Betrayed by the Father Reborn in His Rival's Arms novel Chapter 57

Cyrus took a slow sip of his coffee before asking casually, "Why do you care about the fallout for him? Aren't you two divorcing? I thought you were done with him. Marriages dissolve in the billionaire circuit every day. With your resume and looks, finding a better match wouldn't be an issue."

Madeline flushed in embarrassment, startled by how effortlessly Cyrus had dissected her. She had let a fraction of a second of hesitation slip, and he had caught it immediately.

Cyrus smirked, returning to business. "Relax. We won't even see the inside of a courtroom. Once he does his homework and realizes exactly who he's dealing with, he'll know better than to test me."

After the disastrous call, Lucius sped straight to corporate headquarters. Liliana practically glued herself to him—Lightning Interactive was her only legitimate asset, the sole pillar of her perceived success, and she absolutely refused to let it burn.

When Lucius had first gifted her the project, she had been ecstatic. Hearing Madeline's lawyer ruthlessly demanding it back made her blood boil.

Lucius could lose the game and still fall back on the massive Whitman Group empire. If she lost it, she was utterly ruined.

Upon reaching the executive floor, Gavin Graves handed over a thick dossier. "Boss, here is the background check you requested on Cyrus Sterling."

Lucius had assumed Madeline hired some arrogant, fresh-out-of-law-school rookie naive enough to challenge the Whitmans. When he flipped open the file, reality hit him like a freight train.

Cyrus Sterling was the most feared litigator in the entire country.

Even before founding his own firm, his international track record was practically legendary.

He had orchestrated massive corporate takedowns, handling cases with stakes soaring into the tens of billions of dollars.

His specialties were cutthroat global trade litigation, hostile equity takeovers, and vicious estate battles.

Commanding that much power abroad implied staggering personal backing. Upon returning home, he had founded Sterling Law in Empire City—an elite agency boasting the highest win rate in the history of the industry.

Slamming the dossier shut, he barked at Gavin. "Tell the legal team to draft a surrender agreement. We are turning Lightning Interactive over to Cyrus."

Liliana completely lost it. She screamed hysterically in the middle of the executive office. "Madeline is a psycho! Hundreds of employees rely on that game for their livelihood! She's let us use her stupid patents for free all these years, so why snatch them back now?! She already signed them over! Revoking it is just sick... It's so sick..."

Collapsing into a full mental breakdown, she fell to her knees and began sobbing uncontrollably.

Standing just outside the door, Gavin couldn't mask his utter contempt.

He suddenly recalled the stark contrast at the recent company gala. Liliana had been drowning in arrogance and praise, while Madeline was suffocating under a mountain of vicious slander. Yet, even as Madeline had walked away humiliated, she had still maintained enough grace to politely say goodbye to him.

Gavin genuinely couldn't fathom how Lucius could choose a trainwreck like Liliana over her.