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he lead partner of Williams Conglomerate's legal team laid out tw

h extreme precision, carrying abso

vy black fountain pen en

he said softly, his finger

igned "Kendall Rutledge

gned his name beside mine wi

l seal into the paper, the dry stamp

wealth's registry of vital records," the lawyer said, bowing resp

om, Bertrand slid his private sea

point. "One more thing," he said, voice low. "At midnight, you looked like

n't pull away. "Stay close

your family trust within twenty-four hours," he said, turning his gray eyes

ling the weight of the past three

this. To the public, this is a strategic alliance. But beh

stigator's tap on Fowler Sports Manageme

uneven, stopping and starting. I heard the sharp scrape of a chair leg, the rust

oice was shrill through the speakers, choked with tears.

audio. "The Nevada paperwork was flawless! How

sign the trust maintenance

." Destin sneered with complete arrogance. "She's mad because

?" Kyleigh as

ed. "I've already moved part of her liquidity into our holding accounts before she f

you're r

e twenty-million-dollar exclusive distribution contract with the Montgomery fa

egion's broadcast distribution-and Des

alked out of the Williams building into the cool m

n encrypted alert from

s were now fully shielded under the W

gle dollar, he would trigger an im

reen security ind

ffice, certain he was a mastermind, plotti

complete stranger to me-and that I was now legally bo

sed the Charles River bridge,

walls we

time to pur

ivate number that had be

en the line connected. "We

m the other end. "I have been wai