LUCIEN’S POVBy nightfall, my pride was gone.I had built empires, commanded men, made enemies tremble with a word — now I couldn’t even pay the power bill for the penthouse.Zara was pacing the room, still in her silk robe, her face pale from lack of sleep. She was furious — not just at whoever sent the tape, but at the universe itself.“I’m not paying them,” I said, voice hoarse.She stopped mid-step. “Lucien—”“No. If we pay, they’ll bleed us dry. You know how this works. It’ll never stop.”“Then what do you want us to do? Wait for it to go viral? Let your investors see it? Let my father see it?”“Your father already knows.”Her mouth fell open. “What?”“I got a call,” I said bitterly. “Enzo said, and I quote, ‘You finally gave the world something worth watching.’ Then he laughed and hung up.”She turned away sharply, her eyes glassy. “He’s trying to break us.”“He already has.”She faced me again, and for a moment, the fury faded. “Then let’s make him regret it.”Something about t
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