Chapter 2: Everything Begins to Collapse
Chapter 2: Everything Begins to Collapse
The next morning every major news station carried the same headline.
Political Consultant Accused of Assaulting Pregnant Wife Before Governor at Charity Gala
Security footage from the ballroom surfaced within hours.
The video showed everything.
Evelyn deliberately bumping into Clara.
Mark violently pushing his pregnant wife into the banquet table.
His threats.
His lies.
Nothing could be explained away.
By noon...
Mark's consulting firm suspended him.
By evening...
Three government contracts worth nearly forty million dollars were canceled.
His phone never stopped ringing.
Not because people wanted to help.
Because everyone wanted answers.
Then Harrison Thorne called.
Mark answered immediately.
"Mr. Thorne—"
"Don't say another word."
The billionaire's voice was ice cold.
"My daughter destroyed herself."
"What?"
"You were useful while you looked successful."
Silence.
"Now you're toxic."
The line disconnected.
Mark stared at the dead phone.
Within twenty-four hours...
He had lost his career...
His mistress...
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His reputation...
And the only woman who had ever truly loved him.
