Third Person's POVEven if they hadn't gone public, the high-level inner circle of the Craig Group knew the deal.If someone used this "malpractice" scandal to drag Mortimer into the mud, it would hit the stock price. Hard.To Seraphina, Mortimer's anxiety wasn't a sign of care—it was just a CEO protecting his bottom line."So, for the sake of the market cap," Seraphina said, her voice dropping into a cool, professional register, "you should probably fast-track our divorce. That way, my 'reputation' stops being a liability for your empire."Hearing her push for the split again made Mortimer's face go a lethal shade of ash.Inside him, Barton—the wolf—was losing it. The predator couldn't handle the idea of being discarded.He was clawing at the bars of Mortimer's sanity, desperate to take control and snap at anything that moved.Mortimer glared at her, his eyes full of jagged irony. "What's the rush? You that desperate to go public with that pathetic side-piece of yours?"Seraphina felt
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