Silas looked at Lex. “When will Victoria’s injury be fully healed?”

Lex replied, “According to my elder brother, two weeks.”

Silas and Scott relaxed at once.

But Victoria shook her head. “No.”

Everyone turned to her.

Her pale face was set with determination. “I start working at the Kalen Group next week. I don’t want to delay the job.”

Jamie frowned. “It’s only a week. If you need time to prove yourself, I can give you a few more orders.” (1

Lex wasn’t to be outdone. “Victoria, rest and recover. People and resources aren’t a problem.”

Silas and Scott nodded in agreement. They could offer Victoria almost as much support as Lex and Jamie could.

her head again. “No. I want to rely

her further when she changed the

turned to Jamie. “Jamie, I heard Johanna was kidnapped. Have they found her

him. He answered in a hoarse voice,

don’t need to stay here with me. Johanna

then nodded. “Alright. I’ll come back to see you

and it wasn’t appropriate for several men to

to Victoria’s kidnapping barely caused a ripple in her composure. Her relationship with the Kalen family existed in a state of superficial calm–a fragile truce where neither side had yet chosen to tear off the veneer. Sharon wanted control of the

residence, Sharon immersed herself in the Kalen Group’s financial records and

a top–tier conglomerate, its foundations and power structures were complex, but Sharon quickly identified a critical period: the first year following Richard’s disappearance was the company’s darkest chapter. Its stock had plummeted, hitting the limit down and becoming a target for aggressive short sellers.

external predators circling to seize the weakened company, internal factions

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brothers and distant cousins had all descended, fighting for a piece of the disintegrating empire. It was difficult to

in her

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