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 734 William thought about it long and hard while his eyes could not look away from the scene that sent his heart racing with terror.“No, that's not it! There's nothing special about this orphan loser!”Alessia pointed at the scene with wide eyes, silently contradicting his statement with the reality that was unfolding before their very eyes.William's eyebrows rose as he came up with an excuse he could stomach. “Right! Do you remember the livestream I told you about?! Jamie was highly suspected of using the infamous HL-66 drugs.”Alessia tried to recall what that was. It didn't take her more than a few seconds to put the pieces together. “Wait! You mean the evolution-triggering drugs that have been the greatest threat to the AS99 Organization?! If this loser is using this drug, then shouldn't he be locked up in the tightest security prison on the planet?!”William shook his head. “It was proven false. Otherwise, there's no way he would have been allowed to roam in public without some s
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Chapter: Chapter 733 The soldier moved in, trying to close the distance, and he threw tactical punches to get past Jamie's non-existent defense. Jamie moved back, smartly avoiding each strike with a somewhat lazy posture. It was as if he was playing with a child.The soldier felt humiliation burning deep in his heart. “I'm not done!”He attempted to sneak a kick in, but he was met with Jamie's raised leg. The two legs made a loud impact, yet the soldier was the one who felt the intense brunt of it. He groaned as he froze on the spot.Gritting his teeth, he fought through the pain and attempted to land a hit. Jamie caught the man's wrist, and with a teasing smirk, he snapped it.The AS99 soldier screamed for a second before clamping down in his mouth. “Why you….”Jamie was done with him. With a brutal slap, he sent the soldier flying away, crashing straight into one of the SUVs that was used to follow him all the way here. The soldier was struck on the side of the face so hard that he passed out. He went
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Chapter: Chapter 732 The leader of the higher faction soldiers let out a light breath of relief, glad that none of the other soldiers had to deal with the annoying nanotech car for now. One of the other soldiers pointed at Jamie in fury. “You have a lot of nerve asking that question! You know what?! It's good that you can act this way after what you just did to one of us!” Another soldier followed up. “That's right! It makes beating you up much easier for us!”William and Alessia were at the edges of their seats, waiting to see the soldiers finally begin to beat Jamie down.Jamie stared at the nineteen soldiers before putting his sunglasses back on, then folded his sleeves. “You wanna beat me down. You'll have to defeat me first.”He looked extra cool as he made a motion for these soldiers to come at him.The first soldier raised a fist, taking normal steps towards Jamie. He rushed a punch straight at the young man's face, only to be met with Jamie's palm.The soldier was shocked. No matter how much of
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Chapter: Chapter 731 William shook his head with a look of confusion. “What the hell?! Did that car just….”Alessia was the first of the two to realize what had happened. “That car is a product of As-Crows Tech Corps! It's gotta be one of those nanotech-upgraded automobiles!”William clenched his jaw. “How did an outsider like that get his hands in something that's rarely afforded to children of subordinate families? Isn't Sir Ethan Lincoln spoiling him too much?!”Alessia was a bit worried. “It seems we had miscalculated: thinking that Sir Ethan's relationship with Jamie was simply due to his intelligence! What if that man truly sees Jamie as a son?!”William shook his head almost immediately. “Then he would have had Jamie change his last name by now!”Alessia yelled back. “What if Jamie was the one who refused to do so?! What if he had his own sentimental attachments with that lady's name?! Look, I don't really know what's going on here, but the clan subordinate families rarely get a nanotech car like
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Chapter: Chapter 730 William chuckled, shoulders shrugging. “What do you think?”It was just as William had revealed to Alessia. As the intelligent woman that she is, Meredith had suspected that William and Alessia would most likely make one last attempt out of spite before they left. Hence, she had left them the perfect ‘supply’ to cause trouble.However, Meredith didn't tell them that she was fully aware that they would fail. She didn't tell them that Jamie wasn't a regular human, and that not only is he an evolving human, but that his energy reserves and energetic rhythm tell of a potential that far surpasses anything the Ashford clan has on record.The reason is simple: Divulging such a secret would only lead to William and Alessia finding out that Jamie isn't an organ being taken care of by Ethan Lincoln. He's actually a blood-born member of the Ashford clan.This works for everyone, as Meredith could tell that Jamie would rather be injured than reveal that secret as well. She knew there was some so
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Chapter: Chapter 729 The ride to the location took about an hour, and Jamie was able to see just how determined those that are trailing were about getting to him.The convoy following him definitely meant business. Jamie was quite amused. He could sense the level of evolution these people were. Automatically, that meant that these people following him were below his own level of evolution.“This is either gonna be fun, or just a huge waste of my time.”In the convoy chasing Jamie, William and Alessia were in one of the SUVs.Alessia looked pissed off. “He's fast. He's quite an impressive driver.”William banged his fist on his armrest, yelling at the driver. “Do not lose that bastard!”Alessia gazed at William. “Hey, are we really doing this? If Sir Ethan, or heck, our parents find out that we actually gathered AS99’s high faction soldiers to go after Jamie, we would end up in serious trouble.”William scoffed. “I don't even have an ounce of reason in me to give a shit about how our parents feel about wh
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