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CHAPTER 117 PART 2
"I trusted you!" Magnus's voice cracked. "I CARED about you! And you just—you just threw me away like garbage the moment it was convenient! Like I meant NOTHING to you!"There was silence on the other end of the line. Magnus stood there breathing hard, his rage finally spent, waiting for Sarah to say something. To defend herself. To argue back.But when Sarah finally spoke, her voice was quiet. Small. Broken."Are you done yelling at me now?" she asked. "Because I need to tell you something.""What could you possibly have to say that I want to hear?" Magnus demanded, but his voice had lost some of its fury.Sarah took a shuddering breath. And then she started crying.Not quiet, delicate tears. But full, body-shaking sobs that came through the phone speaker and filled Magnus's office."Sarah?" Magnus said, confused now. "What—""I'm in the hospital," Sarah managed to say between sobs. "I've been here since yesterday. I tried—I tried to call you but you wouldn't answer and—""Hospital?"
CHAPTER 117 PART 1
Magnus sat there staring at his phone, Marcus's final words still echoing in his mind. Don't call me again. As far as I'm concerned, I don't have a father anymore.His son. His only child. Gone.The pain in Magnus's chest felt physical, like someone had reached into his ribcage and crushed his heart in their fist. He'd lost everything—his position, his wealth, his family, his company—and now even his son had turned his back on him completely.How did it come to this? Magnus thought desperately. How did I fall so far?But before he could sink deeper into despair, his phone buzzed in his hand.Incoming call: SARAH CHEN.Magnus stared at the name on the screen, and something dark and viscous bubbled up from deep in his gut. Anger. Pure, undiluted rage."That SLUT," Magnus muttered under his breath, his fingers tightening around the phone until the device creaked. "That backstabbing, money-grubbing SLUT."Sarah Chen. His mistress of three years. The woman he'd spent hundreds of thousands
CHAPTER 116 PART 2
"Marcus," Magnus said, hating how desperate he sounded. "Marcus, I need your help. The company is collapsing. Investors are pulling out. The stock price is in freefall. You're the new patriarch—you have to do something!""I have to do something?" Marcus repeated, his tone mocking. "Why would I have to do anything?""Because you're my son!" Magnus shouted. "Because this is our family's company! Because if Gonzalez Industries fails, it affects the entire family!""No," Marcus corrected coldly. "If YOUR company fails, it affects YOU. The family business is being restructured under my leadership. We're divesting from the companies you directly controlled, distancing ourselves from your failures.""You—you're just going to let me crash and burn?!" Magnus couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You're going to stand by and watch your own father lose everything?!""Yes," Marcus said simply. "That's exactly what I'm going to do.""You BASTARD!" Magnus screamed into the phone. "You heartless, u
CHAPTER 116 PART 1
The news spread through the upper-class social circles like wildfire. Magnus Gonzalez—former patriarch of the Gonzalez family, once-respected businessman—was getting divorced. And not just any divorce, but a spectacular public implosion complete with evidence of years of infidelity.Within forty-eight hours, everyone who mattered in Duskfort's elite society knew about Magnus's affairs, his stripped title, his humiliation. The gossip was delicious, scandalous, the kind of fall from grace that people couldn't stop talking about."Did you hear about Magnus Gonzalez?""The patriarch who got caught cheating? Multiple affairs?""His wife took him for everything. Half his wealth gone in the divorce settlement.""Serves him right. Victoria Wellington-Gonzalez is a saint for putting up with him as long as she did.""I heard his own family voted to remove him as patriarch. Even his son sided with the wife.""What kind of man loses his entire family like that? Pathetic."The laughter echoed thro
CHAPTER 115 PART 2
Could they?" Victoria pulled more evidence from the box. "What about these bank records showing monthly payments to Sarah Chen's account? Or these credit card statements showing charges at hotels on dates when you told me you were working late?"She kept pulling out documents. "Text messages recovered from your phone when you left it at home last month. Emails between you and Sarah discussing your relationship. Gift receipts for jewelry and expensive items you certainly never gave to me.""Or this," Victoria said, her voice taking on a note of triumph, "testimony from Sarah Chen herself. Yes, Magnus—I spoke to your mistress. Paid her to tell me everything. And she was very cooperative once I offered her enough money."She pulled out a recorded statement, pressing play. Sarah's voice filled the room, detailing the affair—how it started, how long it had lasted, specific dates and locations, intimate details that made Magnus want to disappear into the floor."Stop," Magnus whispered. "Pl
CHAPTER 115 PART 1
Magnus stood surrounded by hostile faces, the weight of betrayal crushing down on him from all sides. His family—the people who should have stood beside him—had conspired to bring him down. His wife, his son, the elders, even his extended relatives—all united in their condemnation.The pain was exquisite. Sharp and deep, like a knife twisting in his chest.Is this how Victoria felt? Magnus thought suddenly. When she discovered my affairs? This crushing sense of betrayal? This feeling that the world has turned against you?For years, Magnus had justified his infidelity to himself. His marriage was cold. Victoria was distant, critical, more interested in social climbing than in being a real wife. He'd deserved some happiness, some comfort, hadn't he?But now, feeling the full force of betrayal directed at him, Magnus finally understood. Understood the pain he'd caused. Understood why Victoria's eyes held nothing but contempt when she looked at him.Maybe it's too late to fix this, Magnu
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