Divorce Failed My Wife's Secret Identities Shock the World novel Chapter 819

The high-stakes meeting eventually bled into a lavish catered dinner. Although Maeve hadn't pressured them for an immediate answer, every single magnate in the room had made their intense desire to partner with her glaringly obvious.

As the night wound down, Leonardo managed to pull Maeve aside for a private conversation. "Even if you hadn't loaded that contract with insane incentives, I would have backed you unconditionally."

Since their last encounter, Maeve had quietly dug into the blood feud between the Salazar and Grover families. Leonardo hadn't been exaggerating. Before marrying into the Salazar Family, his mother had actually been engaged to Thatcher Grover, the current patriarch.

Leonardo's mother hailed from a prestigious line of scholars with respectable wealth. But next to the suffocating political and financial might of Faye's family, they were hopelessly outgunned.

Thatcher and Leonardo's mother had been deeply in love—perhaps even soulmates. But true love crumbled instantly in the face of absolute power. Leonardo's mother hadn't even realized she was being betrayed until Thatcher publicly announced his engagement to Faye Grover.

Thatcher had arrogant dreams of having it all: a politically invincible wife at home, and his true love kept cleanly on the side. But Leonardo's mother was a woman of fierce pride. The second she uncovered his betrayal, she severed all ties. Despite her immediate exit, Faye Grover had already marked her for destruction.

Leonardo's mother barely survived Faye's ruthless assassination of her character and career before finding refuge in her marriage to Leonardo's father. Yet, Faye's sabotage never ceased. It wasn't until Leonardo's parents joined a remote archaeological expedition, burying themselves deep in the wilderness, that Faye finally called off the hounds.

Knowing the trauma Leonardo had endured growing up, Maeve felt a suffocating wave of sympathy for him. But beyond pity, she needed to make sure he was clear-eyed.

"An empire as massive as the Salazar Family is barely surviving under the Grovers' boot. You know as well as I do that this path we're taking is a one-way trip."

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