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Chapter 166

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The boardroom of the newly rebranded Wolfe-Carrington Corporation buzzed with anticipation. Reporters camped outside the skyscraper’s lobby. Inside, shareholders shifted in leather seats, whispering about the power couple now running the empire.

Elena adjusted the sapphire pin on her blazer, her fingers betraying the nerves she refused to show on her face. She looked every bit the billionaire heiress turned corporate phoenix. But today wasn’t about elegance, it was war disguised as business.

Sebastian entered, his presence magnetic. Wearing a charcoal-gray suit with an open collar, he moved like a man who had nothing to prove but everything to protect. His hand brushed Elena’s back as he passed her, the brief contact grounding them both.

He took the seat at the head of the table, and Elena sat to his right.

Across from them sat Victoria Halden, the interim CFO, an icy, ambitious woman who once stood loyal to Edward Carrington and who now eyed Elena like a lioness watching her competit
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  • My Father's Rival Is My Lover    Chapter 213

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