Chapter 3But I'm the Majority Shareholder

I didn't return to the house I shared with him. I drove straight to a luxury hotel suite I had booked in advance.

Noah was already waiting for me in the lobby. He was another student I had sponsored years ago, and the private investigator I had hired to expose Felix.

The moment he saw me, he rushed over and handed me a thick leather binder.

"Ms. Davis, here is the physical summary. I sent the heavily encrypted, detailed files directly to your private server."

I took the binder with both hands and offered a genuine smile. "Thank you, Noah."

He rubbed the back of his neck, looking slightly embarrassed. "You never have to thank me. If you hadn't stepped in back then, my sister and I wouldn't have survived the winter."

Once I was safely locked in my suite, I skimmed the physical documents before opening my laptop.

The physical file was a broad overview of Felix and Tessa's romantic timeline. The digital server held the real poison.

Every hotel booking, every expensive dinner, every timeline discrepancy was laid out in agonizing detail.

But the real treasure was buried in the final folders. It was a comprehensive paper trail of Felix's desperate, illegal maneuvers to inflate his profit margins over the last few years. Tax evasion, corporate bribery, embezzlement.

I memorized every detail, copied the financial evidence onto a secure flash drive, and anonymously mailed it to a rival executive in Felix's company who had despised him for years.

With the traps set, I stayed in the hotel, waiting quietly for the product launch next week.

I wanted silence, but Felix refused to grant it.

Over the course of seven days, he bombarded my phone with relentless calls and text messages. He cycled between vicious threats about ruining my family and pathetic, manipulative pleas for me to come home.

I didn't block him. I just watched the notifications pile up.

On the morning of the launch, I finally sent a single text back.

"See you at the venue."

Felix had no idea what that meant.

Until he saw me walking down the center aisle of the auditorium.

His heart must have stopped. He rushed over, grabbed my elbow, and dragged me into a secluded corner, his teeth gritted. "Audrey. What the hell are you planning?"

I batted my eyelashes, looking the picture of innocence. "It is my husband's biggest product launch. Am I not allowed to support you?"

I shifted my gaze to Tessa, who was standing nervously near the backstage curtain. My voice dropped to a lethal whisper. "Or were you planning to let her stand in my place under the spotlight?"

Felix, who likely had entertained that exact thought, looked like someone had dumped a bucket of ice water over his head.

"No," he muttered through clenched teeth.

I beamed at him.

Seeing my smile, Felix foolishly assumed I had surrendered to his threats. He let out a long breath of relief, muttered a quiet warning for me to behave, and hurried off to prep the stage.

I took my VIP invitation and walked straight to the center seat in the front row, waiting comfortably for the curtain to rise.

The auditorium filled. The lights dimmed. Felix stepped into the spotlight.

He was practically glowing with arrogance. He delivered a charismatic opening monologue, soaking in the applause, before gesturing to the massive screen behind him for the promotional video.

The moment the screen lit up, the entire auditorium inhaled a collective, horrified gasp.

The sleek product animation was nowhere to be seen.

Instead, a high-definition video of Felix, his face twisted in vicious rage, echoed through the massive speakers. It was the recording of him screaming at me in his office, threatening to bankrupt my family if I didn't accept his mistress.

The blood drained completely from Felix's face.

In those agonizing thirty seconds, his meticulously crafted mask of a philanthropic genius was shattered into a million pieces.

A deafening wave of whispers and camera shutters flooded the room. The corporate board members sitting near me looked like they were going to be sick.

Timing it perfectly, I stood up and walked onto the stage before the chaos could spiral out of control.

I took the microphone. First, I offered a poised, deeply sincere apology to the investors and media present for the disruption.

Then, I turned to face the crowd and officially announced the immediate termination of Felix as the Chief Executive Officer.

Felix whipped his head toward me, his eyes wild. "Audrey, you have absolutely no authority to do that."

I cut him off without a shred of emotion. I projected the signed transfer documents and my newly acquired equity portfolio onto the screen.

"I have every authority."

"I currently hold fifty-one percent of the total voting shares."

"I am the majority shareholder. My word is absolute law."