Swapping a Broken Heart for a New Start novel Chapter 631

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The day the Allen family showed up at Dennis Williams’ place to beg for mercy—only to leave with their tails between their legs—became the talk of Cabinda all over again.

This time, the Allens lost everything: their pride, their standing, and whatever dignity they thought they had left.

And the Allen Group? Yeah, things weren’t looking any better for them.

In just a couple of days, the whole company turned upside down. Jonathan Allen got arrested—convicted in no time. Add to that the fact that Dennis Williams clearly had no love for them, and the Allen Group’s already tanking stock price just kept dropping. They even lost a handful of big contracts they’d been bragging about.

Of course, their rival families didn’t miss a beat. They jumped at the chance to kick the Allens while they were down.

Sure, from the outside, the Allen Group might not look totally ruined yet. But anyone with half a brain could see the writing on the wall: after this disaster, the Allens were headed for the bottom of the city’s Top Ten Families list—maybe even off it for good.

“Bet nobody saw this coming, huh?”

“The Allens really face-planted this time. Maybe now they’ll learn their lesson and quit being such arrogant jerks.”

“Exactly! They used to look down their noses at everyone. Maybe now they’ve finally figured out there are people you just don’t mess with.”

Of course, not everyone had the full story.

“How’d the Allens end up like this, just because of some woman?”

“Come on, one woman isn’t powerful enough to stir up this much trouble in Cabinda. The Allens were always too high-profile and reckless. This was bound to happen sooner or later.”

“I think Mr. Williams always meant to take them down, anyway. His girlfriend just gave him the perfect excuse.”

“Yeah, agreed. Don’t go thinking Mr. Williams got carried away with his feelings. He’s a businessman—no way he’d risk it all for some woman and just attack a whole family for no reason.”

Gossip was flying, but the smart folks were already trying to figure out what Mr. Williams’ mystery girlfriend liked. They figured, hey, if he’s bold enough to make it public, he must really care about her. Maybe she’d be sticking around for good—and if they could curry favor with her, who knew what doors might open?

But to everyone’s surprise, ever since that night, Dennis Williams went right back to his usual low-profile ways. He barely showed up anywhere in public. And as for the girlfriend everyone was whispering about? It was like she’d vanished into thin air—nobody saw or heard a thing about her.

All this made plenty of folks in Cabinda even more curious.

Camila Davis, though, had no clue about any of this.

Sarah Brown, on the other hand, was a total gossip magnet. She’d show up at Camila’s place every day, practically bouncing with the latest news, eager to share whatever juicy tidbit she’d picked up.