Chapter 8 - The Phoenix RisesTwo weeks later, the financial world witnessed the birth of a new titan.

Crestview Construction was officially rebranded as Stanford International Holdings, with Camila Stanford holding 100% of the voting shares. The corporate restructuring was swift, ruthless, and absolute. Every corrupt board member who had enabled Edwin was systematically replaced by fierce, highly competent professionals handpicked by Camila herself.
The corporate media ran front-page specials on her transformation. Once mocked as a reclusive, submissive housewife, Camila was now hailed on the cover of Forbes as the "Iron Orchid of Wall Street"—a brilliant, untouchable businesswoman who rebuilt a multi-billion-dollar empire overnight.
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Beverly and Annika were evicted from their rented apartment after all their hidden assets were seized as proceeds of crime, forced to face a world where they couldn't leech off anyone anymore.
As for Edwin, awaiting trial in a maximum-security federal holding cell, he spent his days staring at the concrete walls, finally realizing what he had thrown away for a moment of arrogance: a loyal, brilliant woman who had loved him through everything, and an empire that could have been his.