The Resolve
Valenticia's POV~
Tension throbbed through the Lovtan summit hall, its marble columns soaring as I rose to my feet and took the podium, my sapphire gown shimmering in the light of the massive chandelier. My heart was beating hard, the sting of the forged memo implicating me in a merger scam, but I channelled Rosanna’s advice: you command, never waver. The room silenced, pens of reporters still, and I started, “The lies—are doctored memos, fake audios—serve to rip Clawford up. Today, I unearth their fraud: Nexus Ventures’ payments, which I tracked down with my team, built this scam. Here’s the proof.” I lifted a slate, Elaine’s Nexus entries. “I am Clawford’s daughter, and we'll rise, unbowed.” The crowd was on its feet the moment I finished speaking, and then there was a deaf
