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Chapter 4: The Paternity Rumor

The paternity scandal breaks, with Marcus Thorne using a photo of Elena and her daughter to destabilize Julian's board standing. Julian chooses to co-opt the rumor, publicly claiming the child as his own to force the board into a defensive position. Elena realizes she is no longer just a pawn in a fake engagement, but a central piece of Julian's dynastic power play.

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The Paternity Rumor

Morning in the Vane penthouse did not arrive with sunlight; it arrived with the rhythmic, sterile ping of a tablet receiving a deluge of notifications. Elena stood by the floor-to-ceiling glass, the city of Chicago sprawling below like a circuit board she no longer knew how to navigate. She tapped the screen. The headline was a jagged blade: Vane’s Secret Heir? The Billionaire’s Hidden Domestic Life.Preview ends here. Subscribe to continue.

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