Chapter 5 - Grant Realizes Who He Really Threw Out
Grant leaped out of bed, pulling on a silk robe as he paced frantically across the expensive hardwood floor of his master bedroom.
“Why are the banks pulling out?! We signed the logistics expansion deal with the Midwest consortium three days ago!” Grant roared into the phone.
“The Midwest consortium is a subsidiary of Vance Global, Grant!” the CFO screamed back, his voice cracking with pure desperation.
“Arthur Vance owns fifty-two percent of the voting shares in the primary lender holding our twenty-million-dollar mortgage note!”
Grant’s heart slammed violently against his ribs, the phone nearly slipping from his sweaty palm as the terrible truth hit him.
He had always assumed Claire’s father was just a wealthy old retiree who ran a small trucking business out of Rockford, Illinois.
Claire had never bragged about her family, never used her father’s influence, and preferred a quiet, modest life away from corporate drama.
Grant realized with sickening clarity that the unassuming old man he had mocked at dinner parties was actually a ruthless global logistics kingpin.
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He ran to the front window, looking down at the empty driveway where Claire’s overnight bag had laid in the mud the night before.
The reality of his fatal mistake settled over him like a suffocating blanket—he hadn't thrown out a helpless wife; he had declared war on an empire.
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