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Chapter Fifty Five

Penulis: TeeKay
last update Terakhir Diperbarui: 2025-12-09 20:00:26

Emmah's POV

​The digital proof of Marcus Williamson's thirty-year-old money laundering operation, a secret my father, Alistair Williamson, had carried to protect the Williamson name was the nuclear option. But the collateral damage was the destruction of the very integrity I had spent five years building.

​I stood in my father's study, the scent of aged paper and regret heavy in the air. I held the digital data, ready to use it, when my father placed a small, unassuming file in my hand.

​"You must do what is necessary, CEO Richard," my father repeated, his voice heavy with finality. "But I have one more secret, Emmah. A card Marcus doesn't know you possess."

​I opened the file. It contained medical records, school transcripts, and adoption papers.

​"This is Marcus's family," I whispered, scanning the documents. "A son? I never knew he had a child."

​"An adopted son," my father clarified, his gaze fixed on the file. "His only weakness. Marcus never married the mother, and she tragicall
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