The next morning, Shanghai financial media published photographs of them on the helipad.
Alexander holding Emily in the rain.
Front-page everywhere.
The image spread internationally within hours.
Headline after headline called them:
THE POWER COUPLE OF THE MORETTI EMPIRE
For the first time—
Public opinion shifted fully in Emily's favor.
Investors praised her leadership during the Shanghai crisis.
Staff across global properties began seeing her not as an outsider—
But as a true Moretti partner.
Yet fame carried danger.
Because that same afternoon—
An anonymous message arrived on Emily's private phone.
No number.
Encrypted sender.
Only one sentence:
If you stay beside Alexander, the next fire will not be accidental.
Emily's blood ran cold.
She read it twice.
Then immediately showed Alexander.
His face became terrifyingly still.
He handed the phone to security command.
And said one sentence that chilled the entire room:
"Find them."
Because now this was no longer family politics.
No longer boardroom sabotage.
Someone had moved beyond power—
Into violence.
And the war against the Morettis had entered a darker stage.