Chapter 473

The sun dipped low as Victoria received the final documents. William and Beatrice Kensington had signed over everything. Every asset, every valuable. All now legally hers.

She clutched the folder tightly. A perfect excuse formed on her lips. She needed to leave the Montgomery Manor immediately. To liquidate it all before anyone could interfere.

Beatrice watched her adopted daughter retreat. A deep frown etched onto her face. She turned to her husband. "William... we've given her everything. Isabella shouldn't be a threat now. So why does my heart feel so heavy?"

William sighed, his own worry evident. "I fear Isabella might still try to take it from Victoria by force."

Beatrice's eyes widened in alarm. "Of course! Victoria now holds sixty percent of the family shares. Plus our personal assets worth billions. Isabella would target her without a doubt! This cannot happen!" She scrambled for her phone. "I'm calling Eleanor. They must protect Victoria at all costs!"

Over at Grace Memorial Hospital...

Eleanor was deep in conversation with a specialist about Benjamin's condition. Her phone's ringtone cut through the sterile air. She excused herself, stepping into the hallway.

"Eleanor, listen carefully!" Beatrice's voice was raspy with urgency. "We confronted Isabella today. She sent thugs to ransack our estate! She threatened to seize all our assets! You must guard the Kensingtons. Protect Victoria. I'm terrified Isabella will harm her next."

"What? Are you certain?" Eleanor's brow furrowed in disbelief. "There must be some mistake. She wouldn't—"

"Would I lie?" Beatrice snapped. "We saw it ourselves! And look at Benjamin! We verified the security footage from Takashi Yamamoto. Benjamin was perfectly fine when he left his home. Who else could have poisoned him but Isabella? Bringing that viper into our family was our gravest error. Will you stand by while she plunders everything? If she could harm Benjamin, Victoria is next!"

Eleanor's grip tightened on the phone. A cold fury began to simmer within her. "Alright," she said, her voice clipped. "I understand. I'll handle it."

She ended the call, her breath coming out in an angry huff. How had Isabella become so monstrous? Poisoning Benjamin wasn't enough? Now she threatened her own grandparents? The sheer audacity was breathtaking.

Just then, Richard approached the hospital room. "Eleanor? I need to meet with Father to finalize the specialist for Benjamin."

"Wait," she commanded, her tone leaving no room for argument. "Come with me to the manor first. We need to force a withdrawal of Isabella's twenty-five percent shares. Before Father finds out."

As the family patriarch, Theodore Montgomery held the corporate seal. Combined with the other shareholders' approval, they could legally revoke her stake.

Richard hesitated. "That's... drastic. You know how Father will react."

"A scolding from Father is preferable to Isabella's schemes!" Eleanor's voice rose. "Do you know what she did? She threatened my parents! She said she would steal everything they own! I am furious, but Father refuses to see the truth! We return her shares to Theodore and cut her from the family. We can explain it to him afterward."

Richard glanced back at Benjamin, lying motionless in the hospital bed. The image solidified his resolve. He gave a grim nod. "Okay."

They returned to Montgomery Manor swiftly. A clandestine family meeting was convened, Theodore deliberately kept in the dark. The vote was unanimous. Isabella Montgomery was to be disowned.

An attorney was summoned. The paperwork for the forced share withdrawal was drafted and signed with swift, brutal efficiency.

Richard then accessed the official Montgomery Group Twitter account. His fingers flew across the keyboard, publishing a statement that would ignite a firestorm.

[Official Statement: Due to Isabella Montgomery's reprehensible actions and conduct endangering lives, the Montgomery family has unanimously voted to disown her and reclaim all family shares. Effective immediately, Isabella Montgomery is no longer the adopted daughter of the Montgomery family. We sever all ties.]

The post exploded across the internet within seconds.

Reprehensible actions? Endangering lives? What did she do?

Insider leak: the Montgomery's only son is in a vegetative state. Unlikely to ever wake up.

What? Isabella did that? I never thought she was capable.

Is this another one of Victoria's setups?

This came from her own parents. They disowned her. This has to be serious.