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Chapter 135: A New Bond
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In the softly lit area of his private study, Nicholas's face was illuminated by the brightness of his laptop screen. Tension permeated the air as his mind, like a machine, processed all the data before him. For weeks, his team had been searching for a weakness in the defenses of the competing business.He had finally located it tonight.Horizon Global, the competing business, had been attacking him, Cassie, and all they had constructed nonstop. However, they had erred in their pride.Leaning forward, Nicholas looked over the private documents his hacker contact had recovered. He went through internal memos, emails, and financial transactions until he came across a file that completely stopped him cold.A scam. An offshore account that is hidden. The laundering of money under the pretense of "philanthropic donations."His pulse was furious but steady as he exhaled softly.You got it.Reaching for his phone, Nicholas entered a secure number. A voice responded in a matter of seconds."Mr
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The headlines in the morning were harsh."Nicholas Scott: Billionaire or Business Bully?""Scott Enterprises Exposed—Shady Dealings Behind the Empire?""Cassie Scott's Husband: A Philanthropist or a Fraud?"Cassie's gut twisted as she gazed at the news report on her phone. The campaign of smears had started.Nicholas sat beside her in their home office, reading the same reports impassively. She knew his habit of tapping lightly against the wood desk as a form of controlled frustration.Even though she already knew, she said quietly, "How bad is it?"With a sigh, Nicholas tossed his phone on the table. "They're digging up everything they can. Old business deals, contracts, partnerships—twisting them to make me look corrupt."In her throat, Cassie swallowed the lump. "It's all lies.""Mostly," he remarked while massaging his face. "But that's not the problem. The problem is that perception is often stronger than the truth."She recognized his correctness. Blackwood Global, the competito
