Chapter 851
By the time morning arrived, Vesta still hadn’t received a single reply.
Seeing that Thorne hadn’t texted back and Vesta was already grabbing her purse to leave during breakfast, Katie Hawkins hesitated before asking, “Where are you going, Vesta?”
Everyone at the table turned to look at her.
“The company,” Vesta replied flatly.
“…Oh, alright then,” Katie murmured.
As the current head of Neural Nexus Tech, it made sense for Vesta to prioritize her business.
However, the family obviously wished she was going out to track down Thorne instead.
While Neural Nexus Tech was certainly a valuable asset, it was nothing compared to the power and wealth of Thorne Henderson.
But they also knew that if Vesta wasn’t rushing to find Thorne, she must have her reasons. Pushing her too hard right now would only backfire.
Just then, one of the maids walked into the dining room. “Miss, you have over a dozen packages that have been sitting here for days. If you don’t open them soon, you might miss the return window…”
“Got it,” Vesta replied coolly. “I’ll open them later.”
The maid nodded and stepped away without another word.
After forcing down a few bites of breakfast, Vesta sat down with a blank expression and began ripping into the packages.
She had ordered quite a lot of things, but the thrill of shopping was completely gone. She couldn’t even remember what she had bought.
After mindlessly slicing open the third box, she suddenly noticed a slim document mailer. The moment her eyes landed on the return address, she froze, a sinking feeling settling heavily in her chest.
Her hands trembled slightly as she hesitated. Taking a deep breath, she tore it open, scanned the contents, and felt the blood drain from her face.
“Vesta? What is it?”
Noticing her sudden pallor, Maureen walked over.
Vesta couldn’t speak. She simply handed the document to her.
Leah grabbed it first. Her eyes scanned the official letterhead, and her face instantly turned ghost white. “A… a court order?”
Hearing those words, Henley immediately knew what was happening.
He rushed over and snatched the paper, confirming his worst fear. It was an official court mandate ordering the immediate freezing of Neural Nexus Tech’s equity.
When Vesta’s personal accounts
had been frozen earlier, Henley had
might get dragged into the mess. After all, he had funneled money to Neural Nexus Tech from his own company accounts, and Vesta regularly transferred funds back to Hawkins Technology…
secretly worried that t
Leah didn’t fully grasp the catastrophic financial implications yet, but before she
could ask, Vesta’s cold voice cut through the silence. “I’m going to the office.”
No one tried to stop her. They watched in agonizing silence as she grabbed her designer bag and walked out the door.
It didn’t take long for Vesta to arrive at the company headquarters.
She had only been to the office a couple of times since the disastrous fallout at Dr. Lucas’s gala.
Just like the rest of the corporate world, the employees at Neural Nexus Tech had already caught wind of the messy love triangle between Vesta, Charlene, and Thorne.
To be honest, the entire staff was still reeling from the shock.
They used to constantly gush to Charlene about how deeply in love Thorne and
Vesta were, bragging about their picture-perfect romance…
And back then, Vesta had taken every opportunity to flaunt her profound connection
with Thorne right in front of Charlene’s face.
The employees had been completely oblivious, entirely blind to the vicious undercurrents surging between the three of them.
Now that Vesta was back in the office, most of the staff kept their heads down,
maintaining a cautious, superficial politeness whenever she walked by.
The moment she stepped into her executive suite, Edwin hurried in to brief her on the company’s
escalating crisis His tone was lated with panic as he laid out a mountain of unresolved issues. “Ms. Hawkins, all of these matters are incredibly urgent. We need capital immediately, otherwise-“
all
Vesta knew exactly what he was going to say.
It wasn’t that she was refusing to handle the crisis. The brutal reality was that the company’s operating accounts were already bleeding dry. She simply didn’t have the millions of dollars needed to plug the sinking. ship. And now, to make matters infinitely worse…