In the end, the board voted Charles off.
Leo hadn't gone for the kill. It was just ordinary business competition.
But Charles had wrecked his own reputation with the wedding mess, and in his eagerness for quick results, he had cooked the books on several projects to keep the board members in line. The board found out.
He was facing enormous debt and prison time.
The business partners who had once called him brother now avoided him like the plague.
Creditors camped outside his door every day.
The court seized the apartment, and the cars were auctioned off.
Just when Charles needed help the most, Amber left him.
That morning, Charles woke to an empty space beside him.
Amber's clothes, her jewelry, her cosmetics—all gone.
He opened his banking app. The balance read zero.
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