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Chapter 20 - The Unconquerable ArchitectYears later, when people asked me how I survived the greatest betrayal of my career, I never talked about the beaches of Florida, the crying mistress in the orange jumpsuit, or the disgraced husband behind federal bars.

I simply smiled and looked around the global empire I had forged with my own hands.

Sebastian thought he had found a weak spot in my armor. He thought a wedding on a distant beach and a forged signature could erase eight years of relentless sacrifice.

He didn't realize a fundamental truth about empires:

Kings come and go. Husbands can be replaced.

But the architect always remains.

And as I signed the final multi-billion-dollar merger papers that afternoon, I knew the most important rule of all:

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I didn't just build this world.

I am the world.

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