Leon I was forced to attend a charity gala organized by my father's primary investment firm, my mind completely checked out as I scanned the elite crowd filling the grand ballroom.The room was a dizzying blur of glittering crystal chandeliers, expensive silk tuxedos, and women dripping in millions of dollars worth of diamonds, but the luxury just made me feel entirely empty inside.I stood near the edge of the marble pillars, a glass of dark bourbon idling in my hand, my fingers gripping the crystal so tightly that my knuckles turned a sharp, pale shade of white.My stepbrother Marcus was standing right near the grand staircase, a loud, obnoxious laugh escaping his throat as he hovered around a group of our company's top potential investors.He was loudly bragging to them about how he was already planning the company's full restructuring, openly treating my position like a temporary seat he was destined to inherit."Leon managed to secure the signature, yes, but the internal margins
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