Betrayed and Sabotaged Before Vows Chapter 10

Betrayed and Sabotaged Before Vows Chapter 10 The Conglomerate Heir’s Total Downfall Of The Hale Clan

I lifted my head with a cold, knowing smirk as my eyes locked onto the senior corporate envoy I’d prearranged to hold back his team at the wedding venue earlier-Mr. Reed, Mercer Conglomerate’s trusted senior executive.

I’d planned every detail long before the ceremony even started. I told his team to lie low and wait for my signal to step in-there was no way I’d walk into this trap without a full backup security unit/at my back.

Anyone with half a brain could see the logic: How could I take on dozens of the Hale family’s private security goons all by myself if I hadn’t prepped every contingency?

Mr. Hale and his whole entourage stood frozen, their faces drained of color, utterly shocked by the sudden arrival of Mercer Conglomerate’s official delegation led by Mr. Reed.

He’d never imagined my backup crew would storm in at this make-or-break moment of scandal.

Mr. Hale scurried forward in a rush, plastering a groveling, bootlicking grin all over his face to curry favor with the executive. “Sir Reed, what brings you to this messy venue out of the blue?”

He shot a panicked glance at the chaotic marble ballroom around them and scrambled to spin a hollow

excuse.

“This is merely a private family scandal within the Hale household. Truthfully, we never anticipated the man we’d welcomed as our son-in-law suffered severe untreated mental health episodes.”

“After such a massive public fiasco unfolds tonight, we’ll need to issue formal statements to every single business partner to smooth this over.”

As he spoke, he furrowed his brows and put on a manufactured show of heavy, worried distress, acting as if his fake story held any truth at all.

Mr. Reed let out a sharp, scathing bitter laugh.

“How could the sole heir of Mercer Conglomerate suffer psychiatric breakdowns? Mr. Hale, you spew blatant lies without a single flicker of guilt on your face!”

The second those words landed, all blood drained from Mr. Hale’s cheeks. Before he could stammer out a single defense, Ethan cut him off and charged forward in blind, disbelieving rage.

“There’s no way this deadbeat drifter is Mercer’s heir! He’s just a penniless nobody with zero family wealth behind him!” Ethan jabbed a trembling finger straight at my torso, shouting in hysterical disbelief.

A loud, mocking roar of laughter burst out of my chest.

“Hahaha Ethan-have you never once stopped to wonder where my family name Mercer comes from?”

“Even after all the dirt you’ve thrown at me tonight, you still refuse to accept the plain truth right in front of your eyes?”

Mr. Reed stepped up to my side with deep, deferential respect.

“Mr. Mercer, we have filed full official police reports per your direct orders, and all tangible evidence

roving the Hale Group’s massive tax evasion and corporate fraud has been submitted to district prosecutors.”

“We have fully pulled all capital investments we once poured into their firm. We await your orders for our next series of corporate moves.”

The second Lila heard those words, she sprinted straight toward me, every feature on her face twisted with stunned, desperate shock.

“All those rounds of funding that kept our company from collapsing-you were secretly bankrolling our business this entire time?”

“Why never share the truth about your family background with me?”

Her face swam with raw shock, tangled with a fragile, misplaced shred of desperate hope that no longer held any ground. I lowered my gaze, staring down at her from my taller stature with icy detachment.

“I kept my family identity hidden solely to spare you unnecessary anxiety and pressure. I never dreamed you’d turn out to be such a deceitful, self-serving woman.”

Lila’s complexion turned ashen white in an instant. Her hands shook violently as she reached out to grab the cuff of my tailored suit jacket. I swatted her grasping hand away without the tiniest hint of mercy or hesitation.

She lost her balance and crumpled onto the marble floor instantly, her eyes flooded with begging, tearful pleas as she stared up at me.

“I was completely in the wrong about everything before, I beg you to accept my sincere apologies!”

“Can we hold off on filing divorce paperwork? I cannot bear to lose you at all-please don’t retract all your investment capital, I cannot watch our corporation go bankrupt.”

“I genuinely and wholeheartedly love you, Kael!”

She dissolved into messy, gasping sobs, repeating her desperate apologies over and over through streams of hot tears. I only stared back at her with a blank, emotionless face, not an ounce of sympathy stirring inside me.

