Chapter 4: The Titan Arrives
The door opened, and a man in a charcoal overcoat walked in. He wasn't a lawyer. It was Marcus Sterling himself. He looked at Julian with a mixture of pity and cold contempt.
"Elena," he nodded respectfully to her, ignoring the Vanes entirely.
"They were trying to take the children, Marcus," Elena said softly.
"I know," Sterling replied. He turned to Julian, whose knees were visibly knocking together. "You’ve spent years trying to ruin my reputation, Julian. You’ve used my brand name to inflate your stocks. But trying to steal my bloodline? That was your final mistake."
The pieces fell into place for Julian. The reason the banks had frozen his assets earlier that morning wasn't just Elena’s work. It was a hostile takeover orchestrated by Sterling. The Vane empire was gone. It had been dismantled in the time it took to give birth to twins.
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"You’re finished," Sterling said, gesturing to the hallway, where two federal agents stood waiting. "Embezzlement, fraud, and a kidnapping charge regarding the custody paperwork you tried to force your wife to sign at gunpoint—metaphorically speaking, of course."
Beatrice started to scream, but the security team stepped in, ushering them both out. They were being evicted from their own lives.
