Five Years Wasted Now They Beg Her Back novel Chapter 264

She entered the archives without a problem and moved along the rows of shelves until she found the 'H' section.

In a corner on the bottom shelf, she found the dust-covered box.

“Bastian Hawke - 2019 - Business Dispute.”

Grace’s heart began to pound.

She took a deep breath and pulled out the file box.

She opened it.

Inside was a thick stack of photocopied contracts and several payment receipts.

She quickly flipped through them.

The more she read, the tighter her brow furrowed.

A thirty-million-dollar breach of contract penalty.

The Clarke family had indeed demanded it.

But on the final “Settlement Agreement,” Grace saw a familiar signature.

Damien.

And in the compensation amount column, the printed “30,000,000” had been struck through with a black ink pen.

Next to it, a number was written by hand:

“0.”

And a line was added in the notes:

“Compensation waived. He's a talent, and it's his first mistake. Let this be a lesson.”

The handwriting was flamboyant.

Arrogant and domineering.

It was unmistakably Damien’s.

Grace’s hands began to shake violently.

Compensation waived?

Damien had waived her uncle’s thirty-million-dollar penalty?

Then why did her uncle still kill himself?

Why did her grandfather insist that Damien had driven him to his death?

What was the missing piece?

Grace continued to dig through the files.

At the very bottom of the box, she found a crumpled piece of paper.

“Mr. Clarke waived the thirty million.

But I can’t forgive myself.

I embezzled company funds to cover other holes, and now it’s all come to light.

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