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071 Corporate Bloodbath

Author: Olivia GW
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-03 14:20:13

(Cole)

My phone buzzes just as I step out for some air.

It’s my father.

Emergency board session. Top floor. Now.

No context but I know this cannot be good.

It never is and there hasn’t been anything this serious since my older brother stepped down and left me to be CEO.

I don’t want to leave Jade alone right now with Owen, not even at the hospital.

“I’ll drop you home and pick you back up. You can shower and freshen up. I’ll do the same. Once I take care of some business matters.”

She doesn’t argue and I drop her at my penthouse and head to the Vance head office.

When I walk in, the boardroom table is full. Every chair. Every executive.

My father. My uncles. My grandfather… who hasn’t been here for years. My older brother, Robert. That’s strange. He’s had zero time here since he stepped down.

And the room goes dead quiet when they see me walk in.

My father gestures at the seat across from him. “Sit.”

I sit. A stack of printed papers is pushed in front of me.

My uncle Barnaby flips the
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