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RISE OF THE EX WIFE : Mona's Revenge Chapter 51
Lora Caldwell pulled her designer coat tighter as she stepped out of the taxi in front of Bennett Tower. The building's glass and steel structure reached toward the sky, a monument to her family's power, the family she was born into, not the one she had married. A family that had now turned its back on her.For the fifth time this week, she had come to see her grandmother. And for the fifth time, she hoped the outcome would be different.Rain threatened in the dark clouds above. Her once-perfect hair now hung limp around her face, her designer clothes wrinkled from days of stress. The woman who had once moved through society with effortless grace now looked hunted, desperate."You can do this," she whispered to herself. "She's your grandmother. Blood. She has to listen eventually."The lobby doors loomed before her, polished and perfect like everything else in the Bennett empire. Lora straightened her back, lifted her chin, and walked forward with all the confidence she could fake. Th
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Chapter 52Mona stood before the massive digital wall display, her reflection ghosting over maps of financial connections, company logos, and transaction records. At the center of this web glowed the Caldwell family crest, surrounded by red X marks where once-solid business relationships had been severed.Her finger traced a path from the Caldwell logo to a navy blue square marked "Miller Financial.""Their money lifeline," she said. "Miller Financial has backed the Caldwells for three generations. They've extended credit when no one else would. Without Miller, the Caldwells can't survive another month."Alexander's eyes gleamed with appreciation from the leather sofa. He'd been testing her, letting her identify the next target herself."James Miller and Richard Caldwell were college roommates," Alexander noted, rising to join her. "Old loyalties run deep.""Loyalties can be broken," Mona replied, the memory of her confrontation with Lora the previous day still fresh. The sight of her
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Chapter 53The Metropolitan Club hummed with quiet wealth. Crystal chandeliers cast golden light over the lunchtime crowd of bankers, executives, and old-money families. This was where the city's elite did business away from public eyes.Mona adjusted her cream silk blouse as she followed the maître d' through the main dining room. A year ago, they would have looked through her as if she were invisible. Now, as Mrs. Kane, she commanded attention simply by existing."Your usual table, Mrs. Kane," the maître d' said, pulling out a chair at a corner table with excellent sightlines."Thank you, Henry. I'm expecting someone to join me later."As Henry moved away, Mona pretended to check her phone while scanning the room. She found her target – Thomas Miller, CEO of Miller Financial, seated with two older men. Their lunch appeared to be ending.The intelligence Alexander had provided was flawless. Miller lunched here every Wednesday with board members. His companions would be retiring withi
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Thomas Miller sat alone in his office, the glow of his computer screen illuminating his face in the darkness. Outside his window, the city lights sparkled against the night sky, but he hadn't noticed the sunset. For six hours straight, he had been digging through digital files, loan applications, and approval documents.What he found made his stomach twist.A soft knock interrupted his concentration. His assistant, Janet, peered through the partially open door, concern etching her features."Sir? It's past ten. The security team was wondering if everything's alright."Miller looked up, blinking as if emerging from a trance. "What? Oh, yes. I'm fine." He glanced at his watch and winced. "I didn't realize the time.""Should I call your wife and let her know you'll be late?""No need. I texted her earlier." He rubbed his temples, feeling the beginning of a migraine. "Janet, I need you to do something first thing tomorrow. Contact Gregory Wilson's replacement in Loan Approvals. What's his
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Chapter 55In the Caldwell Industries executive suite, panic reigned. Samuel paced the length of his office while Emily sat rigidly in a leather chair, her face a mask of controlled fury. The CFO, Martin Kepler, stood before them, clutching a stack of urgent messages."It makes no sense," Samuel said for the tenth time. "Miller Financial has been our bank for sixty years. Why would they freeze our credit line without warning?""I've called Thomas Miller eight times," Martin replied, exhaustion evident in his voice. "His assistant says he's in meetings all day. The only information we have is the official notification that came by courier an hour ago."He held up the letter again, though they had all memorized its contents by now: "Due to irregularities discovered during a routine audit, Miller Financial has suspended all credit facilities extended to Caldwell Industries and its subsidiaries, effective immediately.""Irregularities," Emily scoffed. "What irregularities? We've always ma
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Chapter 56Mona sipped her coffee as she scrolled through the financial news on her tablet. The headline that dominated every business publication made her lips curve into a smile: "MILLER FINANCIAL CUTS TIES WITH CALDWELL INDUSTRIES AMID FRAUD ALLEGATIONS."The plan had worked perfectly. Better than perfectly, in fact. Not only had Miller Financial frozen the Caldwells' credit lines, they had also called in all outstanding loans and publicly announced the termination of their sixty-year relationship with the family. The scandal had sent Caldwell Industries stock plummeting to an all-time low.Alexander entered from his home office, dressed impeccably in a charcoal suit. He dropped a kiss on the top of Mona's head before pouring himself coffee."Good morning, architect of destruction," he said, nodding toward her tablet. "Enjoying the fruits of your labor?"Mona's smile widened. "The business channels can't stop talking about it. Apparently, the Caldwells missed payroll yesterday.""F
