All Chapters of The Disgraced Husband Is the Septamillionaire Heir: Chapter 21
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Chapter 16
Brandon's face twisted with desperate fury. The grandmother's rebuke had hit him like a physical blow, but instead of retreating, he lashed out."This is all YOUR fault!" he shouted, jabbing a finger at the assembled family members. "Every single one of you! If you hadn't gone behind my back and arranged Vivian's marriage like it was some kind of business transaction, none of this would have happened!""Brandon, that's enough—" Helen tried to intervene, but her son shoved past her."No, Mother! They need to hear this!" Brandon's voice cracked with hysteria. "Vincent Accardi told me—he told me specifically—that if Vivian married him, the entire debt would be forgiven. Fifty million dollars, wiped clean! All she had to do was say yes!"The room went deathly silent.Vivian's expression remained cold and indifferent, but something flickered in her glacial eyes—a dangerous spark of understanding."Let me make sure I understand this correctly," she said, her voice deadly quiet. "Vincent Acc
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Caden kept his foot firmly planted on Brandon's chest, looking down at the pathetic figure sprawled on the Persian rug. When he spoke, his voice carried the quiet confidence of someone who held all the cards."Marvelous Group is currently seeking a strategic partner in the luxury goods sector," Caden said, his eyes sweeping across the assembled family members. "If the Montgomery family can secure that partnership slot, the returns would be... substantial. We're talking guaranteed revenue streams, access to Marvelous Group's distribution networks, and the kind of backing that makes organized crime irrelevant."The room went silent. Everyone knew what Marvelous Group represented—billions in assets, connections that reached into every corner of California's economy, and the kind of institutional power that could make or break entire industries.Brandon, still pinned beneath Caden's foot, let out a strangled laugh that turned into a cough. "You're insane. You're absolutely delusional. Mar
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The grandmother's eyes never left Caden's face. "I will make this very simple," she said, her voice carrying clearly through the suddenly quiet room. "If you can secure this partnership with Marvelous Group—if you can deliver what you're promising—then you may name your price. Any condition you want. Any request. If it's within the Montgomery family's power to grant, it's yours."A collective intake of breath swept through the room. The grandmother had just given Caden a blank check, carte blanche to demand whatever he wanted from one of Los Angeles's most established families.Caden's smile widened slightly. "I was hoping you'd say that."Beneath his foot, Brandon was still struggling to breathe, his face turning red. Caden glanced down at him almost absently."I want Brandon arrested," Caden said calmly. "Call the police. Have him charged with embezzlement, fraud, and whatever else applies to illegally selling family assets. He goes to jail. Today."The room erupted."What?" Helen s
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The grandmother's cane came down on the mahogany table with such force that a hairline crack appeared in the antique wood. The sharp crack echoed through the sitting room like a gunshot, silencing every voice, every whisper, every breath."ENOUGH!" she roared, her voice carrying a strength that seemed impossible from her frail frame. "All of you will be SILENT! Now!"The room fell into immediate, terrified quiet. Even Helen, who had been mid-shriek, snapped her mouth shut.The grandmother remained standing, though her legs trembled with the effort. Her knuckles were white where they gripped the cane, and her breathing came in short, labored gasps. But her eyes—those sharp, intelligent eyes that had guided the Montgomery family for decades—burned with absolute authority.She turned to face Caden fully, and when she spoke, her voice was low and cold as a winter grave."You want Brandon arrested. Sent to prison. Removed from this family permanently." It wasn't a question. "Very well. I a
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He crawled toward her now, tears streaming down his face, all traces of his earlier arrogance completely evaporated. He clutched at the hem of her dress like a drowning man grasping at driftwood."I'm the eldest grandson!" he sobbed. "The heir! The next generation! If I go to prison, what happens to the family? Who takes my place? Grandmother, you can't do this! The family needs me! I'm the—""Backbone of the family?" Vivian's voice cut through his wailing like a scalpel. "Is that what you were going to say?"Brandon turned to look at her, his tear-stained face twisted with desperation and hatred.Vivian stared down at him with utter contempt, her expression colder than he'd ever seen it. "You dragged this family into debt with organized crime. You sold off company assets without authorization. You tried to force me into marriage with a mob boss to save your own skin. And you still have the nerve—the absolute, shameless audacity—to call yourself an heir?"She spat on the floor near hi