By this point, Mr. Hale had finally processed the full weight of what he’d just heard. He forced a rigid, awkward ingratiating smile and shuffled closer to my side.

“This whole mess is nothing but a terrible misunderstanding, Kael. Why never reveal you were Mercer Conglomerate’s primary heir earlier?”

“I’ll arrange for Lila to undergo an immediate abortion procedure this very day. Look how remorseful and apologetic she’s been to you.”

“Forgive her misdeeds, and we can book a brand-new venue to host a lavish, proper wedding ceremony later-what would you say to that truce?” He gazed up at me, waiting anxiously for my softening response.

I fixed him with an empty, cold stare, disgusted by how fast he’d flip his entire stance just to save his failing

Company

“Gut the fake pleasantries-I can read every manipulative scheme swirling around inside your heads crystal clear.”

“The unborn child Lila carries has zero biological link to me. Terminate the pregnancy if that’s what you want. I could not care less about the outcome.”

“What makes you believe I’d ever take a woman like you back into my life? I could pick any random stranger off the city street and find someone far more worthy than Lila will ever be.” I spoke with unfiltered, biting scorn dripping from every word.

Lila dropped to her knees and scrambled across the hard marble floor toward me, crawling on her palms

and shins.

“Don’t speak so cruelly to me! I’ll schedule the abortion right away, then I’ll bear a legitimate child that belongs solely to you, I swear it!”

“I truly love you more than anything-don’t abandon me, I cannot endure a divorce from you.”

I shot her a sneering, disdainful glance.

Do you claim to love me, or do you only crave my family’s vast fortune and elite social standing?

And have you forgotten the vasectomy procedure you authorized to have me undergo? Even if I underwent a reversal operation down the line, I’d never choose to build a life with you-I find you utterly morally tainted and revolting.

Lila’s mind could not process the crushing truth; she collapsed fully onto the floor, burying her face in her palms and breaking into unrestrained, wracking sobs.

Watching me shut Lila down without a single shred of mercy shattered Ethan’s last thread of denial. Convinced the Hale family’s wealth and status were lost forever, he charged straight at me in a blind, murderous rage.

“If you intend to ruin every last bit of the Hale family’s livelihood, I’ll drag you down to total destruction alongside me!”

His facial features twisted into a feral, unhinged snarl as he sprinted forward, clutching a full glass champagne bottle tight in his white-knuckled grip.

I stood motionless where I’d planted my feet, completely unalarmed by his reckless, violent advance.

As predicted, the split second he stepped within arm’s reach, the elite security operatives under Mr. Reed’s command lunged forward and slammed him flat onto the marble flooring, pinning all his limbs. immobile.

“What a foolhardy, brainless move on his part.”

“I’ve already handed over all divorce legal documents to Mercer Conglomerate’s in-house legal team.

Their attorneys will handle all formal negotiations and filings with Lila directly moving forward.”

“As for the rest of your household’s crimes… three, two, one.”

The second my count finished, the venue’s heavy double entrance doors crashed open with a thunderous boom.

“Official city police here. We have received a formal felony complaint alleging mass tax evasion. fraudulent contract schemes, and multiple additional white-collar crimes tied to Hale Enterprises. We ask all present personnel to cooperate fully with our criminal investigation.”

Bathed in bright natural sunlight flooding through the entryway, the uniform police officers cut an imposing, authoritative figure.

Lila, Mr. Hale and Ethan all crumpled to the ground in utter, hopeless despair. They understood no wealthy power broker would step forward to bail them out anymore. The Hale Group was guaranteed to fold permanently, and each of them faced multi-year felony prison sentences.

Time passed, and once the judge read out the guilty verdict in official court proceedings, every member of their corrupt household was sentenced to long-term incarceration.

While locked up behind bars, Lila repeatedly submitted visitation requests hoping to meet with me, yet I rejected every single application without exception.

Once the entire sordid scandal was fully resolved, I returned to Mercer Conglomerate by legal succession and officially took full executive control of the firm from my mother. i

Over three consecutive years of aggressive corporate expansion, strategic acquisition deals and internal restructuring, I elevated Mercer Conglomerate into one of the nation’s top-ranked multinational corporate powerhouses.

For my own part, I rose to become the country’s youngest self-made industrial magnate and the reigning national wealth leader.