Chapter 88
The judge reviewed the footage, then looked over at Nicole and Drew, both of them pale and shell–shocked.”
“Ryan, I can’t believe you were this conniving!” Nicole snapped.”
I shook my head. “The cameras were there to protect me from clients. I never thought I’d end up needing them for you.“>
As I turned to leave, Nicole suddenly cried out, “Ryan, please… I know you can fix this Please save the company.
get rid of the baby. I’ll stay with you, be the woman you need!“>
She didn’t even glance at Drew anymore. It was obvious he was no longer part of the equation.
I shoved her aside and said coldly, “Miss Morgan, whatever we had is long over.”>
“You know what’s coming next,” I added.}
With the evidence presented and witnesses caught in their lies, prison was inevitable. There was no getting out of it. Nicole collapsed, sobbing hysterically behind me. “Ryan, please! Don’t leave me! I was wrong!“}
But I didn’t stop. I walked out of that courtroom without looking back.
was done with her–for good.”
was
do anything. I’ll even
When word got out that Nicole and Drew had been arrested, the Morgan Family’s company collapsed overnight. Creditors swarmed in like vultures. Even Nicole’s parents lost their estate–it was seized and auctioned off. The once–proud couple ended up homeless, wandering the streets.}
Lauren later told me that after some tough negotiations, we’d struck a deal with the creditors. All of their assets, including the company, were officially ours.
The day I signed the papers, I had Lauren fire half the staff.
They were all Drew and Nicole’s people. I didn’t want any of them sticking around.
Lauren handled it swiftly.
When word got out that I was the new boss, the same employees came groveling, begging me to reconsider, to let them stay.”
I didn’t even bother responding.
I simply told them their severance pay had already been deposited–and had security escort them out, a
A few months later, the company was restructured and business was booming.
As for Nicole, I heard that when she learned the company had gone bankrupt and her parents were surviving off scraps from dumpsters, she suffered a severe hemorrhage during a miscarriage. She bled out on the way to the hospital.
Drew lost it in prison after hearing they’d lost the baby. He had a complete mental breakdown. Last I heard, he was transferred to a psych ward.
Nicole’s parents couldn’t take the news of her death. One stormy night, they swallowed an entire bottle of sleeping pills and took their lives.
As for me?!
I inherited the business and now I’m thriving–living a life better than ever.
(The End)