CHAPTER 19 PART 1
The Marvelous Group headquarters rose into the Los Angeles skyline like a monument to corporate power—fifty stories of gleaming glass and steel that caught the morning sunlight and scattered it across downtown like diamonds. Vivian stared up at the building from the passenger seat of the taxi, her stomach tight with anxiety she would never admit to feeling.Seventy-two hours. Three days to secure a partnership that seasoned business executives spent years trying to obtain. Three days to validate Caden's impossible claims or watch him be destroyed by her grandmother's promised vengeance."You ready?" Caden asked from beside her, his tone as casual as if they were going out for coffee."No," Vivian said flatly. "This is insane. We should have prepared more, researched their partnership criteria, assembled a proper pitch deck—""It'll be fine.""You keep saying that." Vivian turned to look at him, her glacial blue eyes searching his face for any crack in that infuriating confidence. "But
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Behind her, Caden merely shrugged again, completely unbothered.Sebastian led Vivian to the private elevators, and as the doors closed, she caught one last glimpse of Caden being escorted away by the assistant, looking for all the world like he owned the place.The executive conference room on the forty-eighth floor was a masterpiece of corporate design—floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking downtown Los Angeles, a table that could seat twenty made from some kind of exotic wood, and technology built seamlessly into every surface. Vivian had been in high-end boardrooms before, but this was on another level entirely.Sebastian gestured for her to sit, then settled into the chair across from her with the easy confidence of someone who'd conducted ten thousand meetings exactly like this."So," he said, his smile warm but his eyes shrewd. "Montgomery Luxe. Tell me about your company."Vivian launched into her prepared pitch, keeping her voice steady despite her nerves. "Montgomery Luxe speci
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Sebastian's phone buzzed on the table between them. He glanced at the screen, and something flickered across his face—amusement, maybe, or anticipation."Excuse me one moment," he said to Vivian, picking up the device. "I need to take this."Vivian nodded, grateful for the brief reprieve. Her heart was still pounding from the impromptu love story she'd just fabricated. She reached for the coffee cup in front of her, taking a sip to steady her nerves while Sebastian spoke into his phone."Yes?" Sebastian said, his tone professional but with an undercurrent of something Vivian couldn't quite identify. "Mm-hmm. I see. Already?" A pause, then a soft chuckle. "Well, you always did have interesting timing. Don't worry, I'll wrap this up quickly."He hung up and set the phone down, that same amused smile playing at his lips.Vivian took another sip of coffee, her mind racing. Thank God Caden hadn't come upstairs. If he'd heard her spinning that ridiculous romantic tale—comparing them to Rome
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Three floors below, in the VIP reception room that most visitors to Marvelous Group never even knew existed, Caden sat in a leather chair that probably cost more than most people's cars. In front of him, mounted discreetly in what appeared to be an abstract art installation, were three high-definition monitors displaying various parts of the building.One showed the main lobby. Another showed the executive elevator banks.And the third showed the conference room where Vivian and Sebastian were meeting.Caden had watched the entire conversation play out with growing amusement. The monitors had no audio, but he didn't need it. He could see Vivian's body language shifting from nervous to desperate to storytelling mode. He watched Sebastian's calculated responses, the way the older man had guided the conversation exactly where he wanted it to go.His phone sat on the glass table beside him, the screen still showing his recent call log. The most recent entry: "Sebastian Mitchell - 2 minute
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Vivian emerged from the elevator into the Marvelous Group lobby, her heels clicking against the polished marble with a rhythm that matched her racing heartbeat.Clutched in her hand was a leather portfolio containing the signed partnership agreement—real, official, almost impossible to believe.Fifty million dollars in guaranteed revenue over the next three years, with options to expand. Distribution through Marvelous Group's luxury retail network. Access to their marketing resources and global clientele.It had actually happened.She'd walked into Sebastian Mitchell's office expecting to beg, to negotiate, to fight for scraps. Instead, he'd practically handed her everything she'd asked for and more.The meeting had lasted less than an hour, and most of that had been spent discussing her relationship with Caden, of all things.Her cold, indifferent mask slipped for just a moment as a genuine smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. Not the practiced, professional smile she used in bu