Chapter 13 - High-Powered Divorce Papers Land On Lucas’s Executive Desk
Despite his impassioned plea, Eleanor re-entered the room forcefully, pulling Mabel away toward the waiting private transport.
Lucas stood frozen in the empty hospital room, watching the woman he loved slip through his fingers into her mother’s control.
He returned to his downtown Manhattan penthouse late that evening, the sprawling apartment feeling impossibly cold and empty.
Resting squarely in the center of his mahogany executive desk was a thick legal envelope stamped with a gold attorney seal.
He opened the flap slowly, pulling out the formal divorce complaint and custody demands drafted by the Vance family firm.
The terms were brutal: sole custody of the surviving infant, complete relinquishment of marital assets, and a restraining order.
Lucas stared at the signature line on the final page, noticing that Mabel had deliberately left it blank.
She hadn't signed away their future yet, leaving a tiny window of hope open amidst the ruins of their marriage.
He picked up his phone, calling his chief legal counsel to initiate an immediate counter-filing for joint custody.
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The legal war for his family was officially underway, and Lucas refused to lose another battle.
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