CHAPTER 6
"You can't do this to me! I'm your son!" Julian sobbed, dropping to his knees on the hardwood floor, grabbing at his father's trousers in total desperation. "I'm sorry! I'll apologize to Mom! I'll do whatever you want! Please don't take everything away!"
Robert looked down at his crying son, feeling a profound wave of sorrow, not for the broken man before him, but for the child he had once raised with so much hope.
He slowly pulled his leg back, stepping out of Julian's pathetic grasp with complete, absolute detachment.
"You aren't sorry you hurt your mother, Julian," Robert said softly, looking into his son's pathetic eyes. "You're only sorry that the gravy train has finally reached the end of the line."
Two security officers stepped forward, grabbing Julian under his arms and pulling him up from the floor as he wept hysterically.
Chloe stood frozen near the head of the table, her face contorted in pure rage as she realized every credit card, luxury vehicle, and social standing she had married into was evaporating in real time.
"I'll sue you!" Chloe shrieked at Robert as bailiffs began escorting the guests out of the room. "I'll take half of everything Julian owns in a divorce!"
"Julian owns nothing, Chloe," Arthur Vance interjected with a cold, professional smile. "Every asset he utilized was owned by the family trust, which is controlled entirely by Robert."
"In fact, Julian currently owes the firm one point two million dollars in unauthorized corporate credit card expenditures," Arthur added, holding up a secondary file. "If those funds are not returned within seven days, we will file formal criminal charges for grand larceny."
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Chloe looked at Julian as if he were a poisonous insect, her eyes flashing with pure hatred as she realized she had bound herself to a completely penniless man.
"You lied to me!" Chloe spat at Julian, shoving him away as the security guards led them both toward the front gates of the estate into the pouring rain.
