“Adrian?”
I nodded.
“He wants the heir trial shortened and my company valuations exposed to the public within the week.”
Clara’s eyes widened slightly.
“And if you’re dealing with three lawsuits at the same time…”
“Then my public image takes a hit,” I finished.
Marcus nodded slowly.
“And you look unstable.”
Jason’s jaw tightened.
“Exactly.”
I leaned against the table.
“He doesn’t care if the lawsuits win.”
Pamela snapped her fingers.
“He just needs the headlines.”
“Three lawsuits against Amber Asher,” Clara said quietly.
“Right before the heir trial.”
Jason exhaled slowly.
“He’s trying to sabotage you.”
I nodded once.
“Yes.”
Then I smiled slightly.
“But he made one mistake.”
Marcus raised a brow.
“What’s that?”
“He thinks I’ll be too busy defending myself,” I said calmly.
“But if he wants a legal fight…”
My eyes flicked toward Marcus.
“…then we’ll give him one.”
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Foodiex
Amber leaned back slightly in her chair, watching Clara work through the numbers on her tablet.
“The best part,” I said calmly, “s that I didn’t even need to destroy Oscar’s company.
Jason looked at me.
“You mean White Real Estate?”>
I nodded.
“Yes. The company his father keeps paying to keep alive.”
Marcus crossed his arms.
“That company has been bleeding money since You left.”
“Exactly,” I said. 1
“And Adrian made it worse.”
Pamela frowned.
“What do you mean?”
I tapped the table lightly.
“He bought it.”
Jason blinked.
“He bought White Real Estate?”
“Yes,” I replied. “Not because it was profitable.”
I smiled faintly.
“He bought it to make me angry and because he thought that as an established bussines it was much safer to invest in it than in starting his own company, i believe the Becker family proposed the idea.” 1
Pamela snorted.
“That sounds about right.”
“He assumed it was the company managing the properties used by his real business as the payment he gave before were under that name.”
Clara looked up.
“His real company?”
“Yes.”
“Foodiex.” 1
Clara immediately began searching.
I continued explaining.
“It’s a ghost-kitchen model. Multiple restaurants operating in the same building.”
“Different brands.”
“Dulferent menus.”
“But they’re all delivered through food service upps.”
Pamela leaned forward.
“That’s actually pretty smart.
I nodded.
“It is, if you do ir right and don’t have to pay rent.”
Jason looked thoughtful.
“And that’s where his real money is.”
“Yes.”
Clara looked up from the screen.
“Amber…”
My lips curved slightly.
“I already own shares.”
Jason blinked.
“You what?”
“Not enough,” I admitted. “But enough to know how the structure works.”
Marcus leaned forward slightly.
“You’re sure?”
I nodded.
“I only know because their two restaurant hubs operate inside my buildings.”
Jason raised a brow.
“Your buildings?”
“Yes.”
I folded my arms. 1
“Adrian doesn’t know those properties belong to me.” 1
Clara slowly lowered the tablet.
“Wait…”
“The buildings he’s operating Foodiex out of…”
“Yes,” I said calmly.
“Are part of the properties I recovered a few days ago.”
The room went quiet.
Jason stared at me.
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‘sa the leases…
‘Are mine.”
Marcus let out a low whistle.
‘amela’s eyes widened.
‘Amber…”
shrugged lightly.
‘He thought White Real Estate was handling those leases.”
‘But since I got the properties back, that management structure disappeared, Rent is fue for tomorrow, the manager allready glt n contact with me and asked to reduce the Rent prices, i declined and they are going to be mantained exactly as high as before.”
Clara began scrolling rapidly through financial records.
‘Oh wow…”
ason leaned closer.
“What?”
Clara turned the screen toward him.
‘If they planned their finances assuming those leases were stable…”
“They’re not anymore,” I finished.
‘Exactly.”
Marcus shook his head slowly.
‘So instead of making money…”
“They’re about to start losing it.”
I nodded.
“And the leases aren’t small.”
They all looked at me.
“They’re high,” I said calmly.
“Really high.”
Jason’s brow lifted slightly.
“Higher than market?”
“Much higher.”
Pamela burst out laughing.
“Oh that’s brutal.”
I shrugged
“He would have done better buying his own building instead of renting, he started that project 9 months ago.”
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Marcus rubbed his chin.
“But Adrian thought White Real Estate controlled the leases.”
“Yes.”
Jason leaned back in his chair.
“So he believed he was saving money.”
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