Chapter Fifty-Six: Damage Control

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• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Sixty-Three: A Name Worth Rebuilding

  =Sera’s POV=May mga pangalan na binura ng kahapon.At may mga pangalang kailangang itayo muli—mas matatag, mas totoo.✴✴✴One week later in Navarro Headquarters... “Ma’am Sera, the new signage has arrived,” sabi ng receptionist habang inaabot sa akin ang mga design drafts ng bagong company logo.I studied the page closely. It wasn’t just an aesthetic update—it was symbolic. Clean lines, bolder typeface, a rising phoenix etched subtly behind the Navarro name.“It’s simple,” I murmured. “But strong.”“Like the woman running it now,” Damien said from behind me.Napatingin ako sa kaniya. He was in full ValeCorp mode—crisp suit, composed expression—but the moment our eyes met, I saw it. The softness he reserved only for me.“Sa totoo lang,” I replied in a low voice, “hindi ko akalaing mararating natin ’to.”“You fought for it,” he said, approaching slowly. “You gave Navarro a new pulse.”I smiled faintly. “Not alone.”We proceeded in the boardroom where the Navarro and ValeCorp will held

• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Sixty-Two: Return

  =Sera’s POV=Paglapag pa lang ng eroplano sa Maynila, ramdam ko na ang bigat ng lahat ng naiwan naming gulo. The air was thick with headlines, press inquiries, and company noise waiting to explode. Pero iba na ngayon—this time, we held the match.Kasama ko si Damien habang bumababa kami ng private jet. May nakapila ng convoy to escort us straight to ValeCorp, where both boards—Navarro and Vale—would be waiting. The media was also just a few steps behind, sniffing for a statement.Pero hindi pa ngayon. Hindi pa tapos ang laban. Marami pa kaming kailangang linisin.“Are you ready?” Damien asked, sliding on his sunglasses as he glanced at me.“Hindi ko alam kung ready ako… pero sigurado akong handa na akong harapin lahat.”He reached for my hand and held it tightly. “Then that’s more than enough.”✴✴✴We arrived at ValeCorp for a closed door meeting.Inside the main boardroom, silence met us.Twelve directors from both Navarro and ValeCorp sat in tension. Some anxious. Others relieved. A

• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Sixty-One: Ghost Nest

  =Sera’s POV=Croatia greeted us with gray skies and a biting chill that clung to the air like suspicion. Nasa loob kami ng isang black SUV, speeding through the winding roads outside Dubrovnik, papunta sa lokasyon ng safehouse. I held the dossier tighter in my lap—Julian’s travel history, the property deed under an alias, plus photos of him entering the country two days ago.“Tama ang hinala mo,” Alvarez said from the passenger seat. “The safehouse is under the name J.L. Reyes, pero it’s paid in full by a Luxembourg-based shell company. Julian’s been planning this retreat for years.”Damien was beside me, focused, hands on the wheel. “Once we’re there, I want eyes on every possible exit. Sera, you stay close.”“Malamang. Pag nakita ko naman si Julian, diretsong suntok sa mukha ang matatanggap niya!”He chuckled a bit and kissed me on my temple. "Okay baby. But we go in silent, okay? If he runs, we cut off all exits.”I nodded.Alvarez’s phone buzzed. “Local contact just confirmed—Juli

• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Sixty: Justice Carved in Ashes

  =Sera's POV=They always say the truth sets you free.Pero sa totoo lang, minsan... the truth destroys before it rebuilds.✴✴✴Earlier That Morning – Operation Unmask Renzo“Alvarez, simulan na natin,” sabi ko habang nasa surveillance van kami malapit sa isa sa mga kilalang financial offices ni Renzo sa Makati. Damien stood beside me, his arms crossed, eyes cold as steel.Alvarez nodded, tapping rapidly on his laptop. “Two minutes and we’ll have the mirrored servers decrypted.”“Lahat ng bank records?” I asked, leaning closer.He nodded again. “Swiss accounts, dummy corporations, offshore funds routed through shell companies in the Caymans. Classic laundering scheme.”Damien’s eyes narrowed. “And the connection to Navarro?”“Here.” Alvarez pulled up a screen.A flowchart lit up—line after line, names linked with wire transfers, fake legal fees, and dummy consultancies.At the center of it all? Renzo Montalban.“Grabe... hindi lang ito panggugulo,” I breathed. “This is theft. Sabotage.

• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Cost of Truth

  =Damien's POV=The room was still humming with tension long after everyone left.Sera sat across from me, shoulders tight, staring at the last open file on the screen—one of the earliest drafts of the contract. Her name. My name. Terms. Dates. Cold, binding language meant to look sterile and strategic. But now, weaponized.“I should’ve seen it,” I murmured, dragging a hand down my face. “Julian... he was too quiet. Too perfect.”Sera didn’t respond at first. Her fingers were clenched around the pen she’d been holding since the meeting started, knuckles white. Then softly, “He was my best friend. I trusted him with everything.”“I know.” I stood, walked around the table, and gently took the pen from her grasp. “And he used that trust to bury a knife deep.”She looked up, eyes clouded. “What if this destroys everything I’ve tried to fix?”I crouched down in front of her, leveling our gaze. “Then we rebuild it—brick by brick. But not alone.”Her eyes softened, but that fear lingered. “Ev

• Veil of Vows: Play The Billionaire's Game   Chapter Fifty-Eight: Hidden Lines

  =Sera's POV=Hindi ako mapakali buong gabi. Damien was already asleep beside me, his breathing deep and even. Pero ang diwa ko gising na gising.Dahil hindi ako makatulog, I opened my phone again—rereading the thread of messages Alvarez had forwarded just hours ago.Isang pangalan lang ang paulit-ulit na lumilitaw doon.Renzo Montalban.And beside it, sa isang encrypted email header, was another sender.j.reyes@navarrolaw.phJulian.Nakaramdaman ako bigla ng kaba sa realization ko.Parang unti-unting lumilinaw na naman ang larawan na nagtatago.✴✴✴Kinabukasan sa ValeCorp...“Julian and Renzo have been in contact for at least six months,” sabi ni Alvarez habang tinatapik ang keyboard ng laptop niya. “There are secure server logs showing Renzo accessed Navarro’s legal archives rem