She Was Never Just a Pretty Face novel Chapter 236

Hilda vanished for exactly three days.

Over those three days, Luther desperately hemorrhaged capital to buy up every single share she dumped. He even had to drain his offshore emergency reserves.

Because Project Sovereign could not be allowed to die.

That would spell the collapse of Aegis Group.

Luther paid an astronomical price to stabilize the company's stock, while Hilda cashed out and walked away. She had liquidated approximately 6 percent of her holdings, flooding her bank account with $80 billion—a staggering, monumental fortune.

She split the money into two massive wires. The first $60 billion was transferred directly to the Judson Corporation in Havenworth City. The remaining $20 billion was wired to Naomi Zeller. Immediately after, she disabled any ability for the funds to be returned.

...

At the edge of the rooftop.

Hilda sat quietly, watching the setting sun, feeling the evening breeze against her skin.

It had been a very long time since she felt this kind of peace.

Had she won?

— No, she hadn't.

She used to have a perfect family, a wonderful partner. But because of Luther and Jolie Lovell, her lover had been forced into another marriage, while she remained trapped by a man she didn't love. As the memories of that torturous month slowly surfaced, she remembered how she had been treated by Luther—like a cheap, disposable plaything.

Hilda was sick.

Sabotaging Project Sovereign was her final swan song.

Even though she ultimately failed.

At least she had gone down fighting.

She knew exactly what the consequences would be.

Her final act of defiance had nearly incinerated Luther's life's work and destabilized the very foundation of the Sanford empire. He would never let her off easily. But she had zero regrets. For so long, she had played by the rules of their social circles, bound by familial duty and blood ties. Just this once, she had wanted to be selfish, to truly be herself.

A moment of reckless, absolute madness.

Even if it meant setting herself on fire.

She was broken. She had lost the capacity to love.

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