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Chapter 64 – The Counterattack

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Silence filled the Blackwell boardroom.

The kind of silence that follows an earthquake.

Every executive sat frozen, staring at the screen where Lila stood beside Ethan in the Florence hotel suite.

Moments ago she had been nothing more than Ethan Blackwell’s wife.

Now the board had just learned something far more dangerous.

She was the guardian.

The unseen authority behind the financial system that quietly supported Blackwell Industries.

The chairman slowly removed his glasses.

His voice tremble
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