As for your personal circumstances, I suggest you speak with your lawyers regarding any remaining assets. Vance Corp has no business with individuals who operate with such… questionable ethics."
Clara recoiled, as if struck. Her eyes, filled with a raw, ugly desperation, scanned the room one last time, searching for an ally, a saviour. Finding none, her shoulders slumped, her last shred of fight evaporating.
Selena gave a subtle signal, a mere flick of her wrist, towards Victor, who was already moving. A moment later, two security officers, newly recruited from the loyal, displaced Dione Infra staff, appeared from the shadows, approaching Clara with respectful but unyielding determination.
"Madam," one of them said politely, his voice firm, "if you would please come with us."
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