He Sent Me Overseas to Marry Her, I’m Staying Overseas to Never See Him Again Chapter 08
The press conference was set for two in the afternoon.
I changed into a sharp white suit and sat in front of the mirror, looking at the cold-eyed woman staring back at me.
Mina stood beside me, organizing the documents. Her hands kept trembling.
“Ms. Rowan, are we really going public with this? This will destroy Mr. Hale.”
I took the lipstick from her and applied it carefully.
“He drew first blood. I gave him a lifeline, and he chose to throw it back in my face.”
Just as we were about to leave, Bennett appeared.
“Claire, stop. You can’t do this.”
I stepped aside before he could come closer and looked at him coldly.
“Mr. Hale, this is the London branch. You have no right to give me orders here.”
Panic filled Bennett’s eyes. He lowered his voice, the arrogance completely draining from his posture.
“Claire, I know I was wrong. I shouldn’t have sent people downstairs to cause a scene. I was desperate.”
“Just drop the charges. Let’s sit down and talk this through, okay?”
I looked at how disheveled he was and felt no pity at all.
“Talk about what? How you whispered sweet promises to me while getting a marriage license with Tessa?”
“Or how you used everything I built to impress a woman whose only skill is crying on cue?”
Bennett opened his mouth, his face turning pale.
“I did it for the company. The Vale family’s connections could catapult us to the next level.”
“You’re the only one in my heart. You know how I treated you these past seven years.”
I let out a cold laugh and pointed toward the elevator.
“The way you treated me was by using me like a convenient tool, then shipping me overseas to fend for myself once you were done.”
Bennett, your love is too cheap I don’t want it ”
Bennett took a step forward blocking my path.
“Claire, do you really have to be this ruthless?”
“If you release that evidence, I won’t just lose the company. I could go to prison.”
I looked him straight in the eyes and let every syllable pierce through him.
“That’s exactly what you deserve.”
Just then, his phone buzzed.
The screen lit up with Tessa’s name, and a flicker of instinctual hesitation crossed his eyes.
“See? Your new wife is waiting for you. You should go back to her, Mr. Hale.”
Bennett declined the call, and his gaze turned dark.
“Claire, do you think you’ve already won?”
“I’ve had people quietly buying up Walter’s shares. Once I have control, you won’t last long as branch CEO.”
I froze for a second, then burst into a bitter, mocking laugh.
“Bennett, you really are still that arrogant.”
“Why do you think Walter stood with me in the first place?”
I pulled a document from my bag and threw it against his chest.
“Walter transferred all of his voting rights to me long ago. At this branch, you don’t control a single penny’s worth of power.”
Bennett opened the document with shaking hands. His face went from ashen to a deathly, hollow gray.
“You… When did you do all this?”
I walked past him and headed for the elevator
“From the day I first heard you talking to Tessa outside the break room”
“Bennett, I never fight a battle unprepared.”
When I reached the lobby downstairs, camera flashes exploded around me.
I took a deep breath stepping up to the podium with absolute composure.
“Friends from the media, I have two announcements to make today.”
“First, the international division will officially be renamed Clearview Global and will fully separate from Stellaris Group.”
“Second, I have submitted evidence regarding Stellaris Group CEO Bennett’s suspected/embezzlement and misappropriation of corporate funds to the proper
The room erupted.
I saw Bennett sway, nearly losing his balance.
authorities.”
In the crowd, Tessa was trying to rush toward the stage like a madwoman, but security held her back.
“Claire! You crazy bitch! You ruined Bennett!”
Her shrill voice echoed through the lobby, grating and ugly.
I looked at her, and a mocking smile touched my lips.
“Save your breath, Miss Vale. Your own reckoning is next in line.”
In that moment, I felt lighter than I had ever felt before.
The chains that had held me for seven years finally shattered completely.