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Chapter 44: It's Ours

Author: Ameiry Savar
last update Last Updated: 2025-02-16 09:07:15

Ethan leaned back in his chair, a smug grin playing on his lips as he swirled the whiskey in his glass. The dim lighting in his office cast long shadows on the walls, adding to the air of quiet triumph that hung between him and Vanessa.

Across from him, Vanessa sat with one leg crossed over the other, practically glowing with excitement. She tapped her manicured nails against her phone screen, scrolling through news articles that praised their latest victory.

Ethan smirked. “What’s the status?”

“We did it,” she said, her voice laced with satisfaction. “LIT is finally ours.”

Ethan chuckled, taking a slow sip of his drink. “And Aurora didn’t even put up a fight.”

Vanessa smirked, setting her phone down. “How could she? She’s been too busy hiding from the scandal. She didn’t even see this coming.”

Ethan exhaled in amusement, his eyes gleaming with satisfaction. Lancaster Tech Innovations was finally under his control. Aurora had been naive, believing that the merger had been for the comp
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