Chapter 4 - Shocked Garden Party Guests Gasp At The Exposed Evidence
Back inside the sprawling courtyard, Julian finally managed to claw his way out from beneath the broken wooden trellis.
Dust and crushed rose petals coated his designer suit, completely ruining the immaculate image he had cultivated for decades.
He stumbled to his feet, his face red with a mixture of furious humiliation and blind panic as he searched for the envelope.
“Where is it? Where did it go?” Julian snarled, shoving a panicked caterer out of his way.
Agatha scrambled up from the terracotta debris, brushing dirt from her expensive silk gown with trembling, useless fingers.
“That brute took it... Conrad took the files,” Agatha whispered hoarsely, staring at the empty patch of disturbed earth.
Several prominent city council members whispered among themselves, exchanging uncomfortable glances as the magnitude of the scandal set in.
The glamorous garden party had instantly transformed into a crime scene of corporate exposure and social destruction.
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Without a word of polite farewell, guests began rushing toward their luxury vehicles to flee the sinking ship of the estate.
Julian stood alone amidst the ruins of his party, realizing that his entire empire was crumbling into dust.
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