They Mocked the Wrong Nobody

Celia Mendoza, a quietly powerful business tycoon, attends a former classmate's engagement party only as a favor to Sky, the one classmate who was ever kind to her. The bride, Mabel Fairbank, and her crude fiance Harland lead the room in mocking Celia as a broke, low-level office worker. Celia stays calm and tries to leave, but Mabel blocks the door with her family's security, slaps her, pours wine and food over her one-of-a-kind Vixen haute-couture outfit, and demands she kneel like a dog for ten thousand dollars. Celia has already summoned her people. A convoy of world-class cars arrives; her staff address her as "Boss." Her bodyguards strip Mabel's designer dress to shreds, mirroring the humiliation Mabel dealt. Mabel calls her father, CEO of Silver Key Holdings — who recognizes the couture, the one-of-a-kind car, and finally the name: Celia Mendoza, a legend of the financial world. He grovels; Mabel keeps digging her own grave. Celia orders Silver Key Holdings acquired and dismantled. In the chaos Harland, learning the baby isn't his, turns on Mabel and beats her fatally; he faces prison. Celia thanks Sky, offers her a real job, and walks away to build her empire, warning the fair-weather classmates never to speak her name again.

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  • Author: last_page_crier
  • Chapters: 8
  • Status: Completed

Celia Mendoza, a quietly powerful business tycoon, attends a former classmate's engagement party only as a favor to Sky, the one classmate who was ever kind to her. The bride, Mabel Fairbank, and her crude fiance Harland lead the room in mocking Celia as a broke, low-level office worker. Celia stays calm and tries to leave, but Mabel blocks the door with her family's security, slaps her, pours wine and food over her one-of-a-kind Vixen haute-couture outfit, and demands she kneel like a dog for ten thousand dollars. Celia has already summoned her people. A convoy of world-class cars arrives; her staff address her as "Boss." Her bodyguards strip Mabel's designer dress to shreds, mirroring the humiliation Mabel dealt. Mabel calls her father, CEO of Silver Key Holdings — who recognizes the couture, the one-of-a-kind car, and finally the name: Celia Mendoza, a legend of the financial world. He grovels; Mabel keeps digging her own grave. Celia orders Silver Key Holdings acquired and dismantled. In the chaos Harland, learning the baby isn't his, turns on Mabel and beats her fatally; he faces prison. Celia thanks Sky, offers her a real job, and walks away to build her empire, warning the fair-weather classmates never to speak her name again.