Chapter 3 - The Alliance of VengeanceOutside the restaurant, sitting inside her luxury sports car, Chloe slammed her hands against the steering wheel. Her mind raced with fury. For two years, she had meticulously worked her way into Matteo’s social circle, positioning herself as his rightful queen. To be publicly dismissed over a lowly kitchen worker was an insult she could not let stand.
Her phone buzzed. It was a text from Victor Vance, Matteo’s fiercest corporate rival and a man who had been trying to orchestrate a hostile takeover of Matteo’s restaurant group for months. “I heard about tonight’s little kitchen drama,” Victor’s text read. “Meet me at the Grand Azure Lounge in twenty minutes. I think we have a mutual problem to solve.”
Thirty minutes later, Chloe and Victor sat in a dimly lit booth in the back of the lounge. Victor slid a folder across the polished mahogany table. Inside were confidential financial documents and fabricated background checks regarding Matteo’s restaurant operations. "Matteo is fiercely protective of his public image," Victor smiled coldly, swirling his whiskey. "If we plant evidence that his restaurant is sourcing illegal ingredients, and use that elderly woman as a pawn to claim workplace abuse, his board of directors will force him out. And guess who owns the majority shares ready to buy you out, Chloe?"
Chloe’s eyes narrowed into a calculating grin. The humiliation she felt earlier morphed into a dark ambition. "What do you need me to do?" she asked, leaning across the table. "We strike during the upcoming VIP Investor Gala in three days," Victor whispered. "We ruin him publicly, strip him of his empire, and leave him with nothing—just like the woman who raised him."
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