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for over a month should've felt overwhelming, b

days, claiming my body still hadn't fully recovered. But once I d

hated the thought of being absent. In my world, one small misste

ather chair grounding me. After more than a month o

activities from the past month. We had been at it for two hours, and we were still far from f

as why the way he kept adjusting his tie told m

it," I

o handle operations. On paper, things remain stable. The board has no c

een skilled at showing a polished face wh

for him t

with deliberate care. Inside were clippe

arily. He tightened control over the managers there and shifted capital aggressively. Nothing overt

ocuments one by one, my

'd been watching him. And now, he'd made another big move while I was in a coma. This time,

e best way to catch a mouse is to

me this just to tell me he'

next set of documents. "No, sir. Thi

immediately: Private Me

my gaze.

Milan two weeks ago. There are no official record

al estate empires. But rumors had always followed him. Many believed he was involved with a powerful Mafia org

discussed?

privacy. The staff present were dismissed before b

Vitale wasn't just fire-he was wildfire. Aligning with him meant one of two things

o

nti

pression tight. "Vitale made a trip here last week for

sit forward

stirring further chaos. Our sources intercepted chatter from the au

y eyes. "Did

Hospital. And... it was Madam who operat

etched acro

w. I hadn't foreseen this-that Grandma would make such a move behind my back, and even

eports and memos lay scattered across the desk, but none of it mattered. My mind drifted fo

s

ly graceful that, for a brief moment, I alm

racted wife, nothing more. I had no use for d

hts, summarizing more reports, bu

" I said, m

I spoke again. "Is there any progres

ent. He was in a coma too, and Evan had placed him in a secure recovery facility known only to us, waiting for the day

t's a fifty-fifty chance he survives. If he

my fingers again, the gear

ge... and the game I've been forced t

skyline beyond my windows. The city moved on, business went on,

pt the knock at

ut as she poked her head in. "There's a vis

despite myself. Who had the aud

in," I s

was, the air seemed to thin. That face-etched

ied in the past, now