Divorce Time

Chapter 366

Vesta was on the phone while sitting with Maureen, Katie, and the others in a fancy private dining room, waiting for the waiter to bring their food.

When Vesta hung up, her face looked troubled. Maureen noticed and asked, “What’s going on? What did Stewart say?”

Vesta gripped her phone tightly and replied, “Stewart wants to terminate our contract and is demanding we compensate for his company’s reputational damage.”

“What?!”

Maureen, Katie, and Leah were all taken aback.

Leah, visibly upset, burst out, “We’ve already apologized for the whole mess. Didn’t Charlene say to contact that guy, Davis, and sincerely apologize to get this sorted? How did it escalate to contract termination and a demand for compensation?”

Maureen, keeping her cool, quickly deduced, “She did it on purpose.”

was puzzled. “What do

our two companies to sever ties to slow down the launch of our

cars.”

numerous companies around the world developing self–driving technology, any delays could significantly affect

tech prowess wouldn’t be easy. Plus, finding a new partner would cost a fortune. Canceling the contract costs money, and finding a new partner costs money. If their self–driving cars become less competitive in the market, the financial loss would

were equally blindsided. Otherwise,

slammed her hand on the table, “We can’t let this contract end!

But whether the contract ended or not was

to talk to Stewart. We could renegotiate the contract terms, maybe offer him some compensation. Business is business–he wouldn’t turn down money. Besides, breaking the contract with us means he

any offer they made would sway him. Stewart would incur losses by breaking the contract, but the fact that he was willing to do

had considered this angle as well. However, she thought it through and said, “This issue is significant, but there’s room to maneuver. Even if PrimeStar sued us to

they can’t win, they’ll have already slowed us down. And if they do win? By the time we find a new partner, we’d have missed

a loss for

looked equally grim, “She always seemed like such a pushover, but turns