Vivienne Marlowe, reeling from Seraphina’s successful deflection of Damien Holt and fueled by Magnus’s mounting paranoia, launched her counter-scheme. Her objective was to accelerate the divorce, neutralize Kaelen before the merger, and document his perceived professional and personal inadequacy for the family court. She could not attack Seraphina’s corporate success, but she could attack the foundation of her marriage.
Seraphina received the notice from the Marlowe Family legal team: compulsory, weekly couples therapy sessions. The reason cited was reconciliation efforts for the marriage’s failure, but the true purpose was the presence of a court-appointed therapist, a silent witness whose notes would be admissible evidence in the di
