Chapter 12 - the hidden ledger
with the corrupt board of directors completely removed, sylvester began the monumental task of restructuring the billion-dollar shipping empire. he didn't rely on outside consultants; he trusted only his elite, battle-hardened inner circle.
marcus, his most loyal and ruthless lieutenant, walked into the executive office carrying a highly encrypted, steel briefcase. "boss, we audited vivienne's personal accounts just like you asked," marcus reported, his face grim. "she wasn't just buying diamonds and dresses. she was hemorrhaging money."
sylvester narrowed his dark eyes, taking the heavy ledger from marcus. as he scanned the documents, the cold, calculating mind of the former mafia king immediately detected a massive, fatal anomaly.
vivienne hadn't just been careless; she had been paying millions of dollars in untraceable blackmail to a shadow organization. she was terrified that someone would expose her grandmother's secret deal with sylvester.
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"she was paying the morretti crime family," sylvester whispered, his voice dropping into a lethal, freezing register. the morrettis were a brutal, old-world syndicate that sylvester had supposedly wiped out a decade ago.
the ghost realized that his old enemies hadn't died; they had just been hiding, feeding off the weak, arrogant socialite. the true war was officially re-ignited.