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Chapter 57Rain pounded against the windows of the Caldwell Industries executive conference room. Samuel Caldwell stood at the head of the table, tie loosened, hair disheveled from running his hands through it repeatedly."We need to prioritize," Martin Kepler, the CFO, said as he arranged financial statements in neat piles. "Payroll has already been missed once. We can't let it happen again.""How much time do we have?" Samuel asked, fighting the exhaustion that pulled at him."Five days until the next payroll cycle. But that's not our most immediate problem. We have vendor payments due tomorrow that can't be postponed. Medical supplies for the healthcare division, raw materials for manufacturing.""And if we don't pay?""They stop shipping. Production halts. Within a week, we have nothing to sell."Lora entered with coffee, looking worn in simple clothes instead of her usual designer outfits. The family's personal accounts remained frozen, limiting their access to even basic luxurie
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Chapter 58The Caldwell mansion felt different now. Colder. Emptier. The cleaning staff had been let go days ago, and dust gathered on once-immaculate surfaces. In the grand living room, furniture sat draped in shadows, the chandeliers unlit to save on electricity bills.Lora paced the Persian carpet, phone pressed to her ear, her reflection ghosting across darkened windows. She'd made twenty-three calls today. Twenty-three attempts to reach old friends, business associates, anyone who might help. Twenty-three variations of "I'm sorry, but..."She ended her latest call and sank onto the velvet sofa, fighting back tears of frustration. The room felt massive around her, a mausoleum to fading wealth. Through the doorway, she could see Emily directing the family's lone remaining housekeeper to pack away silver and china, their most valuable portable possessions, in case the bank really did force them out.The thought that had been forming all day crystallized suddenly in her mind. One opt
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Chapter 76The Caldwell mansion's grand foyer, once a showcase of wealth and power, now felt like a tomb. The heavy double doors slammed behind Richard Caldwell as he stormed in, his face flushed with a rage Emily had never seen in their thirty-two years of marriage."Is it true?" he demanded, his voice echoing through the marble entrance hall.Emily stood at the base of the staircase, still wearing the tailored suit she'd had on when security had escorted her from the company headquarters hours earlier. The shock of their public removal from leadership positions had barely registered before this new storm broke."Richard, you need to calm...""Answer me!" he bellowed, throwing a newspaper onto the marble floor between them. It landed with a slap, the front page visible even from where she stood: "CALDWELL SCANDAL DEEPENS: EMILY CALDWELL'S SECRET AFFAIR WITH BANKING COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN."The headline hovered above a grainy but unmistakable security camera image from the Boston Club. Em
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Chapter 75"Twenty-one percent," Alexander murmured, eyes fixed on the financial news display. "Their stock is in free fall."Mona stood beside him, watching the numbers drop in real time. Morning sunlight flooded their penthouse, contrasting with the darkness of what they witnessed, the systematic destruction of the Caldwell empire."Did you see Samuel's interview?" she asked, sipping her coffee.Alexander smiled coldly. "I did. He couldn't have damaged his company more if he'd tried."On screen, the business anchor dissected Samuel's performance, highlighting his evasive answers, visible distress, and abrupt exit. The hashtag #CaldwellMeltdown scrolled across the bottom alongside the plummeting stock figures."He was never the strong one," Mona said distantly. "Emily would drill him before any appearance. Without her guidance, he falls apart."Alexander moved to his laptop showing a live feed of Caldwell Industries headquarters where reporters gathered in growing numbers. Security b
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Chapter 74The electronic stock ticker in Samuel Caldwell's office blinked mercilessly, each update delivering another blow. Red numbers flashed across the screen with downward arrows tracking their free-falling fortune.Samuel stood frozen before it, clutching a tumbler of scotch despite the early hour. His tie hung loose and his normally perfect hair stuck out in several directions."Fifteen percent," he whispered, watching the numbers tumble again. "Fifteen percent in three hours."Behind him, financial news played on mute. The crawl showed the same disastrous numbers, but the main image was Maya Chen's article, with occasional cuts to Caldwell family photos from happier times.His personal phone buzzed. The screen showed "Mother.""Yes?" he answered, voice rough from lack of sleep."Turn on CNBC immediately." Emily's voice was tight with barely controlled fury.Samuel switched channels and unmuted the sound."....largest investor in Caldwell Industries has announced they're sellin
