Chapter 9 - The Hostile Takeover
Camila entirely abandoned the hospital and demanded that Wayne drive furiously toward the Crestview Construction corporate headquarters.
If this mysterious shell company successfully acquired the majority of the debt, they could legally seize all of George Stanford's remaining real estate assets.
The massive tires of Wayne's luxury SUV screeched violently as they aggressively pulled into the private executive parking lot.
They sprinted past the utterly confused security guards and jumped into the private elevator leading directly to the top floor.
Camila burst forcefully through the heavy double doors of the grand boardroom, fully expecting to confront a room full of greedy Wall Street bankers.
Instead, the massive room was entirely empty, except for a single man sitting casually in her deceased father's expensive leather chairman chair.
He slowly spun around, offering Camila a chillingly familiar, deeply arrogant smile.
It was Julian, Edwin's supposedly bankrupt and completely ruined former business partner from five years ago.
Julian proudly revealed that he had spent the last half-decade secretly manipulating Edwin and Beverly from the dark shadows.
He was the true puppet master who had provided Beverly with the highly restricted poison to murder George Stanford.
He had orchestrated the entire downfall of the Stanford empire simply as revenge for a massive business deal George had ruthlessly crushed years ago.
Julian casually leaned back, resting his expensive Italian shoes entirely on the polished mahogany boardroom table.
He loudly declared that he now officially owned seventy percent of Crestview's debt, making him the supreme ruler of her family's legacy.
Camila felt a terrifying wave of panic wash over her, realizing that Edwin's stupidity had invited a true apex predator into their lives.
Julian casually pressed a small remote control hidden in his pocket, instantly activating the building's heavy emergency security shutters.
Thick steel plates violently slammed down over every single window and door, completely sealing them inside the soundproof room.
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He calmly placed a loaded, silver handgun directly onto the center of the wooden table.
Julian looked her dead in the eyes and stated that she had exactly ten minutes to surrender her remaining shares, or she would never leave the room alive.
