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At a business dinner for a deal worth tens of billions, Emily White showed up in my custom couture gown, smiling as she held my husband Alex Carter's arm like she was his wife. One of the investors raised his glass with a smile and said to me, "Mrs. Carter, I hear your brother's fund in Lorenca had an impressive quarter. Would you mind introducing me sometime?" Emily froze. Alex's face turned pale instantly. Neither of them knew that I had an older brother who had been based in Lorenca for years and controlled billions in assets. And he was sitting right beside the investor at that very moment. He set down his glass, glanced at the unfamiliar woman standing beside Alex, and said calmly, "Pull our funding." I watched the chaos unfold below from a dark corner on the second floor and took a sip of champagne. Their financing deal was dead, and that was only the beginning.