Helena caught her balance against the stone wall, smoothing her jacket with remarkably calm authority despite the physical attack. Her dark eyes locked onto Chloe with an icy, unyielding glare that instantly made the younger woman hesitate. "...You embarrass Monaco itself," Helena stated in a steady, commanding tone that carried immense weight over the crashing waves below. "I bought this cliff before you were born." But Chloe was too blinded by her own hubris to heed the warning. Enraged by the older woman's composure, Chloe lunged forward again near a towering palm tree, swinging a forceful punch that grazed Helena's jaw.
That final blow shattered the last of Helena's patience. Though older, the seasoned mogul moved with incredible swiftness and strength born of absolute resolve. Helena ducked under Chloe's next wild swing, reached up, and firmly grabbed the younger woman by her styled hair. With one decisive, powerful leverage movement, Helena threw the socialite in the navy gown hard onto the stone floor. Chloe crashed onto the wet patio tiles with a heavy thud, her massive diamond necklace clattering loudly against her chest as blood trickled from a small cut on her lip.