Chapter 5 - CRUMBLING EMPIRES
By Monday morning, the fallout was catastrophic. The media had a field day with the abandoned billionaire groom and the triumphant, self-made ex-wife. Sterling Enterprises’ stock plummeted by twenty percent before noon. I sat in my Chicago penthouse, watching the financial news networks dissect Victoria Sterling’s public humiliation. My assistant handed me a tablet showing emergency board meetings being called in Dallas. They were bleeding capital, and their political connections were severing ties to avoid the Whitmore family’s wrath. I had promised myself I wouldn't just beat them; I would dismantle the very foundation of their arrogance.
