The Bentley pulled into the gravel driveway of the Kensington mansion, the tires crunching against the frost
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Chapter 7 - THE FALL AND THE RISEThe next day, the world was in ruins. The Lefèvre empire was insolvent, the board members were in handcuffs, and Jean-Pierre was a billionaire who had lost everything.
But as he sat on a quiet beach in the Mediterranean, watching Hugo, Leia, and Chloe play in the sand, he realized he had never been wealthier.
Amelia sat beside him, her head resting on his shoulder.
"We’re fugitives, Jean-Pierre," she whispered.
"No," he said, taking her hand. "We’re free."
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They had no money, no security, and the world was looking for them. But as he watched his children laughing—really laughing, for the first time in their lives—he knew he had finally succeeded.
He had paid the ultimate price for his family. And he would pay it again a thousand times over.
