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CHAPTER 11

Author: ARPAN PORAME
last update publish date: 2026-03-06 05:59:56

Cleaning House

The golden "Azure" sign was back, but the atmosphere inside the building was anything but bright.

A thick cloud of anxiety hung over the executive floor.The staff moved in hushed whispers, their eyes constantly darting toward the boardroom.

"Did you hear? She fired the entire security team this morning," a secretary whispered.

"I heard she has Mavric Thorne's private mercenaries guarding the servers now," another replied.

The doors to the boardroom remained closed, but the scent
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