Chapter 2: The Morning of Ruin
At sunrise, chaos erupted inside Andrew’s empire.
Phones rang endlessly.
Executives shouted over one another.
Stock values plummeted.
Banks demanded immediate repayment.
Andrew stood in his office, pale, gripping the desk as if it could hold his world together.
“This has to be a mistake,” he snapped.
But it wasn’t.
Every single signature traced back to one name:
Mariana Escalante.
Brenda stormed in, panic breaking through her polished façade.
“Andrew, the accounts—my cards—they’re all declined!”
Margaret followed, trembling with fury.
“You fix this right now!”
But for the first time…
Andrew had no power.
No control.
Only the cold realization that the woman he humiliated last night…
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Was the foundation beneath his entire life.
And it had just been pulled away.
