Chapter 11
Sterling Enterprises Conference Room
“I disagree! Once we clarify, the company’s interests will be damaged and stock prices will definitely fall.” Robert Sterling sat at the head of the table, heavily pounding it.
Other shareholders.
s chimed in:
“I also disagree. It’s just entertainment n
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news–it’ll die down eventually.”
“Right, if that Sophia feels wronged, we can just give her some money
“Alexander, don’t be impulsive. Being talked about for a bit won’t dll anyone. People will forget about this in time–here’s always some new scandal.”
Alexander casually played with his pen, indifferent to their words.
When they’d finished talking, he made the final decision. “I’m definitely holding this press
you don’t need to worry. This meeting is to inform you, not to discuss.”
with that, he left the entire conference room behind.
steps, Robert Sterling’s stern voice came from behind. “Alexander.
After a few st
He stopped but didn’t turn around.
conference. I’ll handle any consequences
Robert softened his tone. “Don’t make hasty decisions. We can give Sophia any amount of money. Go ask her opinion–she might agree.”
Hearing this, Alexander looked down with a mocking smile. “She won’t take it.”
She wouldn’t take anything, not even him.
Alexander suppressed the heart–wrenching pain and forced himself to walk out of the conference room.
The next day, he held the press conference, bringing Victoria along.
He wanted her to publicly apologize.
This press conference was broadcast live–he hoped Sophia would see it.
At the conference, he spoke sincerely to the camera, “Everything online is false rumors. Sophia Bennett and I have been together since. college, while Victoria Whitmore was only my arranged marriage partner. Sophila knew nothing about this arrangement. I…. I deceived her, and I’ll spend my lifetime making amends.”
His eyes were earnest, as if Sophia was definitely watching from the other side.
After Alexander finished, he looked at the haggard Victoria beside him.
Seeing her head down with no intention of speaking, he covered the microphone and said coldly, “Think about whether you want the Whitmore family’s reputation or your own dignity.”
Victoria stiffened, remembering what Alexander had said before coming on stage.
did it she didn’t clarify, the Whitmore family would have no place in Manhattan.
View Alexander could do it, and whom she finally spoke confessing her actions and apologizing to Sophia with countless Cameras focused on her she felt stripped naked and exposed to the public, wanting to crawl into a hole from the humiliation. After seeing this press conference online, public opinion immediately shifted.
Contents apologized to Sophila while cursing Victoria and Alexander, even flooding Sterling Enterprises‘ official accounts with
Sterling’s stock price plummeted and reputation suffered.
Robert’s study
At this moment, Alexander was kneeling in Rob
n the study.
After the incident, Robert flew into a rage and summoned Alexander home to kneel in t
“Look what you’ve done! The situation would have died down soon everyone would have been fine. But you insisted on ignoring advice and holding that press conference. Now look–stock prices plummeting with countless daily losses!”
Alexander paid no attention to these words, stubbornly saying, “I couldn’t let the woman I love bear the stigma of being a mistress for
Now you know she’s the woman you love? Why didn’t you think of this when you agreed to the arranged marriage?” Robert directly Interrupted him loudly.
When Alexander agreed to the arrangement, Robert thought he was ready to break up with Sophia. He never expected Alexander planned to have both women.
Thinking of this, Robert angrily threw his cup at Alexander. “She deserved to leave you this is all your own doing.‘ This statement deeply wounded Alexander’s heart–it had always been his
pain.
Now his father had casually voiced it, making his heart feel seized by a giant hand, sending waves of suffocating pain Robert continued, “Even now you’re still so confused. Since she’s already gone, isn’t everything you’re doing pointless?” Alexander pressed his aching heart and looked up at his father with determination “I don’t care about any of that, I only care about Sophia. I’ll find a way to recover the company’s losses, but I won’t give up on her. I will win her back.”
Ignoring his father’s disappointed expression, he stood and left his parents‘ house, returning to the home he’d shared with Sophia. Back home, Sophia’s scent had completely disappeared, along with everything that belonged to her.
vochter dishes that day.
