Chapter 47 - The Absolute Refusal

Evangeline let out a dry, humorless, utterly terrifying laugh.
"You think you can take my son?"
Evangeline asked, stepping directly up to the edge of the mahogany table.
"I am Arthur Sterling. I own half the judges in this state,"
Arthur bragged arrogantly.
"You own nothing,"
Evangeline corrected him, her voice ringing with the absolute power of the Crawford dynasty.
"You are a dying old man clinging to the ashes of a disgraced name. If you file that injunction, I will not just fight you in court. I will weaponize my entire multi-billion-dollar empire to completely eradicate you from the financial world."
She turned her back on him, walking toward the exit.
"You have precisely twenty-four hours to withdraw your lawsuit,"
May you like
Evangeline commanded without looking back.
"If you do not, I will destroy you."