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    “Nothing,” Nate said, brushing it off. “We should n a trip to the Independent Continent soon.”


    Corrine paused for a moment before replying, “Alright.”


    Nate drove Corrine to herpany and then left.


    Back in her office, Corrine called for Natasha and gave her a few tasks.


    “Are you going on a trip?” Natasha asked, giving Corrine a quick look.


    Corrine opened her drawer, pulled out a medicine bottle, and quickly took out a red and a blue pill. “I’m nning a short trip for a few days,” she said as she swallowed the pills. “When is the Burgess Group auction?”


    Natasha replied, “They’re liquidating assets now. It’ll be at least two weeks.”


    Corrine nodded. “Keep an eye on it.”


    “But Burgess Group isn’t really valuable to us,” Natasha pointed out, thinking it wasn’t worth the trouble to acquire.


    Thepany’s poor financial state made it little more than an empty shell.


    “It served its purpose once, but now it’s nothing more than a discarded pawn,” Corrine remarked.


    It didn’t matter whether Andromache was truly attempting to help Leah or genuinely providing strategic guidance to Burgess Group; her ultimate goal remained the same—using them as a gateway into Lyhaton’s business market.


    For years, the four major families in Lyhaton had maintained a delicate bnce, their mutual support keeping the city’s economy stable.


    If Andromache managed to gain a foothold in that market, it would shatter the equilibrium, sending ripples of chaos through the entire system.


    No one could predict just how disruptive it would be.


    Corrine had originally nned to bring down Burgess Group within a month, minimizing the effort and resources needed.


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    But she never anticipated that the Burgess family would go so far as to plot against her life.


    Since they were determined to dig their own grave, she had no reason to stop them.


    Pressing her fingers against her temples, Corrine rubbed at the dull ache forming in her head, irritation flickering across her expression.


    “I’m going to rest. Let me know if anything urgentes up.”


    “Got it.”


    Meanwhile, at the Ashton family residence, ever since news of the Burgess family’s crisis broke, Tracy had been tapping into herwork to gather information.


    But every source warned her to stay out of it. The Burgess family had crossed the Ford family, and anyone associating with them now was inviting disaster.


    After she ended yet another call, an unsettling feeling settled in Tracy’s chest. She was worried that the Ashton family could be implicated too.


    If she had been aware of the Burgess family’s corrupt dealings, she would have never allowed Bruce to marry Leah.


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