Chapter 3 - The Boardroom ReclamationAt 9:00 AM on Monday morning, the grand executive boardroom on the forty-fifth floor of Moretti-Bennett Global in downtown Chicago was packed with twenty senior board members, primary investors, and corporate legal teams.
Vincent sat at the head of the conference table, wearing an immaculate black suit, trying desperately to maintain his cold, commanding posture. Yet dark circles hollowed his cheekbones, his dark hair was disheveled, and his hands shook slightly whenever he lifted his coffee cup.
Beside him sat Sophia Reynolds, who had insisted on accompanying him to the office under the guise of handling administrative files, wearing a cream wool dress.
"Members of the board," Vincent began, his voice raspy and tight. "We are here to ratify the Q4 expansion into the East Coast shipping routes—"
BOOM!
The double glass doors of the executive boardroom were thrown open with a thunderous, echoing crash.
Stepping into the room, flanked by four broad-shouldered private security operators in dark suits, was me.
I wore an exquisite tailored charcoal silk suit, my dark hair styled in an elegant knot, my hazel eyes burning with absolute, sovereign power.
Walking beside me were my lead litigation attorney, Bridget Colton, and Lead Prosecutor Rachel Hayes from the United States Attorney’s Office.
The entire boardroom erupted into frantic, shocked murmuring.
Vincent jumped out of his leather chair, his face contorting in sudden, sweat-slicked panic. "Claire?! What are you doing here?! This is a private executive board meeting!"
I walked down the length of the thirty-foot mahogany table, stopping right at the primary investor seat across from him.
"It's not your board meeting anymore, Vincent," I spoke smoothly into the quiet room.
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Bridget Colton stepped forward, tossing a thick leather binder bound by bright red judicial seals flat onto the table before the board members.
"Ladies and gentlemen of the board," Bridget announced flatly. "Mrs. Claire Bennett Moretti has officially executed her sixty percent controlling equity under the Thomas Bennett Irrevocable Trust."
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