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Claimed By The Cheating Fiancé's Ruthless Uncle

Chapter 8 

Word Count: 870    |    Released on: Today at 18:10

e at Henson Group headquarters, Elton

m, holding a stamped legal f

accepted our expedited filing. The

rd. "You're amazing, babe. Once the Franco syn

"I'm heading down to the design department right now to force Ann

ng her a flute. "I'll review the syndic

room was dead quiet except for the steady hum of air c

essed in a simple white silk s

polished concrete floor, flanked by two corporate paralegals. She carried a thi

coffee cup rattled. "This is the final IP assignment for the East Side development. Elt

opped their work, glancing ne

monitor. Her fingers kept moving ac

n assistant with no family trust and no legal backing. Elton kept you on payroll out of

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e turned her chair around, her amb

stamped with the raised steel seal of the United States Patent

red mark across Jaylynn's cheek b

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crambled to pick up the top page. Her eyes l

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shrieked, her voice cracking. "How c

his tie loose, sweat glistening on his forehead. "Annabel!

er cup of cold Americano and spla

rk coffee dripped from his eye

amework of this project belongs to Bonbon. I am her sole authorized agent. If you use a single line of those blueprints witho

n department was

scanning the USPTO seal. His knees buckled, and he had

e beginning?" he stammered, s

fail its bridge loan milestones. They wo

yours," Annabel said, picking up her leather ba

ged forward with her nails bar

lap across Jaylynn's face that sent the girl sprawling onto the carpet. A

receive a federal grand j

n up by her arms and dragging her out toward the e

he elevator down to the lobby, an

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olute. "Because your biological mother, Meredith

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Claimed By The Cheating Fiancé's Ruthless Uncle
Claimed By The Cheating Fiancé's Ruthless Uncle
“I stood outside the hotel suite, listening to the muffled gasps of my fiancé, Elton, tangled in the silk sheets with my stepsister, Jaylynn. He thought I was just his poor, obedient assistant. To save his failing company, he planned to steal my architectural blueprints, claim them as his own, and hand all the credit to his new mistress. At the high-society gala, they cornered me in front of the city's elite. Jaylynn flaunted her stolen emeralds and mocked my plain clothes, while Elton demanded I sign over my intellectual property or be blacklisted from the industry forever. Even my biological mother stepped forward, throwing a severance check at my chest in front of the crowd. "You're an ungrateful little stray. Take the money and get out of Jaylynn's life before you ruin her engagement!" They looked at me with absolute disgust, waiting for me to break down, cry, and beg for their mercy. But they had no idea who they were actually stepping on. They didn't know the blueprints they stole were laced with a federal copyright trap that would instantly bankrupt them. And they certainly didn't know that the "destitute orphan" they were bullying was actually the sole heiress to a fourteen-billion-dollar sovereign trust. I calmly took the check, locked in the copyright strike, and walked straight toward Elton's most ruthless backer-the billionaire Demetrius Franco. "Don't you agree that revenge should be theatrical?" I whispered. This time, I was going to pull the floor out from under them all.”