"I heard you've been stirring up trouble ever since your arrival," Magnus said. Damian tilted his head. "No, sir. It's not my fault." A sinister smirk curled at his lips as he added, pointing at Ethan. "It's because of that riffraff." One of the attendees gasped. "Did he just call a VIP that?" "A worthless pauper like him should not be here. His presence alone is a stain on people like us, which I tried to point out to everyone, especially her." Damian's gaze shifted to Lara. “She seemed to have no idea, which is what made me realize that this was a test from your order. It’s the only logical reason someone like him would even be here." His smirk returned. He adjusted his suit, his smirk growing even wider. "So, you can't really blame me, sir. As someone about to be tied to this powerful company, I had to clean up the trash I spotted." The whole time Damian was talking, Ethan couldn’t shake the smile on his lips. He was just waiting for the moment Damian realized what he had pla

Magnus's eyes, cold and filled with disdain, bore into Damian. "You dare defy me?” Damian lifted his head to meet his gaze. "No, sir... I wouldn't—" “Enough!” Magnus spat, his fury finally breaking through. "You, a mere insect, think you can spit on my authority? On my guest?" Without turning his head, he barked, “Guards!” At once, several guards stormed forward, surrounding Damian like wolves. He looked at them in confusion. Before he could say another word, Magnus bellowed, “Beat this fool until he understands what obedience means!” His voice thundered through the hall. "Make sure he never forgets it for the rest of his pathetic life." The guards wasted no time. One threw a vicious punch into Damian's stomach. Another slammed a heavy boot against his back, sending him sprawling onto the floor. Damian coughed violently, struggling to breathe as pain spread through his body. The attendees were stunned into silence, eyes flickering between Magnus and the pitiful figure on the

The tension in the conference hall was thick as Mr. Richard finally played what he thought was his winning card. But the moment he laid out his accusations, his smug expression faltered because Magnus didn't even blink. Instead, he let out a genuine laugh that echoed around the hall. "Seriously? Isn't she absolutely right?" he said, still chuckling. "Or are you actually trying to tell me it's breaking news that Lara makes decisions when I'm not here?" The hall went dead silent. Mr. Richard's face went pale as he realized his grand revelation had completely backfired. "So what exactly are you calling this now? Some kind of... power grab?" Magnus continued, his tone dripping with amusement at how ridiculous the whole thing sounded. You could practically hear the air deflate from Mr. Richard and his little group of allies. Their shoulders sagged as they realized their carefully planned attack had just blown up in their faces. Meanwhile, Ethan and Lara couldn't help but smirk a

The silence that came after was way scarier than any threat—Damian’s father told him straight up: if he didn’t get the deal signed within a week, he’d be kicked out of the family. However, the line went dead before Damian could respond. Then, he lowered the phone from his ear, staring at it as realization crashed over him like a tidal wave. He knew his father wasn't kidding, knowing what he was capable of when he got disappointed. Damian choked back a breath, feeling like he was trapped. Vanessa, who had been silently watching, shifted uneasily. "Damian?" "What did your father say?" she asked. However, he stared ahead, unblinking as memories flashed through his mind—his younger brother, disowned and cut off for a similar failure three years ago, now working as a bartender somewhere in Mexico. And his cousin, who had disappointed his father once and found herself blacklisted from every major company in the country. His mind was racing with ways to turn the situation around becau

Ethan gripped the steering wheel of his car, the engine purring as he navigated through the streets toward his father's house. Moonlight spilled into the car, but nothing could wipe the smug grin off his face. His phone wouldn’t stop buzzing—every notification just made him feel more victorious. He glanced at the passenger seat where the screen kept lighting up nonstop. The video was everywhere now. Like, everywhere. Damian and Vanessa’s humiliation at the event had gone viral way beyond what he ever imagined. Social media was eating it up. He glanced at the screen, scrolling through the flood of news headlines that had exploded across social media in the past few hours: "WATCH: Power Couple Totally Falls Apart on Camera – Internet Goes Wild” “Damian Hayes & Vanessa Callums Crash and Burn at High-Profile Event” “Deal Dead? Aurelius Pharmaceuticals Group x Hayes Pharmaceutical Partnership on the Rocks After Public Disaster” "Copper Group Stock Plummets 15% After Viral Humiliat