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.”

puzzled. “What

companies to sever ties to

cars.”

world developing self–driving technology, any delays

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

the others were equally blindsided. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have naively thought a phone call apology, maybe even some cash compensation,

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

contract wasn’t ideal. But whether the contract ended or not was no longer

terms, maybe offer him some compensation. Business is business–he wouldn’t turn down money. Besides, breaking the contract with us means he loses money too. If we can make a

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

issue is significant, but there’s room to maneuver. Even if PrimeStar sued us to terminate

can’t win, they’ll have already slowed us down. And if they do win? By the time

was at a loss for words.

such a pushover, but turns