Chapter 5 - No Second Chances
"There is no wedding," Adrian stated, his voice ringing clearly across the entire ballroom.
Vanessa’s breath hitched. Her face went entirely pale, all the color draining from her cheeks as panic finally set in. "Adrian, stop this insanity! You're making a scene over a stupid piece of cake! I am your fiancée!"
"You were my fiancée," Adrian corrected, his voice dropping into a register that promised absolute ruin. "You touched my daughter. You embarrassed her in her own house. You thought because my wife is gone, there is no one here to protect this child from you."
"Adrian, please!" Vanessa lunged forward, reaching out to touch his arm, but Adrian took a swift step back, his eyes flashing with dangerous contempt.
"Security," Adrian called out calmly.
Four large men in dark suits stepped out from the perimeter of the room immediately. They had been standing guard for the high-profile guests, but their primary loyalty belonged entirely to Adrian Vance.
"Escort Miss Sterling off my property," Adrian ordered, looking directly at the head of security. "Cancel her access codes to the estate. Collect every piece of her personal belongings and have them dumped outside the main gate by nightfall. If she sets foot on Vance property again, have her arrested for criminal trespass."
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"Adrian! You can't do this to me!" Vanessa screamed, her regal composure shattering completely as the security guards stepped between her and Adrian, effectively walling her off. "My father will pull his investments! The Sterling Group will pull out of the harbor deal!"
"Tell your father to pull everything," Adrian replied coldly, turning his back on her. "And tell him to hire a very good legal team. Because by tomorrow morning, I am launching a full hostile takeover of his firm."
