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Her position on the board had been revoked.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."

her expression slowly changing. Her

her grandfather’s earlier phone call—brief, cold, without

to J&D...

into the couch, her eyes wide and unblinking. "It’s

all over?" Sonia asked,

up, defeated. "Can you help me? I need to return to

the moment, she is only at the mercy of

a flight in two hours. I’ll book it now... but I have to rush. I’m late for the meeting with

ticket. "Done," she said, patting

handle, her phone buzzed

"Dad," she greeted.

the voice on the

We lost the

"What? How? That’s not possible, Dad,

bid was weak," he snapped. "We lost

color drained from her

pause. "If you don’t know, then get your

Click.

The call ended.

Sonia stood frozen.

she still

had carefully prepared...As not to lose the

to imagine what is going to happen with the loss of this

on the couch, watched her, a smirk

happened?" she asked,

explained in a hurried rush, then bolted out the door, panic in her every

Tricia chuckled bitterly. "Quite refreshing," she murmured. "Knowing Davis, I’m sure this is

her head against the couch cushion. "Finally... I’m

at the door Sonia had

said with a cold smile. "Let’s see how far she really gets. The partnership deal... the bid... perhaps

just as the news

Creek Smart City

amid unexpected loss by longtime

analyst appeared onscreen,

a sip of water, eyes

sigh of satisfaction escaping

~Zak Group~

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

a shareholders’ meeting, pacifying them with the promise to find a

the Creek Smart City project. His phone kept