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Chapter 65: My Desire Is to Have It All!

"Mrs. Bayer, it's so good you're here! Have you heard the news?" Zara approached her excitedly, but Lavinia raised her hand, signaling her to back off. Her eyes, once full of life, now carried a chilling coldness.

"What’s wrong with her now?" one of the lawyers asked, perplexed. Like him, everyone was intensely curious. Lavinia’s change in demeanor was drastic.

"As we all know, this tragedy occurred, and... no one knows that the person who died in that fire was Lavinia Bayer, the owner of the entire Alpha Corp empire," Lavinia's voice echoed through the room, dripping with cruel irony.

"Why don’t you get straight to the point?" Samuel asked, stepping forward and meeting her gaze with defiance. But she smirked disdainfully, revealing a side of her personality no one had seen before.

"I’m saying this company will crumble when everyone finds out Lavinia Bayer is dead. You all have nothing else to do here; the building will be sold before the scand
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