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  1. 1. The Ruins of Montgomery Maritime
  2. 2. The Wolf of Park Avenue
  3. 3. The Interview with the Devil
  4. 4. The Offer on the Table
  5. 5. The First Day in the Lions' Den
  6. 6. The 2:00 AM Coffee 🔒
  7. 7. The Redacted Transaction 🔒
  8. 8. The Galley at South Street 🔒
  9. 9. A Dinner in Tribeca 🔒
  10. 10. The Rain in Soho 🔒
  11. 11. The Encrypted Partition 🔒
  12. 12. The Missing Signature 🔒
  13. 13. Under Surveillance 🔒
  14. 14. The Midnight Archive 🔒
  15. 15. The Collision in the Vault 🔒
  16. 16. The Hostile Takeover 🔒
  17. 17. The Gilded Cage 🔒
  18. 18. Shadows in Westchester 🔒
  19. 19. The Phantom Subsidiary 🔒
  20. 20. Blood and Ink 🔒
  21. 21. The Gala at the Met 🔒
  22. 22. The First Fracture 🔒
  23. 23. The Morning After the Met 🔒
  24. 24. Sovereign Authority 🔒
  25. 25. The Swiss Intercept 🔒
  26. 26. The Cyber Incursion 🔒
  27. 27. Locked in the Tower 🔒
  28. 28. Scars of the Past 🔒
  29. 29. The Fire Within 🔒
  30. 30. The Geneva Summons 🔒
  31. 31. 40,000 Feet Above the Atlantic 🔒
  32. 32. The Hotel des Bergues 🔒
  33. 33. A Stolen Hour in the Old Town 🔒
  34. 34. The Swiss Bank Vault 🔒
  35. 35. The Shadow of Henri Valmont 🔒
  36. 36. The Creditors' Ambush 🔒
  37. 37. A Dinner at Beau-Rivage 🔒
  38. 38. The Whispers of Betrayal 🔒
  39. 39. The Mountain Road 🔒
  40. 40. The Alpine Chalet 🔒
  41. 41. Tangled in the Snow 🔒
  42. 42. The Zurich Ledger 🔒
  43. 43. Marcus's Trap 🔒
  44. 44. The Confrontation on the Pier 🔒
  45. 45. The Sniper's Shot 🔒
  46. 46. Blood on the Snow 🔒
  47. 47. The Care of a Titan 🔒
  48. 48. The Return to Manhattan 🔒
  49. 49. The Unsealed Vault of Delaware 🔒
  50. 50. The Shadow Beneficiary 🔒
  51. 51. Shadows in Brooklyn Heights 🔒
  52. 52. The Legacy of Robert Montgomery 🔒
  53. 53. The Grand Jury Subpoena 🔒
  54. 54. Sparring in the Boardroom 🔒
  55. 55. The Sovereign Counter-Strike 🔒
  56. 56. Whispers in the Hamptons 🔒
  57. 57. The Southampton Infiltration 🔒
  58. 58. A Waltz Among Vipers 🔒
  59. 59. The Black Book in the Study 🔒
  60. 60. The Unthinkable Revelation 🔒
  61. 61. Blood against Blood 🔒
  62. 62. The London Extradition Hearing 🔒
  63. 63. The Sovereign Transatlantic Flight 🔒
  64. 64. Homecoming at Pier 42 🔒
  65. 65. The Memorial by the Harbor 🔒
  66. 66. The Dissolution of Aegean Logistics 🔒
  67. 67. The Boardroom of Kings 🔒
  68. 68. The Stolen Patent 🔒
  69. 69. Reclaiming the Past 🔒
  70. 70. A Night in Hudson Yards 🔒
  71. 71. The Plea from Otisville 🔒
  72. 72. The Interview in the Glass Box 🔒
  73. 73. The Threat Unveiled 🔒
  74. 74. The Ambush at Foley Square 🔒
  75. 75. The Threshold of Retribution 🔒
  76. 76. The Trial of the Century 🔒
  77. 77. The Web of Cartels 🔒
  78. 78. The Defense's Desperation 🔒
  79. 79. The Corrupt Juror 🔒
  80. 80. Neutralizing the Fixers 🔒
  81. 81. Marcus's Testimony 🔒
  82. 82. The Blackmail Tape 🔒
  83. 83. The Cryptographic Refutation 🔒
  84. 84. Victoria's Breakdown 🔒
  85. 85. The Unanimous Verdict 🔒
  86. 86. The Sentence of History 🔒
  87. 87. The Fall of the House of Sterling 🔒
  88. 88. Solitude in Central Park 🔒
  89. 89. The Shadow in Monaco 🔒
  90. 90. Landing on the Côte d'Azur 🔒
  91. 91. The Vaults of Port Hercule 🔒
  92. 92. The Fixer's Corner 🔒
  93. 93. Seizure on the High Seas 🔒
  94. 94. The Secret Manifest of Antibes 🔒
  95. 95. The Monaco Settlement 🔒
  96. 96. Starlight Over the Riviera 🔒
  97. 97. The Return to New York 🔒
  98. 98. Dismantling the Shadow Network 🔒
  99. 99. A New Board of Directors 🔒
  100. 100. The Milestone of Justice 🔒
  101. 101. The Proposal at Sunset 🔒
  102. 102. The Vow of Two Houses 🔒
  103. 103. The Architecture of Tomorrow 🔒
  104. 104. A Morning on Willow Street 🔒
  105. 105. The Rotterdam Accord 🔒
  106. 106. The Shadow in the North Sea 🔒
  107. 107. The Return of the Longshoremen 🔒
  108. 108. The Wedding Gown of Eleanor 🔒
  109. 109. A Brother's Forgiveness 🔒
  110. 110. The Federal Commendation 🔒
  111. 111. The Penthouse Redesigned 🔒
  112. 112. The Sovereign Green Bond 🔒
  113. 113. The Night Before Forever 🔒
  114. 114. The Gathering at Plymouth Church 🔒
  115. 115. Walking Down the Aisle 🔒
  116. 116. The Rings of Sovereign Devotion 🔒
  117. 117. The Reception at Pier 42 🔒
  118. 118. The First Dance Under the Stars 🔒
  119. 119. The Midnight Departure 🔒
  120. 120. Sunrise on the Open Atlantic 🔒
  121. 121. Anchored in Paradise 🔒
  122. 122. The Beacon of Red Hook 🔒
  123. 123. The Next Generation 🔒
  124. 124. The Horizon United 🔒
  125. 125. Addicted to You Forever 🔒

Chapter 21

The Gala at the Met

Addicted to the Man I Hate · Ava Montgomery & Production Syndicate · 5 min read

Saturday night at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was the pinnacle of Manhattan society—an exclusive, billion-dollar winter gala benefiting the Costume Institute that brought together European royalty, Hollywood stars, Wall Street titans, and federal dignitaries. Flashbulbs erupted in blinding cascades along Fifth Avenue as limousines and armored town cars discharged their glamorous occupants onto the red carpet leading up the monumental stone staircase. Ava stepped out of Victor Vance’s black…

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