The Billionaire's Public Humiliation

The Billionaire's Public Humiliation

Snootie

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After two years off-grid on a top-secret government project, I was finally heading back to reclaim my multi-billion dollar aerospace firm, Aero Corp Dynamics. I drove my vintage Chevelle, a piece of art I' d restored myself. But then, a brand-new Shelby GT500 started dangerously brake-checking me. It was the Shelby I' d authorized Brenda, my wife and acting CEO, to buy as a "company executive vehicle." The punk driving it, Kyle, was anything but. A minor tap from my classic car, and Kyle erupted, kicking my priceless fender and demanding fifty grand, boasting his "rich girl" would destroy me. The police arrived, and the insurance adjuster quickly pointed out the Shelby was registered to AeroCorp, and Kyle's reckless behavior likely meant her insurance wouldn't cover it. That' s when my wife, Brenda, arrived, rushing to comfort "Ky, baby," barely glancing at me. She then tried to use my own AeroCorp security to have me removed from the scene. My wife, the acting CEO, was having a public affair with a reckless kid, funneling company money into his lavish life, and now trying to kick me, the founder and owner, off my own property. How could she? But just as her guards moved in, my true security team arrived, with a briefcase of undeniable proof that would expose every last one of her lies. This was no longer just a fender bender; it was a reckoning.

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After two years off-grid on a top-secret government project, I was finally heading back to reclaim my multi-billion dollar aerospace firm, AeroCorp Dynamics. I drove my vintage Chevelle, a piece of art I' d restored myself.

But then, a brand-new Shelby GT500 started dangerously brake-checking me. It was the Shelby I' d authorized Brenda, my wife and acting CEO, to buy as a "company executive vehicle." The punk driving it, Kyle, was anything but. A minor tap from my classic car, and Kyle erupted, kicking my priceless fender and demanding fifty grand, boasting his "rich girl" would destroy me.

The police arrived, and the insurance adjuster quickly pointed out the Shelby was registered to AeroCorp, and Kyle's reckless behavior likely meant her insurance wouldn't cover it. That' s when my wife, Brenda, arrived, rushing to comfort "Ky, baby," barely glancing at me. She then tried to use my own AeroCorp security to have me removed from the scene.

My wife, the acting CEO, was having a public affair with a reckless kid, funneling company money into his lavish life, and now trying to kick me, the founder and owner, off my own property. How could she?

But just as her guards moved in, my true security team arrived, with a briefcase of undeniable proof that would expose every last one of her lies. This was no longer just a fender bender; it was a reckoning.

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