Chapter 5 - The Legal Hammer
Spencer finally caught me at the office.
He pushed past my secretary.
He looked disheveled.
His ivory suit was stained.
"Laura,
we need to talk!"
he screamed.
I didn't look up from my laptop.
"You have five minutes,"
I said.
"I'm a busy woman."
He grabbed the edge of my desk.
"You can't do this.
The company is in my name!"
"The brand is,"
I replied.
"But the assets belong to Apex.
The equipment,
the contracts,
the land.
It's all mine."
He started to cry.
It was the same tactic he used after the accident.
"I was confused,"
he sobbed.
"My mother pressured me.
She wanted a grandchild."
"And you wanted a 'real woman',"
I reminded him.
"A woman who could give you what I couldn't."
I stood up.
I was taller than him in my heels.
"I gave you my life.
I gave you my inheritance.
And you gave me a wedding in my own garden with another woman."
"I'll leave her,"
he whispered.
"I'll come back to you."
I leaned in close.
"You don't get it,
Spencer.
I don't want you.
I want my life back.
And I've already taken it."
I signaled for security.
"Get this man out of my building."
As they dragged him away,
he looked like a broken toy.
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The CEO was gone.
The boy remained.
