava, "Please, Ava, don'

enom. "Attempted surveillance i

is cane. "The Sinclair estate is a den of

y. His reputation was in tatters, and