Chapter 19: The Gala Invitation

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The return of Laurent Tower to its original family name dominated the weekly headlines, but behind closed doors, the real war was just beginning. In the quiet, marble-lined office on the top floor, Seraphina sat surrounded by stacks of financial audits, court summons, and bank statements. The room was peaceful, save for the steady hum of the air conditioning and the soft scratching of her pen. For the past three days, Seraphina and Damien had worked around the clock, systematically dismantling every contract Adrian had signed during his corrupt three-year tenure. But every time they traced an illegal transaction or an unrecorded loan, the trail didn't end with Adrian. It ended at an offshore account controlled by a subsidiary firm in Zurich—a firm owned entirely by Julian Laurent. A qu

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