Chapter 10 - The New Alliance
The bright, beautiful winter sun reflected off the freezing water of the massive harbor.
Luca Belandi stood on the pristine wooden docks of the newly renovated harbor front estate. He wasn't wearing a sharp black suit. He wore a heavy, comfortable wool coat, breathing in the fresh, freezing air with absolute health, power, and undeniable peace.
He wasn't standing alone.
Standing right beside him, completely relaxed and entirely unprotected by armed guards, was Mara Sullivan. She wore a warm, deep green trench coat, looking over the massive logistics empire her father had originally built.
They weren't rivals anymore. The legal transfer of the land had forged a profound, unbreakable mutual respect between them, and their two families had slowly merged into the most powerful, highly legitimate corporate alliance in the city.
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Luca smiled, looking out at the glittering water, knowing that true power isn't found in stealing an empire or defending a lie—it is found in having the incredible, fearless courage to break the toxic cycle and finally make things right.
Do you think freezing her accounts and banishing her to the guest house was enough justice for Victoria, or did the cruel matriarch deserve a harsher punishment for the forgery?
