Chapter: Chapter 557: The Price of LoyaltyThe days following his confrontation with Mark felt like an endless storm to Justin. The stench of betrayal hung over him like a cloud, darker and heavier than any he had ever known. It was not just Mark's actions that wounded him; it was the realization that even those he trusted most were capable of turning against him. His empire, his family, the people he had built everything for, none of them were safe.In the quieter times when Justin wasn't surrounded by the unrelenting demands of his empire, the loneliness of the entire thing settled on him,In the silence of his penthouse, the cold glass walls offer no comfort. He knew this day would come. But it's still painful. The idea that someone he trusted, people who have stood by him for many years, can decide to betray him.It cuts deeper than any opponent that he had ever faced. But he didn't have the leisure to brood over it. The fight with Ethan was far from over, and Mark was just one casualty in this war. The loss of loyalty
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Chapter: Chapter 556: ReckoningThe room was silent when Justin re-entered. His expression was cold and disbelieving. There was no need for an explanation to the group still seated around the table for what had happened. The tension hung in the air. Every person in the room knew, it seemed, instinctively that a bomb had just gone off.And the consequences will cause serious damage. Mark sat at the head of the table. His fingers tapped the polished wood nervously. His usual confident demeanor was gone. It was replaced by a feeling of discomfort radiating from him. Justin could see it in the way his eyes avoided his gaze. But there had been more-something darker, something deeper. Silently, Justin walked toward the tabletop; his footsteps rang harsh in the otherwise silent room. Mark's eyes flicked up, catching everything else for the briefest instant before quickly looking down.“Everyone out,” Justin said, his voice harsh, commanding. There was no space for dissent.The team, sensing the heaviness of the moment,
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Chapter: Chapter 555: The Enemy WithinJustin sat in his office, staring at the files Mark had delivered earlier. The quiet hum of the city outside his window was a stark contrast to the storm raging inside him. A leak found in his own company—what he thought was kept safe—had just turned into a full-blown leak. People close to him are betraying him. And he didn't know who it was.In his head, Mark's words played on repeat, but it was the stabbing betrayal that hurt the most. He had single-handedly built this company as anything by steel-back-end deals, through a relentless strategy, and with the will to establish iron-clad grounds for its existence. And now, someone within his entire circle began tearing it all apart and selling to the highest bidder. A slap against the face, and Justin wasn't certain how to take it. He instantly picked the phone, dialing Mark's number. It rang once and twice, and right then came Mark's voice.“Justin?”“Where are we with the leak?” Justin’s voice was clipped, every word laced with an
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Chapter: Chapter 554: The Forgotten FoeUpon waking, Justin felt gnawing uneasiness. He had won relatively hard and long, but as he walked in the office that morning, something was not right; the air felt heavy, the tension intense and indiscernible. Somehow, Justin couldn't seem to shake an inner feeling that someone was still perhaps watching, waiting for just the right moment to make his move.“Good morning, Mr. Drogonuv,” Mark’s voice broke through the silence as Justin walked into his office. The assistant’s usual upbeat tone was tinged with something more serious. “We need to talk.”Justin raised his eyebrows but waved his hand for Mark to continue. "what happened?" Mark's expression was tense, and Justin immediately felt a sense of urgency in the room.“It’s about the company’s recent movements. "I notice a few discrepancies in our financial reports. At first, I thought it was simply an oversight, but I now doubt it," Justin's heartbeat sped up. “What kind of irregularities?”“A few transactions that don’t add up.
