He Said He Could Afford Two Wives, I Showed Him He Could Afford Zero Chapter 08

He Said He Could Afford Two Wives, I Showed Him He Could Afford Zero Chapter 08

My voice, amplified through the microphone, cut through the ballroom. 

Every camera, every gaze, swung to me. 

Landon’s face went black. He clenched his jaw, his stare blazing a warning. “Aria, what the hell are you doing now?” 

“Relax.” 

I smiled and stepped onto the stage. “I told you, I’m here with a gift.” 

“It’s a big day. You don’t show up empty–handed, right?” 

Skylar looked at me, annoyed but smug. “Fine. If you really brought us something from the heart, we’ll accept it.” 

She clearly thought I’d surrendered and come to grovel. 

“That depends,” I said, my smile sharp. “On whether you can actually accept it.” 

I pressed a button. 

On the giant screen behind them, the romantic wedding 

visuals vanished. 

In their place: Cross Enterprises’s real–time stock price. The green line was plunging, vertical, stomach–dropping freefall. 

The guests erupted. 

“What is that, Cross stock just cratered?” 

“Holy shit, I just checked, it’s already hit the circuit breaker!” 

“I heard their biggest investor, Apex Capital, just pulled out with no warning!” 

Landon’s face went white. He stared at the screen in disbelief, 

then whipped toward me. 

“Aria! Was this you?!” 

I gave him a brilliant smile. “That’s just the appetizer.” 

“The real gift comes next.” 

I hit the button again. The screen changed. This time, it was a slideshow of explicit photos and videos. 

And the woman in them was Skylar. Image after image, her tangled up with different men in all kinds of settings. 

Provocative poses. Wrecked expressions. A textbook gold–digger. 

“Ahhh!” Skylar screamed, her eyes rolling back, and collapsed. 

Chaos exploded across the room. Camera flashes went wild, capturing the spectacle. 

“Fake! All of this is fake!” 

Landon’s eyes blazed red–rimmed. He pointed at me and shouted at security. 

“Get this crazy bitch out of here!” 

No one moved. 

I watched him seethe and smiled even wider. 

“Landon, don’t forget.” 

“This hotel is a Carrington property.” 

“The only one getting thrown out, is you.”