Chapter 6 - The Vance Family Celebrates Their Premature Corporate Victory
High above the city skyline, the penthouse suite of the Grand Vance Hotel was ablaze with celebratory lights and champagne.
Julian stood at the floor-to-ceiling glass window, raising a crystal flute filled with vintage Dom Pérignon toward the skyline.
“To a clean break, a brilliant future, and zero legal complications,” Julian toasted his family with a smug grin.
Sienna laughed lightly, leaning against his shoulder while showing off a newly purchased diamond necklace on her phone.
“I always knew that pathetic country girl would fold the second we flashed a little cash in her face,” Eleanor scoffed loudly.
The extended Vance relatives cheered in agreement, clinking their glasses together in a raucous celebration of greed.
None of them noticed the subtle pinging notifications vibrating simultaneously on every single one of their smartphones.
Julian checked his device lazily, expecting congratulatory messages from his corporate board members regarding the merger.
Instead, his screen displayed an urgent email alert from the corporate legal department regarding an emergency asset freeze.
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The smile slowly drained from his face as the champagne glass slipped from his fingers onto the marble floor.
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