Chapter 15 - Claire Enters Whitmore Tower Like A True Queen
High above the bustling Loop, Claire stepped out of a private express elevator onto the fifty-fifth floor.
She wore a charcoal wool trench coat over her suit, carrying herself with an effortless, commanding grace.
Employees along the hallway stopped typing and stood up respectfully as their elusive billionaire owner walked past.
Daniel Mercer met her outside her private corner office, holding an updated legal dossier with a crisp white cover.
“The Harrington family legal counsel has submitted three emergency meeting requests in the last hour,” Daniel reported.
“Deny all of them,” Claire instructed calmly, removing her coat and handing it to her executive assistant.
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“They are threatening to file an injunction against our asset freeze in federal court tomorrow morning,” Daniel added.
“Let them try,” Claire replied, walking over to the floor-to-ceiling glass window overlooking Lake Michigan. “A federal judge cannot override a private equity covenant signed by my father.”
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