Chapter 6 - The Sterling Retaliation
A brutal, violent storm of corporate warfare was secretly brewing outside the peaceful walls of the grand penthouse.
Richard Sterling, Chloe's furious father, completely refused to accept his family's highly public, devastating humiliation.
He foolishly believed his massive media conglomerate could heavily intimidate the Vanguard empire into quietly backing down.
The very next morning, highly manipulated, heavily edited articles began rapidly appearing on cheap gossip websites.
They falsely claimed that Alexander Vance had violently assaulted a young woman in his lobby without any provocation.
Alexander sat calmly at his massive glass desk, watching the fake news rapidly spread across social media.
"They are incredibly desperate, completely attempting to ruin our pristine stock value," Alexander's chief of staff reported nervously.
Alexander simply took a slow sip of his black coffee, a dangerous, predatory smile forming on his lips.
"They have absolutely no idea that our security cameras record heavily encrypted audio along with ultra-high-definition video," he noted quietly.
He smoothly pressed a single button on his futuristic desk console, instantly connecting to his elite cyber-intelligence team.
"Release the unedited lobby footage globally on every major network simultaneously," Alexander ordered with absolute, chilling calm.
Within exactly one hour, the raw, undeniable truth violently exploded across the entire internet.
The world watched in crystal-clear quality as Chloe viciously berated an elderly man and practically attacked a rookie guard.
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The public backlash against the arrogant Sterling family was completely instantaneous, entirely ruthless, and utterly devastating.
Their corporate stock plummeted a shocking forty percent in a single, chaotic afternoon of trading.
