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Chapter 656
Chapter 656:
His breathing was shallow. His chest felt tight, as though a heavy iron band were slowly constricting around his ribs.
He watched Carter Harrington gesture toward the exit, preparing to escort Isolde and Ellyn to a waiting limousine.
Down on the lobby floor, Belle Escobar was on her knees. Her mind was fracturing under the weight of impending bankruptcy. She watched Carter turn away, her last desperate lifeline walking out the door.
Survival instinct overrode whatever dignity she had left.
Belle scrambled to her feet, shoved past her mother, and sprinted across the marble floor, throwing herself directly into Carter Harrington’s path.
“Wait!” Belle screamed, her voice echoing shrilly off the high ceilings.
Carter stopped. His security guards stepped immediately forward, hands raised, ready to intervene.
Belle held her own hands up in surrender, tears of pure panic streaming through her ruined makeup.
“Mr. Harrington, please,” Belle begged, her voice a ragged, breathless sob. “I know the algorithm needs work. I know the PR is bad right now. But InnoTech still has the municipal contracts. If you inject the capital today, I will give you fifty-one percent. I will give Harrington Capital absolute controlling stake of the company. Just save us p>
From the balcony, Grayson’s eyes widened slightly.
𝘙о𝗆aո𝘤𝘦 𝗮n𝖽 𝗉a𝘴𝗌𝗂𝘰n 𝘰ո.с𝘰𝗺
Fifty-one percent. She was offering to surrender her entire company, her title, her life’s work, for a bailout. It was the ultimate act of corporate submission. It was pathetic.
Carter Harrington looked down at the weeping woman. There was no pity in his eyes — only the cold, calculating judgment of an apex predator assessing diseased prey.
He raised his voice, making certain his words carried across the lobby, ensuring the lingering journalists and minor VC scouts heard every syllable.
“Ms. Escobar,” Carter announced, his voice carrying the weight of absolute, crushing finality. “I do not care if you offer me one hundred percent of your company for a single dollar. Harrington Capital’s zero-tolerance policy is absolute p>
He pointed toward Effie, who stood quietly holding Isolde’s hand.
“That child’s perfect test score is the undeniable, mathematical proof of your moral bankruptcy,” Carter declared. “You are a fraud. Your company is built on lies. And as of this moment, Harrington Capital is officially blacklisting InnoTech from all future financial engagements. You are dead in the water p>
The words struck Belle like physical blows.
The VC scouts standing near the doors immediately reached for their phones. Within seconds, messages were flying across Wall Street. The blacklist was official. InnoTech was a toxic asset. No one would touch them now.
Belle staggered backward, her hands flying to her mouth, hyperventilating.
In her blind, suffocating panic, she tilted her head back, gasping for air. Her frantic gaze swept across the shadows of the upper levels, seeing nothing but darkness behind the tinted glass — until a figure moved, stepping away from the smoked panels and into the harsh light of an open section of the walkway to take a phone call. The sharp, bespoke cut of the suit was unmistakable.
She saw him.