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Julian POV

Author: Tammy Dee
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 19:09:14

The morning light was harsh, piercing through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the De La Fonte office. It was a view that was supposed to represent success—the entire city laid out like a carpet beneath us—but standing here, I felt only the weight of the air.

Catrina was at the desk, her fingers flying across a tablet, reviewing the preliminary audit reports. She looked tired, the shadows under her eyes deep, but her focus was ironclad.

"The discrepancies in the logistics division are staggering
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    Winter had finally loosened its grip on the mountains.From the stone terrace of the Alpine villa, I watched the snow retreating slowly up the jagged granite slopes like a defeated army. The air, which for months had been a knife to the lungs, was now soft, carrying the scent of damp earth and blooming edelweiss. The river below, once a silent vein of ice, now roared with the melt—a chaotic, living sound that echoed through the valley.Spring always arrived quietly in the High Alps. But when it came, it changed the very architecture of the world.I rested my hands on the sun-warmed railing and looked down at the gardens.Bentley was a blur of gold and white against the emerald grass. The little dog tumbled through the lawn like a clumsy ball of fur, barking with a frantic, joyous energy at absolutely nothing. Marcus sat on the terrace steps, his tactical jacket replaced by a simple linen shirt, tossing a stick that Bentley insisted on retrieving with the gravity of a sacred mission.

  • The Billionaire's Stolen Heiress    Maria pov

    The High Court was colder than I expected.It wasn’t a physical chill; the heating vents were humming, and the room was packed with the humid breath of three hundred spectators. But the atmosphere carried a clinical, sharpened finality. Justice, I realized, has a temperature. And today, it felt like the first frost of winter—the kind that kills off the rot to make room for the spring.The courtroom was a sea of faces. Journalists lined the back rows like vultures in suits, their cameras ready to capture the exact moment a god fell. Lawyers moved in hushed, expensive waves. Every major financial network was broadcasting live.This wasn’t just a trial. It was a funeral for a shadow empire.I sat at the front table, my spine perfectly straight, my hands folded over the lace of my dress. Beside me, Catrina was a statue of dark, lethal elegance. We didn't need to hold hands; we were connected by the sheer gravity of what we had survived. Behind us sat Julian and Marcus—the shield and th

  • The Billionaire's Stolen Heiress    Julian POV

    The St. Clair boardroom had always been intimidating. It wasn't just the sheer scale of the obsidian table or the panoramic glass that made the city look like a toy set. It was the air—heavy with the scent of expensive cologne and the silent, vibrating tension of men who controlled the tides of global trade.Power lived here. Empires died here. And today, a legacy was being led to the gantry.The double doors groaned open. I walked in first, the sound of my heels on the marble floor like a steady, rhythmic drumbeat. Maria was on my right, draped in ivory silk that made her look like a saint carved from stone. Catrina was on my left, dressed in sharp, dark tailoring, her eyes scanning the room with the predatory focus of a sniper.Three of us moving in perfect, terrifying synchronicity.Twenty board members sat around the table. I saw the calculations happening behind their eyes. Many of them were Vincenzo’s creatures—bought and paid for with the very money the Matriarch had frozen ho

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    The St. Clair headquarters had never felt this quiet. It was a sterile, suffocating silence—the kind that precedes a landslide. For decades, this building had been my cathedral and my cage. Tonight, it was simply a hunting ground.I stood beside the floor-to-ceiling glass of my executive suite, watching the city lights fracture across the surface of the river below. I didn't look like a woman who had recently been "contained" by a madman. I looked like the Matriarch. My suit was crisp, my silver hair pinned back with a sapphire brooch that had seen three generations of board meetings.The heavy mahogany doors behind me groaned open.“Madam,” my Chief Legal Officer said, his voice vibrating with a nervousness he couldn't quite mask. “The emergency financial review team is assembled in the War Room. The SEC monitors are on standby, though they don't know why yet.”“Good,” I replied, my gaze fixed on the horizon. “They’ll find out soon enough.”The man hesitated, the sound of his rapid

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    I woke up feeling nauseous. I'd had too much wine. Julian was sleeping beside me. I rolled away and sat at the edge of the bed. My head was hurting. I took small short breaths and glanced at the time. 7.44 amI pulled myself to my feet and walked into the bathroom. I leaned against the sink and sp

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    The day was a burst of activity in the house. I had slept over at the Fonte's residence. It was Venice Carnival, and also Carlos’ wedding anniversary.His wife would be arriving from London that morning with his son. I expected a big and bold woman. Someone with authority. But the woman who I met i

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  • The Billionaire's Stolen Heiress    Catrina's Pov

    I was feeling a bit elated about the conversation with Julian. It seemed we were about to crack the code about Maria’s disappearance and I was happy that I was the one with the most important clue. A clue everyone else had missed.“I’d like to come with you too,” I said. I thought of all the conne

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