All Chapters of I Married My Enemy to Destroy Him: Chapter 171 - Chapter 180

The Virelli Empire began collapsing at 3:17 in the morning.Not with a gunshot.Not with a bomb.With a phone call.Lucien answered it.He listened for less than ten seconds.Then his face changed.“What happened?” I asked.He slowly lowered the phone.“The board has removed me.”I stared at him.“Removed you?”“They called an emergency meeting.”“Because of Black Veil?”“No.”He looked at the screens.“Because someone released the Virelli files.”My stomach dropped.“What files?”“Everything.”Within seconds, every television screen in the building changed.Bank records.Secret accounts.Illegal acquisitions.Bribes.Assassinations.Names of politicians.Judges.Business partners.The Virelli family's darkest secrets were being displayed for the entire world to see.Lucien stood frozen.I touched his arm.“Lucien…”“My grandfather.”His voice was barely audible.“He built an empire on this.”“And now it's being destroyed.”He nodded.“Everything my family spent decades building.”Ano

For twenty-seven years, I had been running from the Vale name.Now hundreds of people were kneeling in front of me because of it.I stared at them, unable to speak.Their heads were bowed.Their weapons were lowered.Nobody moved without my permission.I looked at Lucien.He wasn’t kneeling.He was standing beside me.Waiting.“What am I supposed to do?” I whispered.Lucien’s eyes met mine.“Whatever you want.”That answer frightened me more than anything else.I stepped forward.“Stand.”The command came out stronger than I expected.Every person in the room rose simultaneously.The sound of hundreds of shoes striking the floor echoed around us.Chloe stared at me.“You’ve changed.”I looked at her.“No.”I glanced at the Vale ring on my finger.“I’ve just remembered who I am.”A tall woman stepped forward from the group.She appeared to be in her forties, dressed in a dark suit.“Miss Vale.”“Yes?”“My name is Nadia Cross.”Adrian immediately stiffened.“Cross?”She nodded.“I serve

The first bullet tore through the ceiling before anyone had time to breathe.Seraphina dropped instinctively.Lucien grabbed her around the waist and pulled her behind a stone pillar as another burst of gunfire ripped through the underground headquarters.“DOWN!” Adrian shouted.The room exploded into chaos.Vale operatives scattered toward the walls, drawing weapons. Nadia immediately began barking orders while Chloe dragged Seraphina’s father behind a reinforced steel door.Seraphina pressed her back against the pillar, her heart hammering.Only seconds ago, she had been staring at her mother.Alive.After twenty-seven years of believing she was dead.And now bullets were raining down around them.Her mother stood several meters away, strangely calm.“Mother!” Seraphina shouted.The older woman turned.“Stay with Lucien!”Seraphina froze.Even now, her mother was protecting him.Or watching him.She couldn’t tell which.Lucien crouched beside her, his jaw tight.“Are you hurt?”“No.

The traitor was sitting in the room with them.Seraphina stared at the photograph again.Her father’s wrists were tied behind his chair.Chloe was beside him, frightened but conscious.And behind them stood a man Seraphina recognized immediately.Nadia Cross.The woman who had sworn loyalty to the Vale Network.The woman who had called Seraphina queen.The woman who had helped activate thousands of operatives.Seraphina slowly raised her eyes.Nadia was standing less than ten feet away.But something didn’t make sense.“Nadia,” Seraphina said.The woman looked at her.“Yes?”Seraphina held up the phone.“Explain this.”Nadia’s face went pale.She looked at the photograph.Then at Seraphina.“I can explain.”Lucien immediately stepped between them.“Don’t move.”Nadia raised both hands.“I didn’t take them.”“Then why are you in the photograph?” Adrian demanded.“I don’t know.”Seraphina studied her carefully.“That’s not an answer.”Nadia swallowed.“Because someone wanted you to beli

The truth went public at exactly 12:00 p.m.And within thirty seconds, the entire city knew that someone had been lying.Seraphina stood in the center of the Vale command room, staring at the wall of screens.Every major news channel was broadcasting the same emergency alert.UNAUTHORIZED TRANSMISSION DETECTED.Nadia looked up from the control terminal.“They’re trying to block us.”“Can they?”“For a few minutes.”Seraphina looked at Lucien.“That’s enough.”He understood immediately.“You want to go live.”“Yes.”Adrian shook his head.“They’ll shut you down.”“Then we’ll use every channel they can’t control.”Nadia smiled faintly.“That’s going to be difficult.”Seraphina looked at her.“Can you do it?”Nadia’s fingers moved across the keyboard.“I can do better.”Within seconds, the Vale Network began hijacking independent broadcasts, emergency communication systems, private satellite feeds, and thousands of public screens.One by one, they came alive.Seraphina appeared.No mask.