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Chapter 17: Lines Drawn

last update Fecha de publicación: 2026-01-28 00:09:22

The world seemed to tilt, the study shrinking around them as the weight of Grayson’s words settled like a storm cloud. The press had the documents. All of Harrison’s forged clauses, the manipulated contracts, the timing discrepancies, the fraudulent signatures. Everything.

And now the world , or at least every ruthless financial journalist in St. Louis , would feast on it.

Savannah felt her breath falter. “How fast?” she whispered.

Grayson exhaled shakily. “They’re publishing now.”

The air snap
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