Called Off the Wedding, Left Him Bankrupt novel Chapter 123

"Nick." Cynthia lowered her gaze, her posture humble.

Dominic's hand, resting casually on his knee, twitched almost imperceptibly. He said nothing, but his dark, fathomless eyes fixed on her.

"Please, I need your advice. What does Tremaine Holdings have to do to survive?" Her voice trembled, barely above a whisper, fragile and powerless. "If you can help us through this, I'm willing to guarantee you ten percent of Tremaine Holdings' profits for the next five years."

Her lashes quivered as she spoke, half-veiling the defeat in her eyes.

Before she came back to the Capital, Cynthia hadn't realized just how dire things were for Tremaine Holdings. She'd assumed that, over the years, her sister's energy had simply been wasted battling the entrenched old guard within the company, that her hands had been tied and her potential stifled, nothing more.

But the reality was far worse. Her sister hadn't just been held back—she'd been trapped, sinking deeper into a bottomless pit.

The thought of Juliet shouldering all that pressure in silence made Cynthia ache with guilt and helplessness.

Juliet had always been the brilliant heir their grandfather had groomed—the one even Old Kearney Holloway, the family's most respected elder, had praised for her talent and promise.

How could Juliet have lost her way?

But the truth was, Tremaine Holdings was trapped in a dead end. If they couldn't make it through this crisis, Juliet would spend her life buried under a mountain of debt.

And all those ambitious business plans Cynthia had drawn up back in Cloudcrest City? They were little more than wishful thinking now, useless and impossible to implement in the company's current state.

All Cynthia could hope for was that a simple "Nick" would stir some memory of old ties between the Holloways and the Tremaines—enough for Dominic to look at their dilemma with the perspective of someone above the fray and offer the guidance they so desperately needed.

Honestly, she hated having to humble herself in front of Dominic. Even after everything that had happened between them, she still wanted to keep her pride intact, at least a little.

But she was the reason the Holloway and Tremaine families had fallen out in the first place.

She'd faced plenty of setbacks building VistaSphere Group over the years, and pride was a luxury she could no longer afford. All those grand promises she'd once made—now they just felt like cruel jokes, each act of humility another stinging slap to the face.

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