CHAPTER 77
Author: Benazir
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The grand hall was packed with reporters, cameras, and the electric buzz of anticipation.

Pearl stood confidently at the podium, her sharp black suit radiating authority.

Louis was beside her, calm but stern, his eyes scanning the crowd.

The room quieted as Pearl cleared her throat.

"Good afternoon," she began, her tone firm.

"Today, we are here to address the baseless allegations leveled against Louis Kindsor.

But more importantly, we are here to expose the person behind these lies."

She clicked a remote, and the projector screen lit up behind her, displaying Vivian Howard’s name in bold.

Gasps echoed through the hall.

"Vivian Howard, Louis’s ex-wife, orchestrated this entire scheme out of spite.

he fraud allegations? Fabricated. The leaked documents? Forged. And we have proof."

Pearl pressed a button, revealing screenshots of bank transactions, email exchanges, and phone records tying Vivian to the forged documents and bribed media outlets.

Vivian, watching from her lavish penthouse
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