Chapter 17 - Exposure at the Winter Gala
Claire turned slowly, her expression cold and completely unfazed. "You never gave me anything, Richard. You stole my ideas, overworked me, and insulted my dignity. But I survived you."
"I will destroy you!" Richard yelled, pulling a folder of fabricated scandal papers from his coat and slamming them on the table. "I'll leak this to every tabloid in the country!"
"You won't leak anything, Richard," Marcus’s commanding voice echoed from the shadows of the executive boardroom doors.
Marcus stepped out alongside three federal marshals and the NYPD Police Commissioner.
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"The entire room is rigged with state-of-the-art audio and video recording," Marcus revealed calmly. "You just confessed to extortion, criminal trespass, and corporate espionage on high-definition camera."
Richard’s face drained of all color as the police officers stepped forward, clicking handcuffs onto his wrists.
