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Chapter seventy five
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š¹ Damien š¹Vincent Morelli leaned back in his chair, the dim light casting sharp shadows across his face. His smirk was gone now, replaced by something colderāsomething that told me we werenāt just playing in dangerous waters.We were drowning in them.Aurora stood beside me, her fingers clenched into fists at her sides. She was good at hiding it, but I could feel her tension, the way her breath hitched when Morelli spoke, the way she stole a glance at me like she was waiting for my reaction.I didnāt give her one.Instead, I kept my gaze locked on Morelli. āYou like games, donāt you?ā I said, my voice steady.His lips twitched. āOnly when I know Iām winning.āI folded my arms. āThen tell us whatās coming on June 18th. Because if you think weāre just going to sit back and let whatever happens destroy us, you donāt know us very well.āMorelli chuckled, a slow, deliberate sound that sent a chill down my spine. āSee, thatās the thing. You two werenāt supposed to know about any of this
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š¹ Aurora š¹The city lights blurred as Damien sped through the streets, the black list burning in my lap. I gripped it tightly, as if holding it any looser would make it disappear, as if the truth inside it wasnāt already seared into my mind.Our names were on it.I had never been naĆÆve enough to believe we were untouchable, but this was different. Seeing our names among men who had vanished, who had been silenced, sent a chill through my veins.Damien didnāt speak. His fingers clenched around the steering wheel, his jaw tight with the kind of rage that simmered just beneath the surface. The kind that meant something dangerous was brewing.My stomach twisted. āWhat are we supposed to do now?āHis eyes didnāt leave the road. āWe go to my father.āI snapped my head toward him. āAre you insane?āāNo.ā His tone was clipped. āWe donāt have a choice.āI let out a sharp breath. āVictor Sterling is part of this. He knew what was happening. You really think heās just going to hand us the trut
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š¹ Aurora š¹The night air was thick with tension.As Damien and I stepped out of his fatherās office, the weight of what we had just uncovered pressed down on me like a vice.Victor Sterling was not just a man who controlled powerāhe was power itself.His words lingered in my mind, laced with condescension and veiled threats."You think youāre in control? Youāre nothing but a pawn in a game you donāt even understand."For the first time since I entered this world, I felt small.Insignificant.Like a thread in a carefully woven web of deception that stretched far beyond what I had imagined.Beside me, Damien was tense, his posture rigid as we walked down the grand hallway of the Sterling estate. He hadnāt said a word since we left his fatherās office, but his grip on my wrist was firm, his movements controlledātoo controlled.I could feel the storm brewing inside him.And I knew it was only a matter of time before it exploded.We stepped outside into the cool night air, the silence b
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š¹ Damien š¹The first thing I noticed when I woke up was her.Aurora.Lying beside me, her body still tangled in the sheets, her soft breaths even and rhythmic.Her bare skin glowed under the dim morning light filtering through the massive windows, a stark contrast to the storm she had unleashed in me just hours ago.Iād meant to be gentle with her. I really had.But she had pushed me, teased me with that defiant fire in her eyes, knowing damn well what it would do to me.And so, Iād claimed her. Completely.My fingers traced slow circles on her exposed back, watching as she shifted slightly, her face pressing into the pillow. Even in sleep, she looked... at peace.The kind of peace I hadnāt known in years.And yet, as I lay there, staring at her, a dull ache settled in my chest.Because peace wasnāt something men like me could afford.And she had no idea what she was walking into.My fatherās words from last night echoed in my mind."You think you can protect her from this world, Da
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š¹ Damien š¹The drive to my fatherās estate was silent, but the tension in the air was thick. Aurora sat beside me, her hands folded neatly in her lap, her expression unreadable. She wasnāt resisting this time, wasnāt pushing back the way she usually did. But I could see the storm brewing in her eyes.She was thinking. Processing. And I knew that whatever was going through her mind, it wasnāt anything good.I reached over, resting a hand on her thigh. āYou donāt have to come in.āShe turned to me, her gaze locking onto mine. āI want to.āI exhaled through my nose, gripping the steering wheel tighter. I wasnāt sure what I was about to walk into with my father, but I knew it wouldnāt be pleasant. Aurora didnāt need to be here for it.But she was just as much a part of this as I was now.We arrived at the Sterling estate just as the sun began to set, casting long shadows over the perfectly manicured gardens. The guards let us through without question, and as I stepped out of the car, I
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The morning the world turned against Reynolds Pharmaceuticals, Aurora knew something was wrong before she even saw the headlines.Her phone wouldnāt stop buzzingācalls from unknown numbers, frantic texts from colleagues, missed calls from Damien. The air in her penthouse felt thick with something unspoken, a warning whispering through the walls.Then she saw it.The headline was everywhere, plastered across news outlets, trending on social media:āReynolds Pharmaceuticals: A Legacy Built on Lies?āAuroraās stomach twisted as she clicked on the article. The words on the screen blurred together in a haze of disbelief.Leaked documents suggest that Reynolds Pharmaceuticals has engaged in unethical drug trials, falsified reports, and concealed dangerous side effects of its best-selling medications. In an exposĆ© released by Hawthorne Biotechās CEO, Alistair Hawthorne, the evidence is damning.Her hands clenched around her phone as she scrolled through the attached documentsābank transactio
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š¹ Aurora š¹The city buzzed with whispers of scandal, but inside Reynolds Pharmaceuticals, the silence was suffocating.Aurora sat in her office, staring at the countless headlines flooding her screen. Every major news outlet had picked up the story, dissecting her familyās legacy like vultures tearing into a fresh carcass.āReynolds Pharmaceuticals in Crisis: Allegations of Fraud SurfaceāāHawthorne Biotechās CEO Exposes Corporate CorruptionāāAurora Reynolds and Damien Sterling: The Faces of a Dying Empire?āAurora clenched her jaw and scrolled through the articles, each one worse than the last. Every accusation, every leaked document, every carefully placed āanonymous sourceā was designed to erode trust in Reynolds Pharmaceuticals.The worst part?This wasnāt just corporate warfare. This was personal.Alistair Hawthorne wasnāt just trying to dismantle the companyāhe was trying to ruin her family.And he was succeeding.A sharp knock at the door snapped her out of her thoughts. Dam
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š¹ Aurora š¹The weight of betrayal sat heavy on my chest.The past few days had been a whirlwind of chaosāpublic backlash, financial losses, and desperate damage control. Every time we thought we had a grip on the situation, something new surfaced, threatening to pull us under.And now, standing in Damienās penthouse, I could feel the walls closing in on us.Across from me, Damien was seated at his desk, his face illuminated by the glow of his laptop screen. His jaw was set, his fingers moving swiftly over the keyboard as he analyzed the latest reports on Reynolds Pharmaceuticals.āThis isnāt just a smear campaign,ā he muttered. āCaldwell knows exactly where to strike.āI crossed my arms, pacing the room. āBecause someone is feeding him information.āDamienās fingers froze on the keys. He lifted his gaze to meet mine, his expression unreadable. āYou think thereās a leak?āI swallowed hard. āI know there is.āThe things Caldwell had exposed werenāt just public knowledge. He had target
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