Chapter-25
The morning sun cracked over the Chicago skyline, but inside Leo’s office, the blinds were drawn tight. On the desk sat a freshly drafted public notice of corporate insolvency. Leo picked up his pen and signed his name at the bottom with a steady, unblinking focus. To any outside observer—and especially to the forensic accountant Graham had hired to monitor Leo’s bank accounts—it looked like the final blow had landed. Leo’s landscape design firm was officially filing for an emergency restructuring, listing its primary assets as frozen. "The bait is hooked," Leo said into his phone, his voice sharp and completely detached from the innocent, adoring man he used to be. "Graham’s financial team just flagged the filing," Marcus responded over the encrypted line. "He just authorized his prim
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