Theodore Sterling, heir to the Sterling Group, and Abigail Julian, heiress of the Julian family, had a ten-year engagement hailed as a model business alliance. Tired of Theodore’s cold, robotic demeanor, Abigail abandoned their arranged marriage in pursuit of so-called true love. She tore up their engagement contract in public, hastily married Leon Hart, and openly humiliated her former fiancé all over social media.
Showing zero emotional reaction, Theodore immediately cut off the billion-dollar credit line and supply chains that kept the Julian Group afloat. Deprived of financial backing, the Julian Group collapsed rapidly: banks suspended all loans, logistics carriers terminated their cooperation, and the company’s credit rating plummeted to rock bottom. Abigail’s father begged for help everywhere yet found no one willing to lend a hand. Meanwhile, Leon Hart, the man who’d sworn he could save her family, turned out to be a con artist who built his fortune by seizing his ex-wife’s assets. Seeing no more profit to gain, he absconded with all remaining funds and filed for divorce, shifting all blame onto Abigail.
Under Theodore’s precise financial maneuvering, the Julian family teetered closer and closer to bankruptcy. In the end, Theodore fully acquired the crumbling Julian enterprise at an extremely low price, leaving Abigail Julian with absolutely nothing.
