“I organized your chaos and corrected your disastrous expansion plans when you were running out of cash,” she replied. “I wrote the emails that saved your reputation and used my own savings to keep the lights on while you were busy taking credit for my vision.”
Every sentence she spoke seemed to make him shrink further into his expensive leather chair.
“That doesn’t prove anything because Christian is still the CEO and the company belongs to him,” Kimberly shouted.
Robert turned his head slightly toward her, his expression one of pure disdain.
“You must be the mistress who thought she was getting a promotion today,” he said coldly. “I suggest you stay quiet because you are not going to enjoy what happens next.”
Christian tried to fix his jacket and regain some semblance of his former arrogance.
“Look, Mr. Sterling, if this is a family matter, we can sit down and talk like professionals,” he pleaded.
Robert smiled without a hint of warmth and slid a digital tablet across the table.
“No, what happened here was a display of your true character when you think no one of consequence is watching,” Robert said.
Graphs and financial audits began to glow on the screen, showing a series of red flags.
“My investment group controls twenty seven percent of SkyGrid, and the other major funds are waiting for my signal,” Robert explained. “For the last two days, they have been reviewing some very interesting internal inconsistencies.”
Christian’s face went completely white as he realized the depth of the trouble he was in.
“What inconsistencies are you talking about?” he asked, his voice cracking.
Attorney Miller sighed and wiped sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.
“The recent audits show company funds being used for personal luxury expenses and transfers to firms linked to your associates,” Miller whispered.
Kimberly froze as Christian turned to look at her with a mix of rage and panic.
He realized that every expensive gift and secret apartment he had bought to impress her was now a trail of breadcrumbs for the auditors.
“Those are just administrative errors that can be fixed,” Christian said, though he sounded like a man drowning.
“Not when you are weeks away from an IPO and the market demands absolute transparency,” Robert countered. “The visionary founder narrative is dead, and all that’s left is a man who embezzled funds to support a mistress while betraying his wife.”