Chapter 5: The Screens Turned Against Him
Emma gave one small nod to Mr. Ellis.
Across the lobby, every screen went black.
Grant stiffened.
Then his own voice filled the room.
“She’ll sign before the baby comes. Emma trusts me.”
Vanessa’s face drained of color.
The employees froze. A couple near the concession stand turned slowly. From the hallway, guests began stepping out of other screening rooms, drawn by the sound of a billionaire ruining himself in his own words.
The footage appeared next.
Grant leaning toward Vanessa.
Grant laughing.
Grant discussing clauses designed to strip his pregnant wife of protection.
Grant speaking about his unborn child like a liability to be contained.
“Turn it off,” he snapped.
No one moved.
He looked at the manager. “I said turn it off.”
Mr. Ellis stood straighter.
“I take instructions from ownership, sir.”
The sentence landed harder than shouting ever could.
Grant turned back to Emma, anger rising beneath his expensive restraint.
“Do you have any idea what you’re doing?”
Emma placed a hand over her belly.
“Yes,” she said. “Protecting my daughter from her father’s greed.”
For once, Grant had no charming answer.
Only witnesses.
Only evidence.
Only the terrible sound of his own arrogance playing back to him.
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