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Chapter 1046 The Office She Claimed
She forced a tight smile. “Come back later. Can’t you see we’re still packing? Or did you just come to gloat?”Celia set the box down gently. “Mrs. Vasconcelos, I’ve explained multiple times. I never set out to sabotage anyone.”Claudia’s eyes flashed. “But you got all the credit!”“That was the director’s decision. And your son’s.”Katrina’s voice cracked with disbelief. “Celia, I thought we were friends.”Celia met her gaze without heat. “I thought so too, until I realized you only kept me around to help you destroy Briana. Something that was never going to happen.”Katrina’s lips curled into a venomous smile. “Don’t say that. You think this is over? After a nice long vacation, I’ll come back stronger than ever.”Celia exhaled slowly. “Don’t start. I don’t want to hear it.”Katrina leaned closer, eyes glittering. “There was a time you hated Briana just as much as I do.”Celia’s voice stayed level. “You clearly didn’t hear what I said last time. Enough, Katrina. Go soak up the sun in
Chapter 1045 Shattered Glass and Hidden Files
Mark sipped his cappuccino, letting the foam linger on his lip. “I gave her strict instructions. She promised to keep it clean.”Jake gave a bitter laugh. “After you said that, sure.”“No. She brought it up first, though I think she was mocking Celia when she did.”Jake rubbed the back of his neck. “Don’t trust her completely, Mark. God, it feels like Celia will never get a break.”Mark set the cup down. His tone softened, almost matchmaking. “It bothers you. A lot.”Jake exhaled, defeated. “Fine. You win. I still care about her. But I couldn’t keep dating someone who was dead-set on sleeping her way up the Vasconcelos ladder just for a promotion.”Mark’s expression didn’t change, but his voice carried quiet promise. “No man deserves that. And if you found out she built everything she has now without selling herself... would that change anything for you?”Jake’s eyes glistened. “It would.”Mark gave a small nod which translated: leave it to me, then lifted the cup again.Before the co
Chapter 1044 A Hood Left Ajar
Mark froze beside the Lamborghini Urus, his eyes locked on the front hood.“Hold on, Regis,” he said into the phone, voice low.On the other end, Regis’s tone sharpened with worry. “Lord Ferro? What’s wrong?”Mark crouched slightly, studying the seam where the hood met the body. “I’ve got a bad feeling someone’s been messing with my car.”Regis let out a dry laugh. “The guy didn’t even bother hiding it, huh?”“Easy,” Mark murmured. “Could be nothing. Or it could be everything.”He knew Drakov had the resources to pull something like this — send someone to tamper with the vehicle while he was upstairs talking. But how had they bypassed the alarm?A memory flickered: an episode of You Can’t Buy Happiness where a thug used a magnetic device to disable or glitch car alarms.Had Drakov turned fiction into reality?“I’m going to check it,” Mark said. “Tell Vargas’s team to stand by.”“Already on it, Lord Ferro.”The line went dead as Regis mobilized the Gray Suit Men toward LCN.Mark pocket
Chapter 1043 The Apple Doesn't Fall Far
“You’re welcome... I know you from the papers. Mark Ferro, husband of Briana Vasconcelos. Word is you just had a baby. Congratulations.”“Yes, but don’t worry. I doubled the security,” Mark replied mysteriously. “Am I speaking to Jean D’Arveil?”“The one and only.” Jean wanted to ask about the security at the hospital, but Mark’s question caught him off guard.Mark gave a very faint smile. Perfect, he’d managed to throw the clever bastard off balance.“I believe I owe you thanks for what’s happening,” Jean said, standing up and extending his RIGHT hand. “Thanks to you, my niece is in a beautiful relationship with Christopher Vasconcelos, your wife’s cousin.”Mark shook Jean’s hand, but his eyes were fixed on the LEFT hand.It was clearly a prosthesis!He kept the faint smile. Had Elara not explained to her uncle what this “beautiful” relationship really entailed?“Well, since my dear wife and I are organizing a little engagement party at my house, I thought it best to meet the fiancée
Chapter 1042 The President No One Knows
“ARE YOU INSANE?!” Susana screamed in desperation, utterly shocked.Then she clapped both hands over her mouth, horrified at her own outburst.If they were still in the military, Susana would have faced a court-martial for calling Commander Ferro “insane”!Mark, however, understood that Susana had panicked when he said he was going to talk to Jean D’Arveil.Susana cleared her throat and couldn’t meet Mark’s eyes. “Uh... Ahem... Lord Ferro, after everything we’ve discussed, wouldn’t it be too risky to meet with Mr. D’Arveil?”“Not exactly. I have my own theory,” Mark replied patiently. “Either he’ll come up with some flimsy excuse to avoid seeing me, or he’ll agree to talk just so I don’t suspect him.”“And you plan to keep playing the game without revealing yourself either?”“He knows I’m Mark Ferro, production manager at Glamour,” Mark said, smiling out of the right corner of his mouth. “He won’t show his claws here — not today. But if he slips up...”Mark patted the side of his stom
Chapter 1041 An Interview with Celia?
Mark considered Mary Ellen's suggestion about interviewing Celia.Mary Ellen leaned forward. “Mary Ellen, you’re aware the public will connect the dots that Celia used to work here. And if haters start digging up her dirt?”Mary Ellen shook her head. “Leave that to me. We’re not going to mention the time Celia was getting railed by half the cast of Times of Glory, especially Jake Brett, her official railer.”“You mean her ‘official boyfriend’?” Mark pursed his lips.“I wouldn’t call that a relationship,” Mary Ellen replied with disdain. “Anyway, we also won’t mention the fateful moment when Celia accidentally drank the aphrodisiac coffee Lawrence Sodré had meant for Briana and ended up relieving the symptoms by riding Karl.”“Luana thanks her for that,” Mark said in good humor.“So, do I have your approval to do the interview?” Mary Ellen’s eyes sparkled with anticipation.Mark rested his hand on his chin.Maybe it was finally time for his ex-wife to shine in the entertainment industr
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