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The boardroom was colder than usual. Maybe it was the air conditioning. Maybe it was the stares.I walked in with Edward at my side. Everyone was already seated. Liam sat near the head of the table, relaxed, smug, like he owned the place.The chairman cleared his throat. “Ms. Hawkes, thank you for joining us. Today we’re here to address concerns regarding the company’s stability.”“Let’s not waste time,” Liam said smoothly, leaning back in his chair. “The footage is out there. My wife.. ” he emphasized the word.. “was seen at my penthouse. Weeks later, she’s suddenly engaged to Mr. Parker. Investors are nervous. And frankly, they should be. Conflicted loyalties make her unfit to lead.”I slammed my folder onto the table. “Don’t twist this. You know damn well why I went there. It wasn’t reconciliation. It wasn’t love. It was about the will. About the truth you’ve been hiding.”Liam smirked. “Perception is everything, Amy. And right now, perception says you’re unstable. You run to me
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The morning after the video leaked, my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. News alerts, gossip sites, emails from the board. Every headline screamed the same thing.“Proof of Reconciliation?”“Amy Back in Liam’s Arms?”“Inheritance Battle Now Just a Lovers’ Quarrel?”I wanted to throw the damn phone through the window.Bruce and Edward were already at my apartment when I walked into the living room. Edward had his laptop open, scrolling through the flood of articles. Bruce just stood there with his arms crossed, jaw tight.Edward didn’t waste time. “It’s everywhere. Liam’s PR team is spinning it hard. They’re saying you’ve been in ‘ongoing reconciliation talks’ with him, which undercuts our bias motion. If the court thinks you’re still working things out, it kills the argument that Liam is acting maliciously.”My chest burned. “They’re lying.”“Doesn’t matter,” Edward said flatly. “Perception is reality. And right now, you look like you’re manipulating both the court and the company.”I ran
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I shoved the flash drive across the table.“Play it,” I told them.The lawyers leaned in. Edward, Doyle’s junior partner, connected it to his laptop. The screen filled with the grainy video of Liam, late at night, slipping into a private restaurant booth with a man in a black suit. They spoke low, heads bent close, but the sound picked up enough words.. “judge,” “favorable,” “timing,”.. to make my stomach twist.When it ended, the room was dead quiet.“Tell me I’m not crazy,” I said. “He’s bribing him, right?”Edward exhaled slowly, pressing his fingertips together. “It looks like influence. Not direct money passing hands, but promises. Meetings like this are not innocent. Especially when the man across from him is Judge Rowland’s advisor.”“So, what do we do?” I asked. My chest felt tight. “He’s already freezing everything. If the judge is in his pocket.. ”“We file for judicial bias,” Edward cut in. “It’s the only move. We’ll motion for a review, get another judge to oversee. It’l
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Bruce burst through the suite’s door before the sun had cleared the skyline. His tie dangled loose, and he was still breathing hard from the run up the stairs.“Pack a bag,” he said. “Board session noon sharp. We’re swinging the vote.”Amy, already dressed in jeans and a blazer, tucked the threatening note into her pocket. “With what leverage?”Bruce dropped a slim leather folder onto the table. Inside lay a single signature page—blank but branded with a crest Amy hadn’t seen since childhood: a silver hawk surrounded by ivy.Her throat tightened. “Where did you get that?”“From the silent investor,” Bruce said. “She’s ready to step into the light.”Amy’s pulse skipped. She traced the crest with her thumb. “She?”A knock sounded. Bruce opened the door, and there, framed by the hallway’s morning glow, stood Helena Fairfax—Amy’s godmother. Tailored gray suit, pearls, and eyes that held both kindness and steel.Amy froze. Memories crashed forward: summers on Helena’s vineyard, lessons in
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Amy's breath caught as velvet curtains brushed her bare shoulders. The gala stage lights were nothing like the soft lamp glow from that night two years ago, but the memory snapped down on her all the same.~Flashback~She had been laughing then.. young, tired, barefoot on the penthouse balcony. Liam came up behind her, a jeweler’s box hidden in one hand. He fastened a sapphire necklace at her throat, cool stones sliding over warm skin. “For the woman who never lies to me,” he whispered. Amy turned, smiling at the joke, and noticed the second glass of wine already half‑empty on the railing. One glass too many. She asked who had joined him before she arrived. He said no one. A week later she learned the first lie had worn lipstick.~Back to now~The ballroom spun back into focus. Amy adjusted the thin strap of her silver dress, steadying her pulse. That necklace.. her necklace.. now glittered on Celine's collarbone across the room. Every sapphire an old bruise.Music swelled. Waitstaff
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The knock came at dawn, three sharp taps that rattled the hotel‑suite door.Amy jolted awake, adrenaline burning away the last scraps of sleep. She opened the door a crack and found Bruce in the hallway, eyes bright, hair still damp from the shower.“Package arrived,” he said. “Time to spring the trap.”No coffee, no small talk.. just business. Amy liked that about him, even when it scared her.Action moved fast. An hour later they sat in a borrowed office three floors below, the kind used for pop‑up war rooms and quiet takeovers. On the table lay a thin manila envelope. Inside: doctored financial statements Bruce's tech contact had whipped up overnight. They looked real.. enough to fool a bloodhound.Bruce slid the pages toward the open laptop camera. “Our mole will pass these to Liam within the hour.”Amy crossed her arms. “And you’ re sure the metadata points to only three people?”“Positive.” He tapped the screen. “If it leaks, we trace the document signature. Whoever forwards it
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