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 you

companies to sever ties to slow down the

cars.”

self–driving technology, any delays could

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

was stunned, having never imagined the situation could get this dire. Vesta and the others were equally blindsided. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have naively

hand on the table, “We can’t

But whether the contract ended

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

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

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

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 missed even more opportunities.”

a loss for words.

“She always seemed like such a pushover,