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“Give my regards to your wife… and your children.”

The silence closes around us instantly. Cold. Absolute.

I nod slowly.

“Of course.”

I leave the office without rushing. But the moment the door closes behind me, the true weight of his words crashes down on me.

That wasn’t politeness. It was a warning. He knows exactly where to strike.

And he can destroy my life whenever he wants.

51. The CEO

Valeria

Wednesday, January 18

I had forgotten just how formidable Dante could be in business.

Ever since he decided to bring Wald down, something inside him has reignited. A methodical coldness. An almost ruthless precision.

He mapped out his battle plan with the same calm composure as a general preparing a military campaign.

And now I watch him move his pieces one by one.

Potential investors. Longtime partners. Influential shareholders. Former classmates who have since become executives of pharmaceutical or financial giants.

Dante is methodically reactivating his network.

Business lunches. Private dinners. Closed-door meetings in mansions, exclusive clubs, and hushed salons where empires are truly negotiated.

He’s advancing on every front at once.

And no one can keep track of all his maneuvers.

He’s already negotiating distribution exclusivity agreements for a drug that officially doesn’t even exist yet. Securing production deals. Anticipating the opening of future factories. Preparing logistics chains as though the launch were imminent.

And above all… he’s doing all of it in plain sight.

That’s precisely what makes the situation unbearable for them.

Bianca has become discreet.

Gaspard is nervous.

Even Wald is starting to be.

None of them understands where Dante is heading.

They see the meetings piling up. The rumors spreading. Investment funds that had been avoiding us for months suddenly asking for meetings again. Industry journalists beginning to talk about us once more.

But they have no idea what’s real, what’s exaggerated, and what’s part of the trap.

So they watch.

They search.