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Sterling arranged the meeting within the week, the company's senior immigration attorney reviewing Reagan's sister's case with the same careful thoroughness she'd have applied to any major corporate filing, and Ivy watched, over the following days, something in Reagan's careful composure finally, genuinely loosen."They found the processing error," Reagan reported, joining Ivy and Sterling for dinner two weeks later, something lighter in her voice than Ivy had heard in longer than she'd noticed the weight had been building. "A simple clerical mistake, apparently, but exactly the kind of thing that takes forever to correct without someone actually pushing the right channels. The attorney thinks it'll resolve within a month now instead of dragging on indefinitely.""That's wonderful news," Ivy said, meaning it fully."It is." Reagan's smile was genuine, unguarded in a way Ivy rarely saw from her. "Thank you both. I know I didn't ask for this directly, but I'm grateful you offered anyway
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Sterling read the message twice over Ivy's shoulder, something thoughtful crossing his face. "Ashworth Logistics. I know the name. Solid company, well run, considerably smaller than Vane Corp but growing fast in exactly the regional corridor we've been trying to strengthen since Holt's mess.""Why would they want my firm specifically," Ivy asked, curious rather than wary this time, the old automatic suspicion finally, genuinely settling."Good reputation travels fast in this industry, especially after the Eloise Foundation launch made the rounds." Sterling's voice carried real pride. "You've built something people notice, Ivy. This isn't Holt trying to get close to us through a back door. This is a legitimate company recognizing good work."The meeting, scheduled for the following Tuesday, brought Ivy and Kennedy into Vane Tower's boardroom alongside Sterling and Reagan, and Ashworth Logistics arrived represented by a man Ivy hadn't met before, sharp featured and precisely dressed, wi
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Ivy stared at the buzzing phone for a long moment before finally answering, stepping out of the small firm's shared workspace into the quiet of the stairwell, her hands not quite steady."This is Ivy," she said, voice carefully level despite the hammering in her chest."Mrs. Vane, this is Dr. Ahmed's office. I have your test results back." The nurse's voice was warm, professional, giving nothing away either direction. "The doctor would like you to come in tomorrow to discuss them in person, if that works with your schedule.""Can you tell me anything now," Ivy asked, unable to fully keep the tightness out of her voice. "Even just generally."A brief pause, the particular careful hesitation of someone following office protocol rather than actual concern. "The doctor really does prefer to discuss results in person, especially with anything involving family history and ongoing monitoring. I promise, though, nothing in your file suggests an emergency. If it were urgent, we'd have called y
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Ivy sat with the phone pressed to her ear for a long moment, disbelief and excitement tangling together too fully to fully separate. "A partner. You want me as a partner.""I want you as a partner," Kennedy confirmed. "You built the best crisis communication work I've seen in my career, entirely on instinct and hard work, no connections required. I don't want to lose that kind of talent to some other firm eventually poaching you once word gets around about how good you actually are. I'd rather build something with you from the ground up."Ivy told Sterling the moment she hung up, still slightly stunned, and watched his face light up with the particular pride that had become, over the past year, one of her favorite things about him."That's incredible, Ivy," he said, pulling her close. "What are you thinking.""I don't know yet. It's a huge risk, leaving a stable position for something entirely unproven." Ivy chewed her lip, turning the decision over carefully. "But it's also exactly t
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They cut the trip short by four days, and Ivy watched something familiar settle back into Sterling's shoulders the moment they landed, the careful, controlled tension of a man bracing for a fight neither of them had asked for."Walk me through it," Sterling said, the moment they were seated across from Reagan and the company's lead attorney, the island's warm ease already feeling like a memory from another life entirely."Thirty years ago, when your father dissolved his partnership with Aurora Bennett, the agreement included a reversion clause," the attorney explained, spreading old, yellowed documents across the table with careful precision. "Standard practice at the time for certain kinds of early-stage partnerships, meant to protect a minority partner if the majority partner ever attempted to sell or transfer controlling interest outside the original founding structure without proper compensation.""Meaning," Sterling said, jaw tight."Meaning if it can be proven Julian Vane never
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Ivy's hand went cold around the phone, the warmth of the evening suddenly feeling very far away, and she showed the message to Sterling with hands that weren't quite steady, watching his face shift from joyful exhaustion into something sharper, more alert."Security," he said, already standing, voice controlled despite the tension radiating off him.Reagan appeared within minutes, tablet in hand despite her earlier promise to leave it behind for the day, and the venue's security team swept the perimeter with quiet, practiced efficiency while the reception continued around them, most guests entirely unaware anything had shifted."Nobody's at the gate," the head of security reported, twenty minutes later, something careful in his expression. "We checked the security footage. There was a car parked on the street outside for about ten minutes during the ceremony, gone before we could get anyone out there to check plates.""Could it be Holt again," Ivy asked, voice tight."We're checking.
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