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Melvin and Aiyana Holland, Phalicia’s mother, spent every dime compensating the victims.
Meanwhile, their rivals all piled on.
Phalicia begged their competitors for help, but the vice president tried to violate her. Shelton came to her rescue just in time but accidentally injured that guy, so he had to serve eight years in prison.
Only now did she know none of this was an accident. It was all Caleb’s doing!
What had he been doing before her family’s downfall?
She remembered now.
That year, he had outmaneuvered several of his competitive cousins, won his grandfather Davin Phelan’s approval, and secured his position as heir to Voyage Group.
He had desperately needed some achievements to sway the skeptical shareholders.
So, he chose to destroy her family. Then he played the loving boyfriend, offering to deploy his men to help clean up the mess.
But in fact, he was just doing it to cover up his own tracks.
By taking in the laid–off technical experts from her family and integrating
her family business‘ few remaining assets into Voyage Group, he was actually recruiting talents while devouring her family’s business.
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He hired a lawyer who successfully reduced Shelton’s sentence from
twelve years to cight. But it was only to make sure that Shelton stayed in prison and couldn’t look into the truth.
Then he relocated her desperate parents to a remote village and proposed to her, so he could totally control her and have her entirely focus on managing the Jewelry Department.
Phalicia’s eyes turned bloodshot in rage. She clenched her fists, slamming them against the steering wheel hard.
Blood trickled down, but she didn’t feel pain at all.
After her family’s downfall, she had been so grateful to Caleb that she would do anything for him.
She had given up her reputation as the most talented designer because he had wanted her to work behind the scenes and manage the Jewelry Department.
During the past three years, she had let Carlene take public credit for her creations, making Carlene the glorified designer. Voyage Group soared to new heights all because of her relentless work.
However, it turned out she had been a total fool!
Her boyfriend and her bestie, the two she trusted most, were actually the ones ruining her family. And now, they even wanted to exploit her talent before discarding her.
She hated them for their cruelty, and she also hated herself for being such a fool. She had actually planned on marrying her enemy and building a family with him!
As memories flashed across her mind, her heartache grew more intense. And she found it hard to breathe.
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She cried in silence in the car till her tears ran dry and her head throbbed, her heart shattering into pieces…
After what felt like an eternity, the first light of dawn shone on Voyage Edifice.
In a sleek suit, Caleb showed up, facing the reporters, radiating
confidence.
They swarmed toward him and aimed their microphones at him.
“Mr. Phelan, did your fiancee, Ms. Lombard, design the highly anticipated new collection?”
“Ms. Pruitt’s newest work is a huge hit, and she thanked Ms. Lombard openly for Ms. Lombard’s support. Are we looking at another
collaboration between them? Please say yes–we’re so looking forward to
it!”
Caleb arched an eyebrow, and his assistant, James Kane, raised a hand, signaling for everyone to be quiet.
“Mr. Phelan has something to say,” James said.
With a smile, Caleb said, “Voyage Group has spent 3 million dollars more than last year to promote this new winter collection. It’s Licia’s
painstaking effort, and of course, it has my full support. And as usual, Ms. Pruitt will be part of the design team.”
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