I didn't hesitate. I called my father and asked him to pull every last dollar out of Delgado Corp.
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My father's voice sharpened. "Aren't you two getting married in a couple of days? Did that bastard hurt you?"
At this stage, right before the IPO, losing their largest investor would be catastrophic for Stewart.
The moment I opened my mouth, my voice cracked:
"There is no wedding. He's marrying someone else."
"Don't you worry. Daddy will handle this." Even through the phone, his fury was deafening.
After I hung up, my mind drifted back six years.
Delgado Corp had been on the verge of bankruptcy. Stewart's childhood sweetheart, Vivian Porter, had left him.
I was the one who secretly begged my father to prop the company up from behind the scenes and set it back on track.
And I was the one who walked Stewart out of the wreckage of that heartbreak, step by step.
Six years together. Then, on my birthday, he got down on one knee and promised to make me the happiest woman alive.
Then Vivian came back.
And everything changed.
My phone shattered the silence of the study.
"Leonora Hughes, get here now! Stewart's in a fight!"
In the background, I could hear Stewart roaring.