Chapter 132 Retaliation Framework
With that dark thought locking in, he issued a cold command to his staff. “Freeze every single line under Isaac Powell’s name immediately.
“Revoke his access codes for any corporate accounts and cancel his outstanding balances.
“Execute a corporate recall on all family properties and high-end luxury pieces allocated to his acco
“Let’s see exactly how long their arrogant attitude holds out once they’re stranded in the cold.
“I want to see how many days Isaac’s private cash can sustain that lifestyle.”
Adrian let out a sharp, mocking scoff.
Isabella had been back under their roof long enough to taste extreme luxury; could a country hick lik handle getting reduced to absolute rags out on the street?
Not to mention his precious little brother, whose lifestyle metrics back home were calibrated to peak refinement.
What kind of struggle had that boy ever known?
The absolute peak of his suffering was choking down an iced Americano.
He was dying to track how many hours the two of them could survive out in the wild.
And as for the Carters…
His brow knitted tightly as he turned to the butler, ordering, “Dial our corporate contacts throughout th high-society ring and issue a clear notice-Adrian Powell is exercising domestic discipline over his siblings, and absolute neutrality is required from everyone.
“Otherwise, I will deduce that they are actively invading our private internal affairs, which will inevitabl trigger a severe corporate feud.”
Steeling his tone to a freezing register, he added, “Furthermore, broadcast a warning throughout Isaac’s circle of trust-fund slackers-anyone providing him with a single cent of financial support will face immediate corporate retaliation from the Powell Group.
“I want to see exactly when their stubborn pride snaps.”
Staging a domestic walkout?
Within three days, they would be crawling back on their knees, begging for his mercy.
While Adrian delivered his edict, Hannah stood right outside the heavy wooden door, biting back her teat as she methodically tracked every single sound from the study.
The exact microsecond Isaac and Isabella cleared the perimeter, Adrian had unleashed a brutal lecture on her too.
If she hadn’t spent her entire childhood clinging to his side to lock down his baseline anection, she would have been thoroughly destroyed by his wrath tonight.
But even with that history protecting her, she was still stripped of every single family privilege as a severe disciplinary warning.
Her entire monthly allowance was completely frozen.
Hannah pressed her lips into a hard, white line.
Yet the sudden loss of status was instantly drowned out by pure, unadulterated ecstasy upon hearing that Isabella and Isaac faced a total credit freeze.
An evil spark lit up her eyes, her entire face glowing with malicious delight.
Stripped of their financial lifelines, there was zero chance Isabella and Isaac could hold out for long.
When the fallout hit, she would be standing on the sidelines, laughing in Isabella’s face.
As for Isaac, she could easily funnel a bit of private cash to keep him afloat.
Adrian looked completely heartless, but as long as her financial aid targets Isaac alone, he would look the other way; once that pipeline opened, she just had to isolate Isabella by convincing Isaac to cut the girl loose.
Strip away Adrian’s approval and remove Isaac’s protection, and Isabella Powell would be absolutely nothing.
Turning the tactical sequence over in her mind, her heart hammered frantically from pure, manic excitement.
When that day came, she would watch Isabella crawl through the mud.
All the country hick had to do was bend her knee and stay compliant, yet she chose to launch an aggressive challenge against Adrian; she earned every single piece of this devastation.
So she dropped a few casual insults behind her back, big deal; forcing her onto that campus assembly was an absolute escalation.
“Oh, my sweet little Bella.”
Margaret felt her heart breaking into pieces.
The Powells were absolute monsters, driving her completely out of her mind with fury.
Watching his wife wipe away her tears, Arthur turned it over and fodded, “Alright, we’ll map the narra to claim Nora applied for a private cooking gig at Bella’s unit completely on her own initiative.
“Adrian thinks his edict runs the city, but he lacks the legal authority to stop a private citizen from taki job at Bella’s perimeter.
“That’ll completely blacklist his right to complain.”
Arthur’s voice dropped to a freezing register.
They possessed a massive arsenal of corporate maneuvers, every single one capable of shutting Adrian’s mouth permanently.
But even so, they had to stay within strict legal boundaries for now.
It wasn’t like the Carter empire feared the Powells, but if Adrian weaponized the situation to claim a breach of parental rights, it would inflict severe damage onto Bella’s public reputation.
Furthermore, handing Adrian a convenient excuse to distort the facts would only enable him to run a disgusting smear campaign.
Arthur’s brow knitted tightly, x-dismissing his staff to execute the logistics.
Meanwhile, Isaac was locked in his own battle, dialing every single contact in his private phone book only to face absolute rejection.
His entire circle of trust-fund heirs laid out the brutal truth without sugarcoating it.
“Look, Isaac, let’s be real here; it’s not like the boys are intentionally flaking on you.
“Our hands are completely tied by corporate command.
“Your eldest brother broadcasted a zero-tolerance notice throughout our circle-anyone offering you a lifeline faces immediate corporate retaliation from the Powell Group.”
The trust-fund heirs gave him an awkward chuckle over the receiver. “You understand the metrics; our lifelines depend entirely on our parents’ balance sheets, so none of us can afford to risk a feud with the Powells.

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