In the chaotic scuffle, a stray bullet shattered the glass display case next to Julian.

Mara, who had refused to stay behind in the panic room, rushed into the office to check on him.

Richard, pinned to the ground and desperate to cause pain, grabbed Mara by the collar of her sweater.

He violently yanked her downward, his heavy hands tearing the silver locket from her neck.

The chain snapped, and the locket bounced across the floor, skidding into the darkness.

"You are nothing but a maid!" Richard spat at her, blood dripping from his nose.

Mara did not flinch, nor did she cower like the frightened girl she had once been.

She knelt down, looking the defeated billionaire dead in his furious eyes.

"I am the woman who destroyed your empire," Mara whispered coldly, asserting her absolute power.

Julian rushed over, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her away from the pathetic man on the floor.

The FBI agents dragged Richard out of the office in handcuffs, reading him a long list of federal charges.

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Julian searched the floor frantically until he found the tarnished silver locket resting against the baseboards.

He pressed it safely into Mara’s palm, kissing her forehead as the adrenaline finally faded.