*****The moment the partner stepped away… not even bothering to terminate the partnership contract between his company and Sky Group, but instead, leaving Sky Group behind without even a single backward glance, it was as though the final permission the others had been subconsciously waiting for had finally been granted.Almost instantly, movement spread through the crowd like a contagious disease.Several more people followed... staff members, partners, and the so-called loyal clients.One after another, they turned their backs on the company that had once supported them, walking away with varying expressions… some guilty, some relieved, and some even excited, as though they had just escaped a burning building.Before long, even a few from the previously incensed and indifferent groups began to waver, and before they even realized it, their earlier anger lost its sharpness, replaced by uncertainty and creeping doubt.After all… loyalty did not pay bills. It did not even guarant

*****“What can you do about it?” A voice, cold even to the ear, aggressive, and brimming with naked hostility, abruptly cut through the atmosphere like a blade.The sudden interruption startled everyone, and instantly, heads turned instinctively toward the source of the sound.Just at that moment, a figure stepped forward slowly from within the Oriens Group crowd, her heels clicking against the ground with deliberate confidence.If Xavier and Grace had been present at that moment, they would have recognized her instantly… especially Xavier, after all, they had even encountered her the previous night.She had tried to mess with them, believing she was digging a pit for Xavier, but… she had ended up being the complete wreck instead. There was no need to guess her identity.It was Sarah… Xavier’s ex-girlfriend.At this moment, however, she looked nothing like the shattered, humiliated woman who had been slapped repeatedly by reality less than ten hours ago.Gone were the tear-

*****Still by Sky Group’s gate, the atmosphere had grown so heavy and tense that even the air itself seemed reluctant to move.Conversations had died down almost completely, replaced by an oppressive silence that pressed against everyone’s nerves like an invisible weight.At this moment, every single gaze was locked onto the woman who had just stepped forward from the Oriens Group crowd, her presence radiating such a vicious, venomous, and almost suffocating darkness that made people around her instinctively stiffen, some stepping back unconsciously.And Sarah, the woman... She walked forward without the slightest hurry.Each step she took was deliberate, measured, and filled with a confidence so exaggerated that it bordered on theatrical arrogance.Her chin remained lifted high, her shoulders squared, and her eyes dripped with contempt, radiating the unmistakable aura of someone who believed herself to stand far above everyone present.The ridicule etched across her face was not sub

*****Unable to help herself again, Sarah’s lips trembled slightly from how hard she was restraining her laughter, her cheeks actually aching from suppressing the grin threatening to split her face apart.She didn’t stop the crowd from insulting Dorothy or Sky Group… on the contrary, she deliberately allowed the chaos to continue, savoring every cruel word like a starving person devouring a feast.The only regret she had was that neither Xavier nor Grace was present to witness this moment.How tragic… how disappointing.She felt they were missing the best part, but still… even without them, this was already intoxicating enough.Just as the crowd’s energy began to wane slightly from exhaustion;“In fact,” Sarah suddenly spoke again, her tone light and playful, yet dripping with cold mockery, instantly pulling everyone’s attention back to her. “Don’t you think you and your pathetic company… with no more backing whatsoever, should actually feel honored to be stepped on by us? Shou

*****The sharp sound of a cell phone ringing suddenly tore through the tense atmosphere, the shrill tone echoing unnaturally loud in the heavy silence that had just followed Sarah’s arrogant declaration.It startled everyone, and almost instantly, several people visibly flinched, their shoulders jerking, and their hearts skipping beats… not because a cell phone ringing was unusual, but because the timing felt… wrong.However, before anyone could even instinctively turn toward the source…Ring!Another ringtone exploded to life.Then, like a chain reaction igniting dry gunpowder…Ring!Ring!!Ring!!Ring!!!The sounds multiplied at a terrifying speed.Within seconds, dozens of cell phones were ringing in unison… then over a hundred ringing tones erupted simultaneously, layering over each other in a chaotic symphony of electronic noise that completely shattered the atmosphere.It was like standing inside a malfunctioning alarm factory.The overlapping tones created a biza