---- Chapter 7 As soon as I finished speaking, these sycophants dropped to their knees before me in absolute panic. Their faces filled with terror as they pleaded, " Please show mercy! Please spare us!" I let out a cold snort. "Have you forgotten how superior you felt just moments ago? And how you passed judgment on my daughter and me?" "We were blind to not have recognized you! You can beat or scold us as you wish-we won't complain. Just please let us off the hook afterward! " With that, they began frantically slapping themselves. But to me, this was merely submission born of self-interest -they were only doing it because I now held more power than they did. I signaled to my assistant, who immediately ---- followed my instructions and played copies of the school's security footage. The video spread rapidly across all platforms. In the video, these people looked petty with their mouths open. They ignored Kaylee's feelings and only cared about Samuel and Monica. The most vicious profanities and basest rumors spilled from their lips. They had weaponized their words, attacking my daughter and me without mercy. In my view, they deserved no forgiveness! I picked up a thick stack of contract termination papers and unceremoniously scattered them over the kneeling figures. My voice was cold as ice as I said, "Remember what I said earlier?" "From this day forward, Luminous Enterprise will never collaborate with any of you again!" ---- They looked up at me with trembling lips, and their eyes reflected shattered desperation. Without Luminous Enterprise's partnership in this city, they would have faced bankruptcy and industry blacklisting. When they tried to approach me with more pleas, security personnel dragged them away without hesitation. At that moment, the top three trending topics online were: "Luminous Enterprise Chairwoman Claire Beck Expels Cheating Husband from Family." "Samuel Crawford Publicly Fired as Luminous Enterprise General Manager in Livestream." "Monica Sterling's Cyberbullying Campaign Backfires Spectacularly." As the press conference concluded, the matter was far from over. ---- Luminous Enterprise's legal team would be filing lawsuits against Samuel, Monica, and all the cyberbullies. Legal consequences awaited them all. A few days later, Samuel approached my car with Kaylee inside. One of his arms was in a cast, his face was unshaven, and he had lost so much weight he was barely recognizable. "Claire, I was wrong. I have completely cut ties with Monica now. Please give me another chance, will you? Can we please remarry?" I shook off his desperate grip with disgust. "Get lost!" He then approached Kaylee, playing the victim. "Sweetheart, look what's become of your father. How can you bear it? Please talk to your mother for me, okay? We are family!" Kaylee looked at him coldly. "I stopped having a father after what happened that day at school.