Chapter 8
Chapter 8
The video of Vincent’s arrest at the summit spread worldwide.
Social ClimberTrustMurder
#Finance TycoonMoneyLaundering
#LiveArrest Broadcast
Eight of the top ten trending topics were about him.
The elite image he’d carefully cultivated crumbled overnight.
He became a pariah everyone wanted to crush.
Decker called.
Jade Whitman, beautifully done.”
What about the trust?” I asked.
Already frozen by joint financial regulators from multiple countries. He can’t touch a penny.”
What about Luna?”
She can’t escape either. As a recipient of dirty money and money laundering accomplice, the IRS is after her
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Three days later,
sat across from Vincent through detention center glass.
de wore prison garb, hair disheveled, stubble covering his face.
He looked at me, confusion flashing in his eyes, quickly replaced by desperate fury.
‘Jade Whitman! You vicious woman! You destroyed me!” He grabbed the phone, screaming at me.
‘I destroyed you?” I laughed coldly. “Vincent, you were too stupid, too greedy.”
“You forgot-walls have ears.”
Vincent’s pupils contracted.
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“It was… You reported my tax evasion?”
“Congratulations, you got it right.”
He finally understood.
He hadn’t lost on trust structure-he’d lost to his own greed.
He tried to circumvent the law and got crushed by it.
“Jade Whitman, you vicious woman! I won’t let you get away with this!” He roared hysterically.
‘Save it. Think about how you’ll spend the rest of your life in prison.”
I hung up and walked away.
Meanwhile, Luna wasn’t faring well either.
Mansion seized, sports cars towed away.
She was also listed as a criminal suspect.
‘Lawyer! Lawyer! What do I do?”
una wailed in the law office.
Ms. Hayes, the situation looks bad for you. You received substantial illegal proceeds.”
Vincent gave me all that! I knew nothing!”
The lawyer shook his head.
Your only option now is to distance yourself from Vincent and become a witness.”
Pin all responsibility on him.”
una stopped crying. “What about my child? Kai is a trust beneficiary…”
The trust has been deemed illegal. Beneficiary rights are void. All the money will be confiscated.”
What?!” Luna shrieked. “No! That’s my money! My son’s money!”
‘Ms. Hayes, saving yourself comes first.”
Luna fell silent.
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Seconds later, she raised her head.
“Fine, I’ll be a witness.”
“I know everything Vincent did.”
“He forced me. I’m a victim too!”
Their former “true love” crumbled before self-interest.
Three months later, the financial crime trial began.
I sat in the gallery.
In the defendant’s dock were Vincent and Luna.
This once-loving “couple” had become vicious fighting cocks tearing at each other.
“Your Honor! I’m innocent!” Luna wept pitifully.
“Vincent deceived me! I’m just an innocent mother!”
Vincent trembled with rage.
“Luna Hayes, you bitch! Those estates, yachts, diamonds-which one didn’t you demand I buy?”
“You even made me forge art transaction records to launder money into your secret Swiss account!”
“Vincent! You’re lying! You wouldn’t even spare your father-in-law’s life-saving money! You’re an animal!”
In court, they exposed each other’s secrets, utterly shameless.
I watched them tear each other apart, feeling nothing.
The verdict quickly came down.
“Defendant Vincent Sterling, for international financial fraud, massive tax evasion, and money laundering, sentenced to thirty years imprisonment. All personal assets confiscated, lifetime ban from the financial industry.”
“Defendant Luna Hayes, for money laundering and receiving illegal proceeds, sentenced to ten years imprisonment. All illegal proceeds under her illegitimate son’s name to be recovered.”
The gavel fell.
Vincent collapsed in his chair.
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Luna screamed “I object” as bailiffs dragged her out.
It was over.
With Decker’s team’s assistance, I ultimately reclaimed Whitman Corp’s core assets and control.
Six months later.
Whitman Corp’s top floor.
I stood before floor-to-ceiling windows, overlooking the city’s nightscape.
This was once my father’s office, later usurped by Vincent.
Now it was back in my hands.
Decker approached with champagne.
“Congratulations, Ms. CEO.”
I took the glass and clinked with him.
‘Thank you, Decker.”
‘You’re stronger than I imagined. Marcus Whitman would be proud to have a daughter like you.”
I smiled.
Over these six months, I’d transformed from a financial novice into a captain who could speak as equals
with Wall Street vultures.
Vincent thought he’d destroyed me, but he’d made me reborn.
‘Decker, I formally invite you to become the Whitman family’s chief legal counsel.”
Decker raised an eyebrow.
‘My fees are expensive.”
‘You’re worth it.”
We clinked glasses again.
Outside, lights sparkled brilliantly.
Former blood and tears had become the strongest armor.
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My new life was just beginning.
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