heavy, restless footsteps on the hardwood floor like a

dered sharply, in a voice that brooked no argument. "The o

zzi story buried. Tell the press the video is an AI

f the velvet sofa, looking up

oice frighteningly calm, "I would have dumped every piece of

genuine panic crossed that a

s bespoke suit, and his tone

r, softening his voice to coax me. "I promise you, once the

to argue, to scream,

d blankly at the

anced at the Rolex on his wrist, muttered some thin

phone buzzed with a

video statement-recorded and broadc

troy my life with careless, calculated cruel

t into the camera and lied thr

a planned surrogacy,"

edical report he had quietly doctored. A "defective" wife

oice dripping with fake sorrow: "Sienna has unnatural, depraved sexual demands-and

otless white hospital gown, playing t

eir filthy adultery as a noble, selfless

a greedy parasite sucking at the Falcon

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were flooded with explicit death thr

my late mother's impeccable reputation and business lega

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do with someone of your moral character." He added it without hesitation, and in a heartbeat m

een lit up with a v

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iliations," he said, straightening his tie, his tone commanding.

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e woman who is legally your wife?" I aske

lled his eye

he sneered, and hung

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y lap and opened t

e came through the secure channel. T

re seals it; yours is already on the record beside his. The moment it is sealed, the remainin