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Chapter 162 The Press Conference
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2026-08-31 00:22:32
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[POV: Aurora Blake]The blog hit fifteen million subscribers on Wednesday morning.It had been forty-eight hours since Julian Oswald stood on the stage of the World Culinary Summit and ended fifteen years of anonymity. The internet had not stopped moving since.Aurora sat on the sofa in the Paris hotel suite, her laptop open on her knees.The coverage was everywhere. Every major culinary publication, every industry newsletter, every high-end culture magazine had published a variation of the same story. The Ghost Chef had a name. The compound preparation was real.But as Aurora scrolled through the articles, she noticed something specific.She was not written about as Julian Oswald’s wife. She was not framed as his young partner or a convenient narrative device.The press room at the Summit had logged the technical details correctly. She was written about as Aurora Blake-Oswald, Director of Palate Research. She was recognized as the co-architect of the compound. The industry had receiv
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