Chapter 8
A week later, the Blackwell family officially declared bankruptcy.
When the news reached me, I was signing a new acquisition contract.
Calvin Blackwell, once limitlessly powerful, had become the city’s biggest joke overnight.
From elite heir to drowning in debt.
I heard he couldn’t even afford his father’s expensive medical treatments anymore.
The hospital, not being a charity, discharged his paralyzed father.
And Calvin’s name appeared on the credit blacklist.
He became a pariah, unwelcome everywhere–no company would hire him.
Later, someone photographed him digging through garbage bins for recyclable bottles to exchange for money.
That day, I had just finished a new product launch event.
My car turned into a quiet side street, taking a shortcut back to the office.
Shouting and the sounds of punches and kicks came from an alley entrance:
“Damn you, trying to steal our territory? We’ll beat you to death, you blind bastard!”
My headlights swept across, illuminating the scene in the corner-
Several thugs were kicking a person curled up on the ground.
The man was filthy, his hair matted into clumps, his face bruised blue and purple, blood oozing from his lips.
But that face, I knew it all too well–it was Calvin.
Covered in wounds and utterly disheveled, he saw my car and his pupils contracted sharply.
nstinctively, he tried to hide his face with his hand, shrinking deeper into the shadows.
But the thug gripping his hair made movement impossible.
lowered my window, expressionless:
‘Handle it.”
My bodyguard immediately understood, stepping out of the car.
Within minutes, the alley fell silent, leaving only Calvin lying on the ground.
I instructed my assistant to exit the vehicle:
Take him to the hospital for treatment. Also, arrange a bed at the city hospital for his father.”
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My assistant nodded and helped the trembling Calvin to his feet.
Then I raised the window without sparing him another glance.
“Drive on.”
The next day, my assistant brought a transformed Calvin to my office.
He wore clean clothes and his wounds had been treated, but his eyes held the grayness of death.
I leaned back in my chair, my voice neutral.
“Calvin Blackwell, you’ve offended too many people. Everyone wants to kick you while you’re down.”
“No one will give you a chance except here.”
His lips moved, but no sound came out.
I pushed a contract across to him.
“There’s a vacancy in the security department of Reid Enterprises.”
“Take it or leave it–your choice.”
He stared at the security guard employment contract with intensity.
After a long moment, he raised his bloodshot eyes, his voice hoarse:
“I’ll take it.”
After all, he had no other options.
Afterward, I gradually acquired all the Blackwell family’s assets, seamlessly incorporating them into the Reid business empire.
Years passed in the blink of an eye.
I heard Naomi Winters had completed her sentence and been released.
the city after getting out.
I was presenting my company’s new season of tech products at a launch event.
After I finished, my assistant hurried over and whispered in my ear:
‘Ms. Reid, something’s happened to Calvin Blackwell.”
‘Naomi Winters appeared during his shift today and, catching him off guard, stabbed him with a fruit knife, hitting a vital spot.”
“He died instantly.”
“Naomi was immediately arrested–the evidence is overwhelming. She’ll definitely get the death penalty.”
I paused mid–step, feeling a slight sense of melancholy.
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Nothing more.
Later, I arranged a dignified funeral for him and sent his parents a settlement sufficient to support them through their remaining
years.
Many more years passed-
Under my leadership, Reid Enterprises expanded several times over, becoming an absolute leader in multiple cutting–edge industries.
Occasionally, when I came across Calvin Blackwell’s name in old news articles, it felt like a lifetime ago.
That past had long been left behind.
My future was just beginning.
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