Chapter 16 - The Confrontation in the Penthouse
Clara stood up from her desk, her heart pounding violently against her ribs as she grabbed her coat.
She marched directly into Arthur’s corner office, slamming the heavy oak doors shut behind her.
"My mother is alive, Arthur!" Clara declared, her voice ringing with accusations.
Arthur stopped signing corporate documents, setting his gold fountain pen down on his leather blotter.
He looked up at her slowly, his silver hair immaculate, his face unreadable beneath the soft office lights.
"I knew she was alive, Clara," Arthur admitted calmly, taking a slow sip from his porcelain coffee cup.
"You lied to me!" Clara yelled, stepping closer to his desk. "You used my abuse to seize control of Sterling's shares!"
"I used Victoria's greed to destroy a criminal network that was hunting your mother!" Arthur corrected firmly.
He stood up, pulling a keycard from his vest pocket and tossing it onto the mahogany desk.
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"If you want the full truth about your mother, take the elevator down to Sub-Level 4," Arthur challenged cold-bloodedly.
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