Chapter 13 - Celeste Escalates The War With A Poisonous Leak
While Luciano and Chloe dined in Manhattan, Celeste Romano executed her most destructive tactical maneuver yet.
She forwarded the stolen Costa shipping manifests directly to the federal prosecutor's office in federal court.
The documents proved that Costa Logistics had bypassed customs inspections on three major freight shipments last quarter.
Within two hours, federal magistrates signed emergency search and seizure warrants for every warehouse in Port Meridian.
A high-priority text message pinged on Luciano’s encrypted phone while the dessert course was being served.
He read the alert silently, his dark eyes narrowing as the full scale of Celeste’s sabotage became clear.
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“We need to return to the estate immediately,” Luciano instructed Chloe, laying his cloth napkin on the table.
“Is it the federal investigators?” she asked, reading the serious tension etched across his handsome face.
