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CHAPTER 60
Author: Author Al-Wahhab
last update2026-07-31 18:39:28

The black card sat on the armrest of Kevin's chair like a grenade with the pin already pulled. Every person within ten feet of it had stopped breathing. The platinum Harvard Company crest caught the chandelier light and threw it back across the room in a way that made the card impossible to ignore.

Kevin picked it up. He did not look at it. He did not look at Vivienne. He looked directly at the auctioneer.

"Twenty million."

The number landed on the room like a brick thrown through a window.

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