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Cortex Crisis
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2024-12-25 12:34:07Without Alden, Beatriz felt as if she had lost her right-hand man. The thought of having her most useful pawn ripped away left her deeply resentful.
"It's all Vanessa’s fault," she fumed. "If that wretched woman hadn’t kept competing with me over Luca, I wouldn’t have gotten caught up in this mess and made these mistakes."
“I’ll make her pay,” Beatriz swore under her breath.
Since Vanessa cared so much about Cortex, Beatriz decided she’d make sure that company couldn't survive. ‘Let’s see how she’ll fight me after that.’
With that thought, she picked up her phone and called one of her business partners. “Mr. Aamon, it’s been a while.”
“Miss Langley! What a pleasant surprise. What made you think of calling me today?” Aamon sounded genuinely surpris
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