Chapter 26 – are you planning to go beg her to come back?

There was a brief, unsettling silence at the other end of the line before Kevin finally spoke.

"It started when Marjorie withdrew her shares," he said carefully. "I don’t have concrete proof yet, but all signs point to her reinvesting with our competitors. It’s... it’s hitting us hard. Our finances are taking a real beating."

Ravyn’s grip tightened around his phone until his knuckles turned white, the plastic creaking faintly under the pressure. His jaw locked. Just as he had suspected, Seraphine, again.

This was indeed not something Kevin could handle because it was a personal matter between him and his ex-wife, the girl who used to look at him like he was his world.

The last time they met, she seemed like a completely different person, staring at him like she could take his very life in the next moment. "I’ll see you tomorrow," he said coldly.

He was about to end the call when something nagged at him. "Wait, what about her? Is she partnering with anyone?"

Kevin let out a short, humorless chuckle. "From what I’ve heard? No one wants to form any alliance with her, but she’s still causing us losses.

Mr. Ashkael circulated the information to the Sovereign Circle members. You should’ve received it too... didn’t you?"

The Sovereign Circle was an exclusive enclave reserved for the unimaginably wealthy and powerful, accessible only by invitation.

Every member was required to be worth no less than a hundred billion, no exceptions. It was a club Ravyn himself had helped build and yet, he hadn’t received the message.

the information had bypassed him, there was only one explanation. "Tell me,"

we were sitting at one hundred and thirty billion. But profits started

Ravyn

out. His ex-wife, and now, because he was five hundred million short of the qualification line, he had been

tasted bitter. His first instinct was to call Voren. They had been

suggesting the minimum net worth be lowered to eighty billion, arguing

had insisted, was a fair line. A necessary pressure point to ensure excellence,

been written into the Circle’s laws

be nothing short of bias. Worse—hypocrisy. The shame

the call ended, Damon stepped closer, his

practiced smile onto his face. "Not really," he admitted. Then, after

adding, "I know it’s already too late

Just introduce me

that made Ravyn pause but he pushed the feeling aside.

father answered on the third

Ravyn’s mouth. "Why didn’t you tell me

Humphrey asked slowly, "She

fingers curled into a fist. "Dad. I won’t

everything she earned from her

"No. I would’ve just planned better. This blindsided me. I wasn’t

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