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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
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2026-06-25 15:45:06
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They left the ballroom immediately. Bianca kept her eyes forward, her hand steady on Enzo's arm as he guided her along the edge of the crowd. They neither hurried nor hesitated. To everyone watching, it looked like nothing more than an early departure, a quiet refusal to remain for Lawrence's celebration.They were almost at the south doors when Bianca looked back.Across the ballroom, Lawrence still held his champagne glass aloft. He hadn't resumed his speech. Instead, he watched Bianca cross the floor, a faint smile resting on his face. The expression sent a chill through her.Several yards from the podium, Camille's attention snapped from the closing doors back to Lawrence. For the first time that evening, uncertainty flickered across her face. He wasn't reacting to Bianca's departure; he had been expecting it.The doors clicked shut behind them, cutting off the swell of the orchestra and the suffocating hum of whispers."The car's outside," Enzo said, his voice calm. "Matteo's alr
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The drive to the Plaza passed in silence. Streetlights swept across the back of the SUV, catching the deep blue of Bianca's gown before fading into shadow. Beside her, Enzo stared ahead, calm and unreadable.The SUV rolled beneath the Plaza's grand entrance and came to a stop. Enzo stepped out first. He turned and, without a word, held out his arm. A small flutter caught in Bianca's chest, and she steadied herself, slipped her hand into the crook of his elbow, and stepped into the lights."Ready?" Enzo asked quietly.Bianca let out a slow breath. "No."The corner of his mouth lifted almost imperceptibly."Good," he said. "Neither are they."Camera shutters erupted as reporters surged against the velvet ropes, calling their names. They walked in effortless step, Bianca's gaze fixed on the entrance ahead. She didn't lean on Enzo, but his steady presence beside her settled something inside her.The moment they crossed into the ballroom, the atmosphere changed. The orchestra played on, bu
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By nine the next morning, server ledgers recovered from the Red Hook terminal covered the conference table in the Davenport lounge with fresh coffee brewed in the corner.Bianca rubbed her tired eyes and returned to the files. Her blazer hung over the back of her chair, her sleeves rolled above her wrists as she worked through corporate charters and server logs. Patiently, she cross-checked every bylaw and ownership record, searching for the smallest inconsistency.Across the table, Matteo scrolled through the latest report on his tablet."We've narrowed it down," he said. "The Red Hook logs are clean, and financial projections were released through a Master Tier administrative override eighty-four days ago. Only five people at Barley have clearance to authorize that."Bianca leaned back slightly."Five," she repeated quietly."Lawrence, Camille, and three legacy board members," Matteo said, setting his tablet aside. "We've gone from twenty-one suspects to five."Bianca reached for he
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The drive to Brooklyn passed in silence. Bianca leaned back against the leather seat, her blazer folded beside her. Enzo sat next to her with his sleeves rolled to his forearms, his attention fixed on the road ahead. They had left the lawyers and analysts at the Davenport headquarters. The paper trail had led nowhere. If they were going to find the leak, they needed to start where it had begun.The SUV rolled into the gravel lot of the Red Hook Shipping Terminal. Stacks of cargo containers towered over the docks while the steady rumble of diesel engines echoed across the yard.Bianca reached for the door handle. "We don't tell the regional director we're here. The moment they know we're coming, the logs will be cleaned."Enzo held her gaze for a beat before giving a single nod. "Then let's catch them off guard."Enzo retrieved two high-visibility vests and a pair of hard hats from the back of the SUV, handing one set to Bianca. She slipped the oversized vest over her silk blouse and s
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The rain hung over Manhattan in a dull gray curtain as Bianca stepped into the study at the Barley estate.Robert Barley sat by the window, a leather-bound history book resting closed on his lap. Beside his usual medication sat a new orange prescription bottle and a blood pressure cuff. He looked up as she walked in. His eyes were still sharp, but Bianca noticed the difference immediately. His breathing was shallower, and a faint tremor lingered in his hands. "You look tired, My Little General," Robert said. His voice still held its commanding weight.Bianca managed a faint smile as she lowered herself into the leather armchair opposite him. Her gaze drifted to the new prescription bottle, and a familiar knot tightened in her chest. Around Robert, she never had to pretend to be stronger than she felt, but seeing him like this made it harder to hide her own worry."The board cleared the capacity review, Grandfather," she said quietly. "The Barley Group is secure. We won.""You won the
Too Late To Want Me Back CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
The Davenport Group's war room was already running by 7:14 a.m.Bianca sat at the center of the conference table with a cold cup of coffee untouched beside her. Camille worked through reports on her tablet, her expression tightening with every update, while Olivia stood by the projection screen reviewing the latest trading data.Bianca had slept less than three hours. Every time she closed her eyes, she found herself replaying the conversation in the car and the words she still couldn't stop thinking about.When the conference room doors opened, she straightened immediately.Enzo Davenport walked in, composed and impeccably dressed. Any trace of the tired man she had seen a few hours earlier was gone. He acknowledged Camille and Olivia with a brief nod before taking his seat at the head of the table. He didn't look at Bianca any differently than he looked at anyone else in the room.It shouldn't have mattered. If anything, the distance was exactly what she should have wanted. Yet she
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The soft clink of the platinum band against the glass nightstand seemed to linger in the silence. Dominic’s fingers paused on the buttons of his shirt. He looked down at the ring, then up at my bare hand. His jaw tightened slightly, but his eyes remained entirely flat, devoid of remorse. I had spe
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I wouldn’t give them the satisfaction. Pressing my hands against my burning cheek, I smoothed down the front of my crimson silk gown, forced a calm smile onto my face, and stepped back into the grand ballroom.But the moment I approached the main floor, I realised the seating arrangements for the e
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The sting of my mother-in-law’s slap burned across my cheek, but it was nothing compared to the silence from the man standing beside me.My husband.The sharp sound echoed through the ballroom, turning every head in our direction. Heat rushed to my face, smearing the red lipstick I had carefully ap
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