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.”

“What do

companies to sever ties to slow down the launch of our self–driving

cars.”

the world developing self–driving technology, any delays could significantly

with PrimeStar meant they’d need to find a new partner, and matching PrimeStar’s 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

this dire. Vesta and the others were equally blindsided. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have naively thought a phone call apology, maybe even some

her hand on the table, “We

that terminating the contract wasn’t ideal. But whether the contract ended

him some compensation. Business is business–he wouldn’t turn down money. Besides,

just wasn’t confident that any offer they made would sway him. Stewart would incur losses by breaking the contract, but the fact that he was willing to do so for Charlene’s sake suggested he cared

there’s room to maneuver. Even if PrimeStar sued us to terminate

out, “Lawsuits are time–consuming and troublesome. Even if they can’t win, they’ll have already slowed us down.

was at a

like such a pushover, but turns out