Stephanie was in a deep sleep when she was jolted awake by her phone ringing.
The sun was already bright. She fumbled for her phone with her eyes still closed and saw that she had over twenty missed calls.
She had gone to bed too late, and the first half of the night had been filled with dreams.
That bastard Jonathan had actually been hitting her in her dream.
Thankfully, in the dream, she didn't have to hold back. When he hit her, she wailed, crying until her throat was raw.
But the more she cried, the harder he hit.
He really was an abuser, not even sparing her in her dreams.
She glanced at the missed calls. Almost all were from Zachary, with a couple from her colleague, Nydia.
Stephanie knew what was happening.
She opened her chat with Nydia and, sure enough, there were new messages.
Nydia: "First thing this morning, Verdant Grove Capital's executive assistant showed up with their lawyer. They said our contract with Sapphire Group involved unfair competition and they want to void it."
"Zachary is freaking out, terrified the deal will fall through. Turns out, Victoria pulled some strings and had someone tamper with Verdant Grove Capital's contract. The person they actually wanted to sign with was you."
"It's a huge mess. The whole company is in an uproar. Verdant Grove Capital says they're going to sue Victoria."
Stephanie's fingers curled slightly.
Ternence was a man of his word. He was really going to see this contract issue through to the end.
He wasn't planning on giving Victoria any way out.
But it was Victoria's own fault for being bold enough to have Quennel use his connections to alter the contract.
It was only because Quennel was Ternence's son that Verdant Grove Capital wasn't suing him too.



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