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Chapter 73Mona sat alone, a cup of coffee growing cold beside her as she stared at the newspaper spread before her. Her fingers traced the headline: "EMPIRE OF LIES: THE CORRUPT BUSINESS PRACTICES OF CALDWELL INDUSTRIES."Maya Chen's article filled the front page and continued for three more inside. The journalist had done what Mona once thought impossible, exposed the Caldwells' decades of wrongdoing for the entire world to see.Mona's phone buzzed with another notification. She'd lost count of how many people had sent her links to the story since it broke at dawn. Yet unlike the warm satisfaction she had expected to feel, Mona found herself caught in a storm of conflicting emotions.She read the section about employee pension funds again, picturing Frank Donovan's weathered face as he described his wife's illness and their lost medical coverage. The article detailed how Emily had personally authorized the transfer of these funds to offshore accounts, using the money for family vaca
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Chapter 72The headline sprawled across the front page of the Boston Investigator in bold black letters that seemed to shout from the newsstand: "EMPIRE OF LIES: THE CORRUPT BUSINESS PRACTICES OF CALDWELL INDUSTRIES."By 7 AM, the digital version had already crashed the newspaper's servers twice due to unprecedented traffic. By 8 AM, three national news networks had picked up the story. By 9 AM, the Caldwell family's phones wouldn't stop ringing.The Caldwell mansion vibrated with tension. Emily paced the study, newspaper crumpled in her fist, while Samuel sat motionless, staring at the article displayed on his tablet. Sarah slouched in an armchair, refreshing social media with growing horror. Lora stood by the window, face pale, watching reporters gather at the gates."This is worse than we thought," Sarah said, her voice barely above a whisper. "It's everywhere. Twitter, Instagram, news sites. #CaldwellCorruption is trending nationally."Emily stopped pacing. "How bad?"Sarah scroll
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Chapter 71Maya Chen clutched her bag tighter as she entered Caldwell Tower. Once buzzing with life, the marble lobby now felt hollow. Empty. Just like the company's promises to its workers."Ms. Chen? Mr. Caldwell will see you now."The elevator ride to the top floor gave Maya time to steady her nerves. For weeks, she'd dug through the Caldwells' dirty laundry. Now she'd face Samuel himself.He stood by the window, gazing at Boston Harbor, a king surveying his crumbling kingdom."Ms. Chen." His smile never reached his eyes. "Welcome to what's left of the Caldwell empire."Maya took him in expensive suit hanging loose, dark circles under bloodshot eyes. The family's fall from grace had clearly taken its toll."Thank you for meeting me, Mr. Caldwell.""Samuel, please." He motioned to a chair. "Water?"As he poured, Maya noted the empty spaces on the walls where artwork had hung, likely sold off to cover mounting debts."My lawyers advised against this," Samuel said, settling into his c
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Chapter 70Alexander Kane stood at the window of his office, high above the city streets. Rain streaked the glass, blurring the lights below into a smear of colors. Behind him, the large screen on his wall displayed a photo of Maya Chen, the investigative journalist whose recent inquiries into the Caldwells had caught his attention."Tell me more about her," Alexander said, not turning from the window.Victor, his head of security, tapped his tablet. "Maya Chen, thirty-four, graduated top of her class from Columbia School of Journalism. Won a Pulitzer two years ago for exposing pharmaceutical price-fixing. Known for being thorough, uncompromising, and impossible to bribe.""Perfect." Alexander finally turned. "And she's already investigating the Caldwells?""For nearly a month now. She's been interviewing former employees, reviewing public records. She received our anonymous document package yesterday."Alexander's lips curved slightly. "And she doesn't know the source?""No. The deli
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Chapter 69Maya Chen's desk looked like a battlefield. Stacks of documents, newspaper clippings, and hastily scrawled notes covered nearly every inch of the wooden surface. Three empty coffee cups formed a line at the edge, marking the hours she'd spent without leaving her chair. Her computer screen glowed in the dim light of her apartment, the only real source of illumination as evening settled over the city.She pushed her dark-rimmed glasses up on her nose and leaned back, stretching arms that had gone stiff from typing. The wall beside her desk told its own story - a collage of photos, headlines, and sticky notes connected by red string. At the center hung a large photograph of the Caldwell family, taken at some gala before their recent troubles. Their smiling faces seemed to mock her from behind glass.The laptop chimed with an incoming email. Another document from her source inside the courthouse - records of the latest lawsuit filed against Caldwell Industries by former employe
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Chapter 68Mona stood before the wall of screens in Alexander's private study. Her lips curved into a smile as she watched the news unfold across multiple channels."Breaking news this morning as over three hundred former Caldwell Industries employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the company and the Caldwell family personally," announced the reporter. "The lawsuit claims unpaid severance, benefits, and damages after the company's collapse left many without compensation despite decades of service."The camera cut to Frank Donovan, standing tall despite his weathered appearance, speaking to a crowd of reporters. "I gave thirty-two years to Caldwell Industries. When they let us go, they promised severance that never came. Many of us can't pay our bills or medical expenses. We're not asking for charity, we're asking for what we earned."Mona tapped her finger against the glass of champagne in her hand, savoring each word as Frank continued."Mrs. Kane has been kind enough to
