Chapter 2: The Company That Never Belonged To Him
I left.
Without yelling.
Without crying.
Without begging.
That confused them.
Especially Damien.
He expected a fight.
Instead...
I made one phone call.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Melissa Grant."
My attorney answered immediately.
"It's time."
Twenty-four hours later...
Damien walked into the headquarters of Foster Development.
Employees applauded.
They thought he was arriving for the quarterly executive meeting.
Instead...
Four security officers were waiting beside the elevator.
"What is this?"
The HR director smiled awkwardly.
"Please come with us."
Damien laughed.
"Very funny."
Nobody laughed back.
Inside the boardroom...
Thirty directors were already seated.
So was I.
His mistress stood outside the glass wall.
Confused.
Watching everything.
Damien frowned.
"What are you doing here?"
I didn't answer.
The chairman did.
"Mr. Foster..."
He adjusted his glasses.
"Your employment has been terminated."
Silence.
Damien blinked.
"What?"
The chairman projected one document onto the screen.
Corporate ownership records.
Damien's signature.
My signature.
Investment contracts.
Five years earlier...
When Damien couldn't even qualify for a business loan...
I secretly funded the company.
Every payroll.
Every office lease.
Every expansion.
Every acquisition.
The company wasn't his.
It never had been.
He was only the CEO.
I was the majority owner.
His face turned white.
"No..."
Then came the second document.
Property records.
The house.
The vacation home.
The luxury SUV.
Even the piano.
Every asset...
Registered solely under my name.
His mistress burst into the room.
"This is impossible!"
The attorney calmly smiled.
"No."
He held up one final document.
"A prenuptial agreement."
Signed by both of us.
Ignored by Damien.
Forgotten by Damien.
Protected by me.
His mistress slowly turned toward him.
"You told me everything was yours."
Damien couldn't answer.
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Because...
It never was.
