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CHAPTER 65
Luca's mask slipped for half a second. His jaw tightened and his pupils dilated with something sharp and toxic before the innocent expression slid back into place."That was just shock, Ginevra." Luca knelt beside her chair and took her hand, his thumb stroking her wrist with practiced tenderness. "People react strangely to trauma. Trust me, wherever Dante is right now, he is suffering. He just hides it well."Ginevra did not respond. She pulled her hand away gently and turned back to her phone, typing a brief reply to Vittorio."Thank you. I will consider your offer."She set the phone down and stared at the dark windows of the study. The woman who had once believed the world revolved around her authority and her company and her cold, unshakable control was beginning to understand something she had never been forced to confront before.The person she had considered a burden had become connected to one of the most powerful families in the city. The person she had left bleeding on a ya
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The doors closed behind him. The boardroom erupted into frantic, overlapping voices. Directors argued with each other, with Tommaso, with Patrizia, each one scrambling for solutions that did not exist.Ginevra gathered her documents and walked out without speaking to any of them. She took the elevator to the lobby and pushed through the main entrance into the afternoon sunlight.The reporters were already waiting."President Ginevra! Is it true that the Moretti Group is facing a hostile takeover?""Can you confirm that Damiano Orsini has acquired controlling interests in several of your subsidiaries?""Is there any truth to the rumors that your former husband refused to help the company?"The questions hit her like stones thrown from every direction. Camera flashes exploded in her face. Microphones were shoved toward her mouth by hands she could not see.Ginevra looked directly into the nearest camera. Her mouth opened. For three agonizing seconds, nothing came out. The cold, commandi
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The silence that followed pressed down on the room like a physical weight. Ginevra stared at Fabrizio with an expression so cold it could have cracked glass, but she did not respond. For the first time in her career, she had no confident answer.Before the tension could break, the boardroom doors swung open without warning.Damiano Orsini walked in.He was a tall man in his late fifties, impeccably dressed in a dark charcoal suit, with silver hair combed back from a face that carried the calm, patient expression of a predator who had already cornered its prey. Two assistants followed him, each carrying a leather briefcase stuffed with documents. Behind them, a corporate attorney in a black suit took a position near the door."Good afternoon, everyone." Damiano unbuttoned his jacket and sat down uninvited in the empty chair at the far end of the table, directly opposite Ginevra. His smile was warm, polite, and completely terrifying. "I apologize for the unannounced visit, but I felt it
CHAPTER 62
Ginevra walked into the Moretti Group headquarters Tuesday morning with her spine straight and her expression locked behind the same cold, impenetrable mask she had worn every day since taking control of the company. Her heels struck the marble floor with deliberate precision.Her designer coat hung perfectly from her shoulders. Nothing about her appearance suggested that she had spent the previous night sitting alone in her car outside a modest apartment building, rejected by the man she had once thrown away like yesterday's newspaper."Good morning, President Ginevra." Tommaso met her at the elevator, his tablet clutched against his chest like a shield. "The board is already assembled. They have questions about the crisis response plan.""Tell them I have the situation under control." Ginevra stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the executive floor without looking at him. "The matter will be resolved within the week.""Of course, President Ginevra." Tommaso hesitated
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The words landed between them with the weight of a dropped anvil. Ginevra's jaw clenched. The cold mask on her face cracked just enough to reveal the raw, burning humiliation underneath."This is not about you and me." Ginevra forced her voice to remain steady. "This concerns the Moretti family. You were part of that family for over a year. You should have some interest in protecting what once belonged to you.""What once belonged to me?" A faint, cold smile appeared on Dante's lips. The kind that carried no warmth whatsoever. "You were very clear about what belonged to me, Ginevra. You read every line of that divorce agreement yourself. You signed it without hesitation. You told your lawyer I was a dependent nobody who deserved nothing. And now you are standing at my door asking me to use the connections I built after you threw me away to save the company you told me I had no part in."Ginevra's nostrils flared. Her hands curled into fists at her sides."I am not asking you to do thi
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Panic rippled through the boardroom like a shockwave. Tommaso pressed both hands against the table and closed his eyes. Patrizia covered her mouth. Even Luca's perfectly maintained composure flickered for a moment before he caught it and rearranged his features.That evening, Ginevra sat alone in her office and made phone calls. One after another, she contacted the most powerful businessmen she knew, men who had attended her corporate events, who had shaken her hand at banquets, who had praised the Moretti name at industry conferences."I am sorry, Ginevra, but I cannot get involved." The voice on the other end of the first call was apologetic but firm. "Damiano has too much influence. Opposing him publicly would put my own family at risk.""I understand your situation, but this is not my fight." The second call ended the same way. "The Orsini family has connections I cannot afford to challenge. I wish you the best.""Ginevra, I have enormous respect for you, but I have to think about
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