Chapter 11 - The Public Announcement
The grand ballroom of the Metropolitan Hotel was packed with over five hundred high-society figures, journalists, and corporate board members. Flashbulbs exploded continuously across the room as soft orchestral music played in the background.
The city’s elite had gathered for the emergency shareholder summit of Moretti Holdings.
Standing at the backstage curtain, Elena smoothed down her sleek emerald-green evening gown. Her heart hammered against her ribs, but the fear that used to control her life was nowhere to be found.
Luca stood beside her, looking striking in a sharp tuxedo. He reached down and gently adjusted the yellow bow in Mia’s hair, who was sitting comfortably on a velvet stool backstage, eating a strawberry.
“Are you ready, Executive Chairwoman?” Luca asked with a quiet, reassuring smile.
Elena took a deep breath, holding her head high. “I’m ready.”
Luca walked out onto the main stage first, stepping up to the wooden podium. The crowd instantly fell silent, every eye in the room fixed on the formidable billionaire.
“Four years ago, my family suffered a great loss,” Luca’s booming voice echoed through the microphone. “And in the shadows of that grief, corrupt men tried to steal what belonged to my brother’s legacy.”
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The reporters leaned forward, cameras clicking furiously.
👉 “Tonight,” Luca announced, turning toward the curtain, “I introduce the true majority shareholder and Chairwoman of Moretti Holdings—Mrs. Elena Bennett Moretti.”
