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"It means nothing and I don't care! I love Melissa and that's all that matters to me. I don't give a damn about stupid company traditions! This has to end!" "It can't!" "It will," Desmond murmured, his eyes falling shut. "The traditions of this company were the reasons I had my first child. And now that same tradition thinks he's not worthy of inheritance," As he said that, Patricia looked away, with guilt. "It led me to Melissa and when I just met her, fulfilling that marriage status was required by these same traditions and it led us to having a contracted marriage. Until eventually, we found love in each other," Desmond's glance fell on mine and mine shifted to Patricia's.

Vulnerable. I replayed yesterday's conversation with Festy Vale, seeing it now with horrifying clarity. "That was her maiden name." Maiden name. Because she'd taken his name when they married. Vale. Lynn Vale. The man had sold his own wife. Sent her to a stranger's penthouse thinking it was a legitimate job, knowing exactly what would happen. I'd done ruthless things in my career. Crushed competitors. Destroyed people who stood in my way. Built my fortune on being cold and calculating.

"And I swear, she's untouched. Completely clean. The Don will be very satisfied." "Look," he pleaded, "I'm even giving up my girl. So about that debt I owe you..." The man's eyes were flat as they scanned me, showing nothing. My hope vanished. He didn't recognize me. I remembered my father had been recruiting foreign muscle lately. They didn't follow the old family traditions. They only cared about money. The bald man, Rocco, walked up to me and grabbed my chin, forcing me to look up. "Open your mouth," he ordered.

"Graham, babe, that old hag doesn't know the first thing about real research. Just get the drugs from her and I'll give you a big fat baby boy." Every last message was published in high definition, uncensored, for the world to see. Public opinion didn't just shift. It detonated. The same people who'd been weeping for her now felt like they'd been played for fools, and their fury went through the roof. "What the hell kind of scholarship student is this? She's a modern-day snake biting the hand that fed her!" "Spending his wife's money, sleeping with his wife's husband, and then trying to take his wife's life -- she deserves everything she gets!"

The Moretti estate in Westchester was a monument to old money pretending to be older than it was. Vincent's father had bought the property in the eighties from a railroad heir who'd gambled away his inheritance. Twenty acres of manicured lawn, a thirty-room mansion modeled after an Italian villa, and a ballroom that had hosted everyone from senators to crime bosses without anyone acknowledging the contradiction. Elena Moretti had spent three decades perfecting every detail—the frescoed ceilings, the imported marble, the gardens that required a staff of twelve to maintain. It was her kingdom, and she ruled it with the same iron efficiency her husband had once applied to his less legitimate en

Daniel's cold voice abruptly shattered the silence inside the car. Ethan was not surprised. If anything, he felt slightly relieved. “It is about the lady, sir,” he began carefully. “I completed the background investigation. Her history is clean, and she was married to a man named Stanley Jones.” Daniel's brows drew together slightly. “Stanley Jones?” he repeated thoughtfully. “Yes, sir,” Ethan answered. Daniel slowly opened his eyes. A strange sense of familiarity surfaced in his mind. “Why does that name sound familiar?” he asked quietly.

the official declared, bringing the business negotiation to its final conclusion. Hearing those words, a victorious smile spread across Vivienne's full lips. The business empire her ex-husband had built through boundless greed had now officially fallen into her hands. Dominic Thorne was nothing more than a penniless outcast who had been cast out of his own family, while Vivienne now stood proudly as the new queen who controlled the fate of hundreds of international retail stores.

His hands trembled as he reached for mine, but I stepped back. “I swear my love was real,” he said desperately. “The pressure was there, yes. My father made it clear that refusing would have consequences for Voss Holdings. But choosing you? That was mine. I fought for you. I still am.” I stared at him, the man I had once loved with every part of myself. The grief over Bean still lingered between us, raw and tender. But this new truth — the confirmation that our marriage had been partially purchased — felt like the final fracture.