Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 338: It is over...

At the realization of what just happened, Tricia felt her world crumble.

"No, it’s impossible... No, it’s... it can’t be true..." she whispered over and over, her voice hollow, her expression dazed.

She could feel her world falling apart. Everything she had once controlled; status, money, reputation were slipping from her fingers faster than she could grasp.

Her position on the board had been revoked. Her cards were frozen. Her power stripped.

She dared not think about it, She dare not imagine the implications.

A worthless daughter... That’s what she had become in the eyes of her family, friends and the society.

Sonia stood silently nearby, stunned by the turn of events. She looked down at the phone in her hand as though it might offer some explanation.

How could it have gotten to this point, she wondered.

Something didn’t add up.

A gnawing feeling settled in her chest. There is no doubt something had resulted in this.

It couldn’t be a coincidence with everything unraveling in one fell swoop.

This series of actions seems to be a targeted plot, a backlash of an action, but then what action?

"Tricia," Sonia said carefully, "did you offend anyone? Otherwise... how did things fall apart this fast? Why would your family be so quick, so eager and fast to cast you out?"

Tricia let out a slow, trembling breath. "It must be that bastard’s doing."

Sonia frowned, shaking her head in denial. "T, you need to think clearly. Your stepbrother has always been there even when things were stable. Why now? Why do you assume he’s behind this?"Sonia tried to help her understand.

She had only heard snippets about Daniel Watts, the so-called illegitimate heir.

But from what Tricia had told her, he hadn’t seemed like the type to lash out vindictively, at least not without provocation.

And when the Watts family was on the verge of collapse, it had been him who helped salvage it.

Sonia thought for a while as a thought flashed through her mind, something Tricia had once mentioned in passing. Her eyes snapped up.

"Tricia," she said slowly, "you told me once that J&D Globals had stakes in the Watts Group, right?"

Tricia nodded. "Yes."

Sonia leaned forward. "Then don’t you think... maybe the decision to revoke your position came from them? Your grandfather only needed to approve it. Just like when they helped oust you from the CEO seat."

slowly changing.

recalled her grandfather’s earlier phone call—brief, cold, without explanation. The kind of silence that screamed

Davis... his ties to J&D... and then everything

out, and she collapsed into the couch, her eyes wide and

over?" Sonia

I need to return to Noveira immediately.

her but at the moment, she is

flight in two hours. I’ll book it now... but I have to rush.

"Done," she said, patting Tricia’s shoulder before spinning

the handle, her phone buzzed

"Dad," she greeted.

the other end was

We lost the

stomach dropped. "What? How? That’s not possible, Dad, I

weak," he snapped. "We

color drained from her

was a pause. "If you don’t know, then get your ass here.

Click.

The call ended.

Sonia stood frozen.

her personal business, she still manages some of the operations of the

tender, she had carefully prepared...As not to lose

happen with the loss of this bidding which had been the expectation of

still on the couch, watched her, a smirk tugging

she asked, feigning

a hurried rush, then bolted out the

behind her, Tricia chuckled bitterly. "Quite refreshing," she murmured. "Knowing Davis, I’m

cushion. "Finally... I’m not the only one paying the

door Sonia had

See how this plays out," she said with a cold smile. "Let’s see how far she really gets. The partnership deal...

over to the TV, turning it on just as the news began to

shock loss in Creek Smart City bidding sends ripple

rises amid unexpected loss by longtime

appeared onscreen, dissecting

took a sip of water,

a sigh of

~Zak Group~

the group conference hall, Pete sat at the head of a large brown polished

the promise to find a way out of the mess. That

his right: the tender file for the Creek Smart City project. His phone kept buzzing with investors, directors,