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 you mean?”

“Charlene wants our two companies to sever ties to slow down

cars.”

any delays

cost a fortune. Canceling the contract costs money, and finding a new partner costs money. If their self–driving cars become less competitive in

could get this dire. Vesta and the others were equally blindsided. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have

hand on the table, “We can’t let

contract wasn’t ideal. But whether the contract ended or not

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

to Stewart; she 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

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 terminate the contract, they might not win.” Leah’s eyes lit up, “Exactly! If they can’t win, they’ll have no choice but to keep working with

as optimistic. She pointed out, “Lawsuits are time–consuming and troublesome. Even if 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

was at a loss

“She always seemed like such a pushover, but turns