Filed to story: My Husband Regrets Divorcing Me (Audrey & Cornell)
Never in this life would Luciana accept that all these evil individuals could walk away without facing the music. She was resolute in seeing them behind the bars.
In the detention room.
Katie’s hair was disheveled, her face etched with deep distress and fatigue. “Luciana. she started, her voice breaking as she tried to stir Luciana’s sympathy with a term of endearment.”
Unbeknownst to Katie, Luciana felt a surge of fury at her tactics.
“Cut the crap!” Luciana snapped harshly. “Spit it out if you have something to say!”
“Luciana… You can’t do this to me…” Katie persisted, her tears flowing unchecked despite Luciana’s fury. “I’m carrying Cornell’s child.”
In a swift motion, Luciana slapped Katie sharply. “Whose child do you think you’re carrying? Do you think I’m unaware?”
The slap left Katie reeling in pain. She stared at Luciana, her eyes burning with a hatred so fierce that she wished she could annihilate Luciana.
The supervisor stepped in. “Enough! Do you want to continue this meeting or not?”
Katie, biting back her anger, nodded reluctantly.
“This is your first warning,” the supervisor declared.
Still seething but feeling powerless, Katie resumed her desperate plea, “Luciana, you must believe me. That woman is the one deceiving you. Her child is the illegitimate one, not mine. The child I’m carrying is definitely Cornell’s…”
“Do you really think I’m still the naive woman I once was, Katie?”
Luciana retorted.
“Luciana, what are you implying…” Katie asked, feigning confusion.
With icy detachment, Luciana disclosed, “Perhaps you’re unaware, but Abel still has living relatives. I’ve secured his biological sample!”
Katie’s hands trembled beneath the table, yet she strove for composure. “Luciana, surely, you’re jesting. Even if you found it, that has nothing to do with me.”
She caressed her belly softly and added, “This child isn’t his.”
Katie believed that by refusing a paternity test, Luciana would have no leverage over her.
Luciana offered a faint smile. “The sample you left at the Glyn family’s private hospital? I’ve secured it, and it’s currently being tested. With modern technology, we’ll have accurate results within 24 hours.”
“Katie, Listen up!” Luciana’s voice was laden with grief. “I will see that you answer for your recklessness!”
With those final words, Luciana exited swiftly and decisively.
Now alone and trembling with fear, Katie was in a daze since this confrontation was precisely what she feared the most.
Once Luciana was gone, Katie stood up, her legs nearly giving way beneath her.
“Careful!” The supervisor hurried to steady her.
Shaking, Katie returned to her cell, where sleep eluded her, and she tossed and turned with restlessness.
Suddenly sitting up, Katie whispered to herself, “I can’t just sit here and wait for the end!”
In the silence of the night.
An urgent alarm pierced the stillness of the detention center.
Accompanied by the hurried footsteps of the supervisor, who, upon opening the door, discovered Katie in a pool of blood.
The supervisor screamed for medical assistance, “The pregnant woman in 202… She’s slit her wrists. We need an ambulance now!”
The supervisor attempted to stem the bleeding with basic first aid, but the blood flowed copiously from deep cuts.
Soon, paramedics arrived, placing Katie on a stretcher and rushing her to an ambulance as its sirens blared.
As the ambulance departed, Katie’s tightly clenched fist relaxed, her lips curling into a faint, triumphant smile.
By the time Audrey heard the news, it was already noon the next day.
However, overwhelmed with issues at the studio, she could scarcely spare a thought for the situation.
The entire supply chain, from sourcing raw materials to the production lines, had collapsed, leading to significant delays in fulfilling a large batch of orders.
To compound the issue, finished products stored overnight in the company’s warehouse were irreparably damaged by two petty thieves who broke in.
Faced with numerous urgent requests, Audrey quickly established a joint after-sales service team to handle refunds with customers.
However, refunds alone couldn’t resolve all problems. Some clients required custom items for imminent events and could not endure a wait for new production. Even offering double the original compensation failed to placate some of them.
