Victoria scrambled sideways toward the staircase, raising both hands frantically in a desperate plea.
Victoria: Roman, please! Our families have business ties! You can't ruin me over a maid's hurt feelings!
Roman: You didn't just hurt her feelings, Victoria. You committed felony framing, grand theft, and physical assault under my roof.
With lightning speed, Roman lunged forward, his powerful grip locking around Victoria's wrist like steel cuffs.
Victoria shrieked as her heels slipped out from under her, sending her tumbling down onto the marble floor.
Victoria: Let go of me! Get your hands off my dress! You're breaking my arm!
Without pausing for a breath, Roman dragged her across the slick white tiles toward the open double doors.
Roman: You are going straight to federal prison! Get out of my house!
He shoved her through the grand archway, sending her sprawling across the outdoor stone steps into the bright morning sun.
Victoria scrambled to her knees on the pavement, crying out in hysterical outrage as two private security officers immediately stepped forward to pin her arms behind her back.
Victoria: Roman! You can't do this to me! Do you know who my father is?!
Roman: Your father lost his company to my hedge fund two hours ago. You have nothing left.
Roman turned away, slamming the massive oak doors shut, cutting off her shrill screams completely.
Silence settled heavily over the sunlit foyer.
Roman turned around and walked back toward Sarah, who was slowly climbing to her feet, still trembling from head to toe.
Sarah: Roman... is it true? Are you really my brother?
Roman reached into his pocket and pulled out a small silver locket—the exact match to the one Sarah had worn around her neck since childhood.
A tear rolled down Roman's stoic face as he opened his arms wide.
Roman: I promised you thirty years ago I'd find you, Sarah. And nobody will ever treat you like a second-class citizen again.
Sarah dropped the bags and ran straight into his embrace, burying her face into his chest as years of hardship and sorrow finally dissolved into tears of joy.
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