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Chapter: Chapter 553: A New HorizonThe dust has settled. But the war was not truly over. Ethan's fall from grace was swift and unyielding. But Justin knows the road ahead isn't without challenges. As the remnants of Ethan's empire collapsed, Justin is forced to face the reality that his tireless victories have come at a terrible cost.The meeting room is quiet. It was the silence that came only after a fight. Board members who were once concerned about Justin's methods, Now they looked at him with a different respect. They understood the stakes, the price paid for survival in this ruthless world.But for Justin, respect is not as important as the weight of his decision. He sat at the head of the table, looking around at the face he was leaning on. Mark stood on the side. His normally confident demeanor was now marked with a delicate caution. Ava sat across from him. Her eyes narrowed as she examined the information in front of her. “Ethan's downfall has left a void in the market,” Justin said in a low but firm tone,
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Chapter: Chapter 552: The Final BlowThe days that followed the media explosion were chaotic. Ethan’s empire, once a towering structure of influence and wealth, was now a crumbling shell. He had endured the tumult of the tragedy caused by the scandal of Samuel Dayton, more than anything that Justin had ever expected. It had spread so far and caused investors to back out. But Justin was well aware that it was not yet over. He was indeed cornered, but that did not mean he was out of the game.One evening, Justin sat in his office, the dim light from his desk lamp lighting up long shadows on the wall. His thoughts are sharp and organized. With no room for complacency at this moment. It is time to end it all. Ethan has been a thorn in his flesh for far too long. And Justin knows the only way to truly destroy him is to take away everything that matters to him.As he searched through the documents on the table Mark walked in with a solemn expression. “we have a situation. Ethan is trying to play his last card. Word is that
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Rise of the Rich and Powerful Jamie Ashford
On the day Jamie lost his mother to cancer, he also lost his only accommodation and his girlfriend. Years of torture, humiliation and servitude from his stepfather and stepbrothers, Jamie was nothing more than a miserable bastard to the Reynolds, one they so desperately needed to do away with. His mother’s death was their perfect opportunity as his stepfather evicted him from his house, abused him and his dead mother publicly, and ordered the doctor to sell her corpse to organ harvesters.
His stepbrothers made a spectacle of him and his dead mother, treating them as though they were worse than animals. And to crown their hall of humiliation, they took his girlfriend and cost him his job. With everything lost, there was nothing to live for anymore. Jamie owed the hospital over $100,000 and his boss over the same amount. His life was at risk, his existence was meaningless, and everything was set against him…
Except for a sudden alert of $10,000,000,000 and a call from the world’s richest and most powerful man, claiming to be his grandfather. Jamie wasn’t a bastard after all; he had a family—a rich and powerful family at that—and he was their rightful heir.
With a net worth of tens of trillions of dollars and the power to shut down the world with the snap of his finger…
What fate awaits all those who did him wrong?
What end has he destined for those who mocked his dead mother and her dignity?
What was in the heart of the trillionaire for those who made his life hell and paraded their measly change over him?
Revenge is best served cold…Or whatever temperature the Rich and Powerful Jamie Ashford wants!
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Chapter: Chapter 40
Within one minute, all the gang members were dead, except the leader. The previously arrogant man was now standing on shaky legs as he stared at the five unknown men and women. “W….Who are you guys? What the hell are you guys?!”His erratic mood made absolute sense, as he had just witnessed the most insane shooting skill, something he could have only conceptualised in his imagination.These people were some kind of abnormality. He was certain of that.The gorgeous young woman took slow steps towards the leader of the thugs, as she answered his question. “You don't have the right to know who we are. If you ever discover the afterlife, I hope you can remember that you died because you messed with the wrong people.”The shaking thug leader was incredibly terrified of these people. Looking at the five attractive faces, he could sense an unnerving calmness in their bodies. Clearly, this wasn't the first time they've done something like this. But more importantly, their calm state was pr
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Chapter: Chapter 39
