Among top financial insiders, the impending default and collapse of the Horizon Heights project was no longer a secret.
The repayment deadline on the high-interest loan was approaching, yet the Mercer family couldn't even cover payroll. To hide the enormous funding gap and make one final attempt to attract fresh investment, Julian made an exceptionally foolish decision.
He planned to hold his extravagant wedding to Chloe on the same stage as the Horizon Heights sales launch.
They spent the last tens of millions of dollars they could scrape together to reserve the city's most luxurious hotel. They hired reporters and influencers to generate attention, hoping the lavish wedding and marriage alliance would create an illusion of prosperity strong enough to reassure nervous creditors and pro
