All Chapters of Ruin My IPO? I'll Pull Your Funding: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

"Stop playing dead and get up!" Yvette James' shrill voice echoed in the empty corridor. She was wearing a red, haute couture gown and kicking my thigh mercilessly with her sharp heels.The intense pain made me curl up in a ball as my lower body felt like hot iron burning on me. The ointment, which contained highly concentrated mint and camphor, started to burn the most fragile soft tissue lining in my body. I was like a fish thrown onto land as I convulsed violently on the floor. A small cut on my forehead was bleeding, and the warm blood flowed from my brow and into my eye, causing my sight to be blurred by red."Get me an ambulance, Yvette," I managed to blurt the words with great difficulty.All Yvette did was look down at me without any concern for her fiancé on the ground. She looked at me with disgust. "Ambulance? Are you trying to ruin my IPO? This is an important day for my company, and the media is all over this place! Are you trying to make me a laughingstock in the i

[Yvette should send that basket case to the mental hospital and stop him from going crazy on everyone out here.]I leaned against the wall as I looked coldly at the man and woman in front of me, acting like the clowns they were. The command to freeze the funding and patent rights had to go through an overseas server first, which would render a delay of about 24 hours. They might be on top of the world right now, but they were in for a quick descent the next day."Think what you want." I put my phone away and tried to stand, but the burning in my lower body was intense, and my legs shook like jelly.When Yvette saw me about to leave, her face fell. "Stop! Who said you could leave? Our company's IPO is about to happen soon. Go to the washroom and clean the blood off your face. Change into something better and come with me to the hall!" she ordered without holding back."There will be many huge potential investors present today. Stay by my side like a good boy and play your part as my

"Yvette said I could take anything I wanted because she paid for everything in your office. A fan from my streaming channel told me this stone has a retro look to it, and I was planning to use it as a lucky draw prize for my stream tonight," he said as he made a show of slamming the emerald pendant onto the table to crack it."Don't you dare!" I no longer held back as I lunged at Henry to grab him by the collar and dragged him out of the chair. The pendant fell from his hand. I managed to catch it midair, holding it tightly against my chest.Henry squealed out loud like a pig when I dragged him to the ground. "Help! He's trying to beat me up! Murder!"The office door was pushed open, and Yvette entered with several members of top management. When Yvette saw Henry on the ground, the look on her face changed, and she dashed toward me in her heels to push me off Henry."Henry! Are you alright?" Yvette helped Henry up with a worried look on her face before she turned to glare viciously

It was 8:00 pm, and the celebration party had reached its climax. The crystal chandelier in the middle of the hall reflected the bright lights as Yvette stood in the middle of the stage with a microphone in her hand, looking like a glamorous queen with Henry standing by her side in the bespoke suit meant for me, like a proud peacock."Thank you to all our esteemed guests who made it to this star-studded event to join me during this historical moment." Yvette's voice boomed throughout the hall via the high-end speakers. She could not hide the excitement in her voice. "Tonight's celebration isn't only about the successful IPO of our company. I'd also like to make a personal announcement."The media below the stage immediately held up their cameras, and flashes filled the hall. Yvette looked deeply at Henry as she held his hand. "I have been burdened by a relationship without love in the past, and now, I've finally found the person who is true to me." She paused and raised her voice.

"That's not the only thing I did. I'm also taking everything of yours little by little. Your fiancée, your company, and your dignity! I'll get Yvette to announce that your wedding is off during tonight's party and make her propose to me instead."The hall became silent after I was done playing the recording, but an even louder commotion erupted following the silence. Everyone began criticizing him. "That's horrible! This could be considered murder!""How can someone like that own a company? He has no business being an online influencer!""Give us back our money! We want our investment returned!"Henry turned pale from fright, and even his heavy makeup could not hide it. When he realized things had taken a bad turn for him, he tried to escape through a side door."Get him! Don't let him get away!"Several angry investors reacted quickly and pressed Henry to the ground. The lead investigator from the police department came forward and showed Henry his badge. "Henry Curtis, you're