All Chapters of Mommy Please Come Back, Daddy Is Sorry : Chapter 41 - Chapter 49

Andrew's POVThe boardroom fell silent as I finished outlining the final phase of the acquisition.Every executive seated around the polished conference table looked at me with a mixture of admiration and disbelief. They still couldn't understand how a company that had been thriving only a month ago was now on the verge of becoming mine.It had started because of one arrogant owner.The man had made the mistake of targeting my employees. Instead of focusing on improving his own business, he began offering my senior staff double their salaries. It had nothing to do with recruiting talent. He wanted information. Trade secrets. Internal reports. He thought that by planting people inside my company, he could slowly bleed it dry.A foolish move.So I simply decided to take his company instead.I bought his debts through shell corporations, quietly acquired enough shares to gain influence over the board, and turned his own investors against him. By the time he realized what was happening,

Marcus's POVI never imagined prison would smell like this.Every morning I woke to the sour stench of damp concrete, sweat, and rusted iron. The food was barely edible, cold by the time it reached my cell, and even the water tasted metallic. Sleep never lasted long. Someone was always shouting. Someone was always fighting. Every night I closed my eyes wondering if the next morning I would wake up with another bruise.Andrew had made sure of that.The men inside didn't know me as Marcus Calloway, CEO of Calloway Industries. To them, I was the monster who supposedly led the Blackwings. The guards looked at me with disgust, and the inmates looked at me as easy money. Someone had paid them well. Every chance they got, they shoved me into walls, punched me when the cameras weren't looking, or made sure every meal became another reminder that I didn't belong there.Ironically, most of them had committed crimes far worse than the ones I was accused of, yet somehow… I was the villain.Andr

Marcus's POVEverything had happened so quickly that my mind was still struggling to catch up.One moment, I was listening to the judge prepare to sentence me. The next, a woman I had never met walked into the courtroom carrying enough evidence to tear the entire case apart.I had never believed in miracles. Yet Victoria Hale had become one. Just when I thought my life was over, when I had accepted that prison would become my home for the next couple of years, she appeared and pulled me back from the edge.Reporters crowded outside the courthouse, shoving microphones toward my face and shouting questions over one another."Mr. Calloway! Do you have a statement?""Did someone frame you?""What are your plans now that you've been cleared?"I ignored every single one of them. I didn't have the strength to answer.Relief and exhaustion were fighting inside me, leaving me too numb to celebrate and too grateful to complain."Congratulations, sir." Michael's voice broke through my thoughts.

Marcus's POVI remained standing outside the company gates, unable to look away from the building.Just a few minutes ago, I had walked in believing I was returning to my empire.Instead, I had been thrown out like a trespasser. My company. My office. My employees. Everything was gone.I was still trying to understand what had happened when someone gently tapped my shoulder.I turned. Victoria Hale stood behind me.The same composed woman who had walked into the courtroom and pulled me back from the edge of prison.Her expression was firm, but beneath it I could see something much darker. It was sheer hatred and rage. Not the kind that fades with time. The kind that keeps a person alive."This isn't the time to stand here feeling sorry for yourself," she said. "Andrew has already won enough. You should be planning your next step. We should be destroying Andrew.”I stared at her. "We?"She nodded once. "Yes, we.""What are you talking about?"Her jaw tightened. "That bastard did the s