Chapter 1628:

There was no mistaking it—Corrine had declared war on Pinetree City.

But what none of them could understand was why she remained so fixated on the bankrupt Holland Group.

There was something unreadable in Corrine’s eyes as she strode toward her office—an icy sheen beneath the calm, a quiet fury wrapped in steel. Trailing behind her, Natasha kept pace in silence, watching her closely.

She understood the truth. Corrine’s obsession had nothing to do with Dewey. That door had closed long ago. No, what drove her now was something deeper—a refusal to let the Holland family’s legacy fall into the hands of outsiders. Still, the plan had been in limbo for over a month. Resistance was strong, and patience had grown thin.

Days trickled by. The team still had no real strategy.

Perhaps desperation had made fools of them, because soon the meeting room was flooded with ideas so outlandish they bordered on comedic.

even floated the idea of using a handsome operative to infiltrate the enemy household—because apparently,

even Natasha—normally the picture of composure—had

look. Natasha bowed her head instantly, her shoulders trembling

into laughter, gripping her sides as tears welled in her eyes. “These are supposed

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gasped, “yet they sound like children scheming in a playground.” The immaturity of

Natasha’s


suggest?” Corrine asked, her

pulling herself back into focus. Her tone shifted to something more analytical. “I think we need to stop dancing around the edges. The root of the problem is the major families in Pinetree City. If

of her mouth barely twitched, but her eyes

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