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It was a weekday night, but none of them seemed particularly concerned about how early they had to be at work the following morning.Benjamin sat comfortably on one end of Enzo's large sofa, with Desmond beside him. Enzo occupied the armchair opposite them, staring intensely at the television as though his concentration alone could somehow change the direction of the match.Benjamin and Desmond were supporting AC Milan as usual. Enzo, unfortunately for him, was supporting Napoli.And his team was losing.Badly.A large tray sat on the coffee table between them, filled with the snacks Enzo's wife had prepared before leaving them to enjoy the match. There were crispy chicken wings, mini beef sliders, mozzarella sticks, seasoned potato wedges, spicy chicken skewers, and small bowls of salted peanuts and mixed nuts.Beside the tray were several bottles of beer.Enzo reached for one without taking his eyes off the television.“Come on,” he muttered. “Come on.”His team had just lost posses
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Julia shut down her laptop and glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already an hour past closing time.She had asked Sofia to leave thirty minutes earlier. There was no reason for her assistant to remain at the office simply because she still had work to finish. Julia had spent the last hour going through a few documents and making notes for the proposal she planned to prepare for Benjamin.She gathered the papers on her desk, placed them neatly in her bag, and stood.The office had become quiet. Most of the lights in the corridor had already been switched off, and only a few remained on around the executive section.Julia stepped out of her office and made her way to the elevator.When the doors opened, she entered and pressed the button for the basement parking area.A few minutes later, she reached her official car, a dark grey Audi A6. It was elegant, comfortable, and suited her position without drawing the kind of attention that came with the cars Benjamin usually used.She p
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A couple hours later, Benjamin had put the investigation aside.The disappointment was still there, buried somewhere beneath the surface, but he refused to carry it into the rest of his working day. Whatever answers Martins eventually found about his mother would have to wait.There was a company to run.Benjamin returned to his desk and immediately slipped back into the CEO mindset.Ruby came just in time with the afternoon schedule.“Your afternoon meeting is in thirty minutes,” she said. “It's with the Aurelia Costruzioni S.p.A. team for the routine monthly update you requested.”“Alright, that is fine.”“The Head of Legal will join you for the meeting.” Benjamin nodded.“Good send them in when they arrive.”“Yes, sir.”He sat behind his desk and spent the remaining few minutes reviewing the documents Ruby had placed before him.The report Aurelia Costruzioni S.p.A had sent ahead of the meeting for the Fregene development.Luca Ferraro arrived with two members of the legal team ca
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Julia glanced at the clock on her computer and realized that ten minutes of her lunch break had already passed.She had been going through some of Valmont Group's older investment reports since returning from the executive meeting. She wanted to understand the company's previous investment decisions before she began putting forward some of her own ideas.She closed the report and leaned back in her chair.She had been staring at figures for long enough.Julia opened one of her desk drawers and took out two packets of carrot granola bars. She then walked over to the small refrigerator in her office and brought out a bottle of natural mango juice.She had never been a fan of going out to eat every afternoon. She preferred having a good breakfast at home and having something light for later.She carried everything to the balcony.The moment she opened the door, she smiled.She still could not get over how beautiful the space was.On her first day in the office, she had opened the back do
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“What do you have for me, Martins?”Benjamin sat behind his desk, his attention fixed on the private investigator seated across from him. Martins had arrived about thirty minutes after the executive meeting and had brought a folder containing the results of his latest investigation.Martins opened it.“I was able to trace the small coastal town in Spain that was connected to your mother through the information you obtained from the military.”Benjamin leaned forward slightly.“And what did you find?”“The town is no longer an inhabited settlement. It was gradually abandoned after repeated coastal flooding and erosion. A substantial part of the old settlement is now submerged, and the remaining area is largely uninhabited. The former residents moved to different parts of Spain over the years.”Benjamin's expression hardened.“So there is nobody there who remembers her?”“Not anyone I've been able to identify with certainty. I traced historical records and followed several names connect
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Benjamin turned his attention to Julia.“Your report, Ms. Carlisle.”“Yes, Mr. Volkov.”Julia woke her laptop and brought up the first slide of her presentation. She glanced briefly around the conference table before beginning.“I’ll start with the merger negotiations involving SkyView Logistics. As you know, that project was already underway when I assumed the COO position, so I inherited the negotiations during the handover.”Benjamin nodded.“The outstanding matters have now been resolved,” Julia continued. “I worked with the relevant executives and the SkyView team to address the remaining commercial, operational, legal, and integration issues. The merger has now been brought to completion.”“Really?” Benjamin remarked.There was genuine appreciation in his voice. He gave her a brief approving look before leaning back in his chair.Julia nodded. “Yes. The final outstanding issues were resolved last week, and the integration process has already begun.”Desmond glanced toward Elio,
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