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CHAPTER 214
Ginevra's breath caught. Nobody had ever spoken to her like that in a room full of people."I withdraw my support from your upcoming venture." Harlan straightened his jacket. "I do not fund liars.""I will not stand behind you either." Diane stood up. "And let me be honest. No serious investor will trust a woman who treats financial commitments like empty promises. You are worth less than the paper on that folder.""Please." Ginevra's voice cracked. "Let me explain.""Explain to the garbage collector." Victor Lang did not even look at her. "He might care."Laughter rippled around the table. Bianca hid her smile behind her teacup.They are laughing at me. Ginevra's fingers trembled around the folder. Me. Ginevra. A woman who once made men wait outside my door.Then the lounge door opened. Dante walked in. Lyra followed one step behind, silent as a shadow.Ginevra's eyes lit up with sudden hope."Dante." She rushed toward him. "Thank God. These people are making false accusations about
CHAPTER 213
Ginevra did not sleep that night. The memory of Madame Castellano's dry voice kept replaying in her head like a song she hated.I will fix this. She stared at the ceiling of her bedroom. If I cannot beat Dante at the party, I will beat him in business.By morning, she had a plan. She called Bianca Ferretti before breakfast."I need a private meeting with the auction sponsors." Ginevra kept her voice sweet. "I have a proposal that will make everyone very rich.""A proposal." Bianca sounded bored. "From you.""My company is expanding. You were kind enough to open a door for me, Bianca. Let me repay you."A long silence followed. Then a small, pleased laugh."Of course, darling. Thursday. My private lounge."Thursday arrived with grey clouds and cold wind. The lounge sat on the top floor of a glass tower, full of leather chairs and the smell of expensive cigars. Three sponsors waited at a long oak table. Harlan Cross, a heavy man with a gold ring on every finger. Diane Whitaker, a thin w
CHAPTER 212
"You are using his name to climb." Ginevra's eyes glittered. "Everyone can see it. A little leech latched onto a man who is too soft to shake her off. Is that how it works? You cling long enough, and someone feeds you?"She wants a scene. Lyra did not blink. And she wants me to give her one."I have never needed your permission to stand beside anyone." Lyra's voice was calm and cold. "Not his. Not yours. Not anyone's.""Listen to her." Ginevra laughed, loud and sharp. "A girl who grew up in a rented room, talking like a queen. Where did you learn to speak, sweetheart? The back of a bus?""Better a bus than a throne built on someone else's back." Lyra tilted her head. "You sat on Dante's for years. It must be hard to walk on your own."Someone near the champagne tower choked back a laugh. Ginevra's cheeks flushed."You little nobody." She stepped forward. "You crawled out of the gutter and landed on a good man's shoes. Do not mistake his pity for love.""Lyra Varen?"The voice came fro
CHAPTER 211
The news reached Ginevra while she was sitting alone in her penthouse, staring at a guest list that did not have her name on it."Dante Moretti received a Tier One invitation." Her assistant read the message from her phone. "The black seal. Without even applying.""That is impossible." Ginevra's glass stopped halfway to her lips. Her fingers whitened around the stem."The whole city is talking about it, ma'am."He has everything. Ginevra set the glass down so hard it cracked. A seat at the most exclusive table in the city. And I am begging for crumbs.She told herself it was not jealousy. Dante was doing this on purpose. He was flaunting his new status like a peacock spreading its tail, just to make her regret leaving him."He wants me to watch." Her voice was ice. "Fine. Let him see me there."The next morning, Ginevra drove to the Ferretti estate. Bianca Ferretti received her in a sunroom full of orchids, wearing a silk robe that probably cost more than a car."Ginevra, darling." Bi
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"The auction keeps a log of every invitation. When it was issued. To whom. Through which channel." Dante turned his head. "Is the auction's representative present?"The woman in the black dress stepped out from the crowd. She carried the same velvet case. Her face showed nothing, like a statue carved from patience."I am here, Mr. Moretti.""Please verify the registration records for my invitation." Dante's tone did not shift. "And for the message this young man is displaying."Lorenzo's grin flickered. "That is not necessary. The message speaks for itself.""Then you will not mind." The representative took out a small tablet. Her fingers moved with calm precision. The hall waited in silence.Two minutes. Lyra watched Lorenzo's throat bob. That is how long he has before the floor opens under him."Mr. Morett
CHAPTER 209
Lorenzo De Luca could not swallow what happened in that hotel suite. By nightfall, he had made a plan that smelled worse than a clogged drain."Everyone needs to hear this." Lorenzo leaned across a restaurant table. His eyes glittered with poison. "The Moretti trash did not earn that black invitation. He crawled into someone's bed for it.""Whose bed?" A friend leaned in, hungry for gossip."One of the organizers. Take your pick." Lorenzo smirked. "A man with no money and no family has to pay with something."By morning, the rumor had crawled through half the wealthy families in the city. A popular entertainment blogger named Chloe Vance posted it before breakfast. The headline said everything Lorenzo wanted."The Moretti Heir Sold Himself For A Golden Seat."Dante read it on his phone while Lyra drove. His face did not change."You are not angry." Lyra glanced at him."Anger is a luxury for people with free time." Dante scrolled past a comment calling him a gold digger. "Where are we
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