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Chapter 178: The Storm Brews
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The silence in the office was deafening. Gregory paced back and forth, his mind racing through every possible outcome of the situation. Lucas had left with the promise of getting more information, but Gregory couldn’t shake the feeling that time was slipping through his fingers.

Every minute spent on the defensive felt like a victory for Cartwright. It was a game of inches, and right now, Gregory was losing. The traitors within his circle, the rumors about Cartwright’s growing influence, the whispers of betrayal, all of it weighed heavily on him.

His father’s legacy, the empire he was supposed to inherit, was slipping from his grasp, and he was powerless to stop it.

The door to his office creaked open, breaking the silence. Gregory turned, his hand instinctively going to the drawer where he kept a hidden file, the one that had the answers he was desperately seeking. But it wasn’t Lucas who entered. It was her.

The woman. The one who had given him the intel about Cartwright’s growing n
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