Simone paused.
Then she shook her head. “Keep them up. Let them be a warning. For you. For me. For anyone who forgets people are human when they think they’re powerless.”
Simone turned and offered Theodore her arm.
He took it.
They walked out together, leaving behind a ballroom full of frozen faces, flickering screens, and the sound of a false empire collapsing.
Justice came fast after that.
Darnell was fired. Not quietly.
Publicly.
The story spread through professional circles like wildfire: the VP who publicly humiliated his wife, only to find out she was Theodore Whitmore’s daughter and a billionaire heir.
People didn’t just lose respect for him.
They laughed at him.
The same way his family had laughed at Simone.
He tried calling her. Dozens of times.
No answer.
He showed up at Theodore’s estate. Security escorted him away.
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