Left with no other options, Audrey, alongside her senior management team including Elin from the executive group, committed to meeting each affected customer personally. They apologized and proposed increased compensation, demonstrating the studio’s dedication to making amends.
Audrey decided to triple the compensation, which escalated a hundred-million-dollar order to a three hundred million dollar liability.
Initial assessments valued the destroyed orders at 2.6 billion dollars, leading to an expected payout of 7.2 billion in compensation.
Considering Crescent had amassed a total gross profit of only 2 billion dollars since its founding, bridging this financial gap seemed insurmountable.
The police had apprehended the petty thieves responsible, but they were too impoverished to pay restitution and chose incarceration over payment.
Audrey realized early on that these thieves were merely pawns. The true architects were Alexis and his associates, who, having seen their plans thwarted, were not about to let her escape their vengeance lightly.
Erick, incensed, tried to transfer all available funds from his business to assist Audrey.
However, Audrey declined, unwilling to jeopardize Erick’s company.
With no alternatives, she decided to tap into the money her mother had left her.
Later that day, Audrey had been waiting for nearly three hours outside a media company. In the scorching summer heat, it became clear that the delay by the person Audrey was meant to meet was intentional.
Despite the deliberate inconvenience, Audrey maintained her composure.
She couldn’t let the reputation of Crescent suffer any damage.
After a lengthy wait under the sun, the manager finally made her way over at a leisurely pace, coffee in hand.
“Hello…” Audrey began, but before she could finish, the entire cup of coffee drenched her head and face. it was clearly intentional.
This woman, a close friend of Katie’s, had been instructed by the Glyn family to complicate matters for Audrey.
Feigning shock, the woman exclaimed, “Oh, Miss Foster, I am so terribly sorry! I didn’t see you there.”
Audrey didn’t buy her act. This woman was addressing her. How could she not see her?
Casually wiping the coffee from her face, Audrey handed over a document, calmly saying, “Miss Beckett, please sign this compensation agreement.”
Miss Beckett skimmed it with evident disinterest and responded with a frown, “Miss Foster, this lacks sincerity. I need those items by next week, and now you’re telling me they’re destroyed, and you can only compensate threefold? That’s insufficient…”
Audrey had faced challenging clients before. She responded earnestly, “Miss Beckett, we have two options: compensation or providing a substitute. Vserand is also an internationally renowned brand. We can procure ready-made items from them for your immediate needs.”
Vserand was, indeed, a highly respected brand, significantly more established than Crescent.
However, Miss Beckett, intent on being difficult, shook her head dismissively. “Miss Foster, that’s a nice gesture, but we’ve already made official announcements.”
Miss Beckett showed Audrey a photo of the concept that had been officially announced.
Audrey, observant, noticed that the announcement was made at noon.
She furrowed her brow. “Miss Beckett, we called your office at nine this
morning to inform you of the entire situation. Knowing this, why did you proceed with the noon announcement?”
Miss Beckett’s expression faltered before she regained her composure.
“I wasn’t aware of that. The call must not have been for me.”
Her evasion was apparent.
The conversation grew more heated as Miss Beckett’s demeanor turned increasingly unreasonable. “What’s wrong with you!” she snapped.
“This is clearly your fault, and yet here you stand, not even kneeling to apologize, and you dare to debate with me! Is this the standard for Crescent?”
“My approach has been appropriate,” Audrey replied with calm. “So, Miss Beckett, how would you like us to resolve this? Please propose a solution, and I will consider it…”
Before Audrey could finish, Miss Beckett cut her off sharply, “Didn’t I just tell you? Kneel!”
Flipping her hair, Miss Beckett smirked triumphantly. “Then I’ll see how I feel.”
Audrey maintained her gaze steadily. “Miss Beckett, must you make this so difficult for me?”
“When have I made things difficult for you?” Miss Beckett widened her eyes and whispered, almost inaudibly, “It’s your own fault for antagonizing the Glyn family.”