The air in the penthouse was thick with strategy. Maps of the industry lay scattered across the table like blueprints to a silent war. Celeste leaned over the edge of Damien’s desk, her fingers tracing timelines, connections, weaknesses, every thread they needed to pull in the coming days. The spotlight wasn’t just shifting. It was burning holes through the mask of power that had hidden the rot beneath Mercer-Calloway’s golden empire.Damien stood across from her, sleeves rolled up, tie loosened, his face set in a rare kind of focus, the kind only she ever saw. Gone was the impassive mogul; in his place was the man who had once built an empire out of broken pieces, the man who knew how to survive chaos by mastering it.“We’re going to need proof that Mercer is working directly with Veronica,” Damien said, voice low and taut. “If we can link them, financially, politically, even emotionally, we can unravel this thing from the top down.”Celeste’s brows furrowed. “Veronica won’t get her
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