“Kill everyone who is not Mr. Billy Carson. Leave the boss to me for further interrogation.”The rest also pulled out guns and daggers. “Yes, Ma'am!”The leader of the thugs rushed backward with great fear on his face, stumbling a couple of feet before gathering a bit of composure. “W….Who are you?! What the fuck do you want?! Do you have any idea who you're messing with?!”He glanced at the now armless man to find him dead due to excessive blood loss. He had what these newcomers had done before even showing their faces, nor did he have any idea how they did it.A sharp dagger was thrown with such inhuman strength that it cut right through the arms of a muscular grown man, and then pinned both arms to the wall. The precision it took to achieve such a feat was also very abnormal.The gorgeous, tall young woman, who seems to be the leader of this small group of newcomers, stared at the boss with very little emotion on her face. “Your doom. To rescue Mr. Billy Carson. Yes, and I'm far f
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Chapter: Chapter 38
The warehouse was quiet as the thugs huddled behind Billy, eyes trained on the laptop screen.“Have you gotten the boy's location yet?”Billy suddenly slapped his hands on the desk. “Enough!”He lurched out of his seat with anger, displaying a weak demeanor as he was still severely injured, barely making it through on painkillers that would soon wear off. “Can you, please, tell your boss that I'm gonna need more time to find Jamie. I've been trying to locate him before I was brought here, and none of it worked.”The thugs were ruthless, and their boss was even more so. He rushed over and slapped Billy with a fist rather than a palm, sending the boy with the glasses falling straight to the ground, almost hitting his head on the concrete.“Listen here, slave, if you prove yourself useless to the task that Mr. Tyson has assigned you, the only other way out for your sorry ass….is death.”Billy was so tired and in so much pain. It's been days since he was brought here to be beaten up and
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Chapter: Chapter 37
Jonathan shook her older brother with a wide smile. “Holy shit, bro! He paid me half a million dollars! What the fuck?! Dad only ever gave us no more than $100,000 per month!”Nathan, on the other hand, glared at the empty space where Tyrone had been standing a moment ago. “Yeah, but I doubt he respects us. He sees us as his lackeys.”The older Reynold brothers didn't like this. Unlike his little brother, he was smart enough to know that this kind of treatment won't create a long-lasting impression on the relationship he's trying to build with Tyson.“We need to be careful with how we approach that guy in the future. Otherwise, he'll never see us as equals.”Jonathan, who was all brawn and no brains, rolled his eyes. “As long as I'm getting something like this, I don't really mind.”Nathan glared at his little brother before backhanding him across the chest. In the end, it was he who felt the pain on his hand, while Jonathan barely reacted to the hit.“Fuck! My hand. Goddammit, littl
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Chapter: Chapter 36
The two bodyguards who were distracted by Stacy earlier had returned to find an intruder in their boss's room.Tyson glared at the. “You useless lump of bodies! Why the fuck did you leave your posts without my permission?!”The two bodyguards were worried they would be punished, so they quickly fell to their knees to give their boss an explanation. They told him that it was a young woman who distracted them.Feeling worried that these bodyguards had done something to her, Billy glared at them. “What did you two do to Stacy?!”Hearing their little sister's name, the Reynold brothers became worried.“Wait, Stacy?! You brought Stacy here with you?!”“Hey, did you two touch my little sister?”The two bodyguards quickly confirmed that they couldn't even catch up to the first lady; she was simply too fast for them.Jonathan sighed before hurrying over to Billy. He raised his leg and stamped the sole of his shoe on top of his chest. “You bastard, you made my sister act as bait?! If these tw
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Chapter: Chapter 35
Watching everything happening, Stacy and Billy were now convinced that this group of three villains must have had something to do with Jamie's disappearance.Here, it would have been better if they had exercised some patience. They should have waited and listened to the entire conversation before deciding on the next course of action.If the two had shown some patience, they would have learned, sooner or later, that Tyson, Nathan, and Jonathan were truly only discussing how to make Jamie pay, and had not actually done anything to him.But Billy was already in an impulsive mood, heightened by his slightly drunken state. As for Stacy, she wasn't a schemer, and her naive mind had also concluded that her brothers were in cahoots with Tyson and that the three were responsible for Jamie going missing.As a result, Billy lurched from his seat with anger. “That's it! I'm gonna make those assholes tell me where they've hidden my best friend!”As Billy was about to rush out, Stacy quickly stop
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