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Chapter 500
Chapter 500 The airport appeared ahead, a modern building of glass and steel perched on a hillside overlooking the sea. Theo pulled into the departure lane and stopped near the entrance. He got out quickly and retrieved their bags from the back while both women exited the vehicle. The white sedan pulled up three cars behind them and stopped. The two men inside made no move to get out, just watched. “Ignore them,” Theo said. “Walk normally. Don’t look back.” They entered the terminal and joined the line at the check-in counter. Ellen kept her eyes forward but she could feel the weight of surveillance pressing on her shoulders. Somewhere behind them, the men from the sedan had probably entered the building and were watching from a distance. The check-in process took fifteen minutes. Theo handed over the fake documents along with their real passports and the airline agent processed everything without question. When they received their boarding passes, the names printed on them r
Chapter 481: Boardroom Tensions
Chapter 481: Boardroom TensionsThe tension in the EMC boardroom hit like a cold slap the moment Eric Wood stepped in. No one was speaking yet, but their silence had weight. Eyes followed him as he walked to the head of the long polished table. His face looked calm, but inside he braced himself. He had seen enough late-night reports, sudden profit drops, and unexplained login breaches to know today would not run smoothly.Eric pulled his chair back and sat. The leather let out a soft sigh. “We’ll start,” he said, his voice steady.Across from him, Mr. Sterling leaned back in his seat with practiced confidence. He adjusted his cufflinks, pretending not to look at Eric directly. At his left sat Morris Huggo—quiet, stiff, and already sweating. Morris avoided Eric’s eyes entirely.James sat at the far end of the table. He kept his expression dull, head slightly lowered, acting like just another CFO doing his job. But his eyes were sharp. He studied everyone.The last screen on the right b
Chapter 482: Tangles of Trust
Chapter 482: Tangles of TrustThe Santorini sun hung low over the caldera, spilling gold across the villa’s whitewashed walls and the sparkling sea below. The terrace smelled of salt and citrus, but beneath the beauty, tension simmered. Ellen’s hand clutched the small black device, cold against her palm, and the folded note still trembled slightly. Her gaze, sharp and controlled, followed Theo as he moved along the stone path outside the villa, his black cap pulled low over his face.“Who was following us?” Ellen’s voice broke through the warm afternoon air, sharp and commanding. She stepped off the terrace, heels clicking against the tiles, her eyes locked on him. Her fingers twitched, brushing against the device in her bag as if it could give her the answers itself.Theo froze mid-step, the frown forming beneath his cap deepening. His hands fiddled with the strap of his bag, twisting it around nervously. “I… I don’t know,” he said finally, his voice low. “I saw a car, but it was gon
Chapter 483: Lines Drawn in Ink
Chapter 483: Lines Drawn in InkThe HR floor at EMC always smelled faintly of paper, toner, and polished wood. It was quieter than most departments, but the silence often carried sharp edges. On this particular afternoon, the tension sat low and heavy, like a storm waiting to break.Kate Carl sat in her cubicle, her back stiff, shoulders tight. Her desk was neat on the surface, but her mind was anything but. A stack of files lay open before her, and in her right hand, her pen scratched across a printed report with slow, deliberate strokes. Each movement was careful. Each word she added was chosen to wound.Her lips pressed into a thin line as she wrote.“So arrogant,” Kate muttered under her breath, her pen digging harder into the paper. “Just because she sits close to the Acting CFO, she thinks she owns the place.”The name at the top of the report read: Ana Davies.Kate leaned back slightly, glancing around her cubicle wall. A few heads were bent over desks nearby. Keyboards clicked
Chapter 484: Whispers in the Hallway
Chapter 484: Whispers in the HallwayThe afternoon sun slanted through the tall windows of EMC’s executive floor, casting long shadows across the polished marble. James walked with measured steps toward his office, a leather folder tucked under his arm. His face remained carefully neutral, but his mind was already processing the report Gregor had delivered that morning.*Williams Jesse made three unauthorized server access attempts last night. All blocked. All logged.*James turned the corner and nearly collided with Ana Davies.“Mr. Clarkson,” she said quickly, stepping back. Her cheeks flushed slightly. “I’m sorry, I wasn’t—”“It’s fine,” James said, his voice calm. He noticed the tension in her shoulders, the way her fingers gripped the folder she carried a little too tightly. “Are you alright?”Ana hesitated. For a moment, she looked like she wanted to say something, but then she simply nodded. “Yes, sir. Just… a long day.”James studied her briefly. He’d heard whispers about an i
Chapter 485: Eyes Across the Ocean
Chapter 485: Eyes Across the OceanThe afternoon breeze swept across the white cliffs of Santorini, carrying with it the scent of salt and wild herbs. Ellen Princeton stood on the terrace of their villa, her hands gripping the stone railing as she watched the Aegean Sea shimmer beneath the setting sun. The view was breathtaking, the kind of beauty that should have brought peace, but her mind refused to settle.Behind her, Lana emerged from the villa wearing a flowing white sundress, her long curly hair pulled back in a loose braid. She carried two glasses of wine and set one down beside Ellen before taking a sip from her own.“You’re doing it again,” Lana said softly.Ellen glanced at her. “Doing what?”“Thinking too hard. I can see it in your shoulders.” Lana gestured with her glass. “We came here to relax, remember? To get away from all the chaos back home.”Ellen turned back to the view, her fingers tightening slightly on the railing. “I know. But something feels off, Lana. Ever si
Chapter 486: Eyes Across the Ocean
Chapter 486: Eyes Across the OceanTheo considered this carefully. “It’s possible. But it could also be unrelated to James entirely. The Wane family has always had enemies. This could be an old grudge, a competitor looking for leverage, or even something political related to your father’s campaign, Miss Princeton.”Ellen bit her lip. Her father, Jonathan Princeton, was running for president. He had powerful supporters, but he also had powerful enemies. The thought that someone might be targeting her to hurt his campaign made her stomach turn.“We need to contact home,” Lana said firmly. “We need to tell my father and James what’s happening.”“I already did,” Theo replied. “I sent an encrypted message to Mr. Ryan Wane this morning. He’s aware of the situation and is coordinating with security back in Emerald Falls.”“And James?” Lana asked.Theo’s expression softened slightly. “I haven’t contacted him directly. I thought it best to go through your father first, Miss Wane. But I’m certa
Chapter 487: Shadows in the East District
Chapter 487: Shadows in the East DistrictThe east district of Emerald Falls was a different world from the gleaming corporate towers of Main Street. Here, the buildings crouched lower, their facades weathered by years of neglect and the kind of business that preferred darkness to daylight. Neon signs flickered above dive bars and pawn shops, casting sickly colors across cracked pavement where people moved with purpose but avoided eye contact.Williams Jesse pulled his black sedan into an alley behind a warehouse that had seen better days, probably sometime in the previous decade. The building wore its age poorly, rust bleeding down corrugated metal walls, windows either broken or covered with plywood that had been tagged so many times the original surface was invisible beneath layers of spray paint.He killed the engine and sat for a moment, his hands still gripping the steering wheel as his eyes scanned the street behind him through the rearview mirror. Nothing. No cars had followed
Chapter 488: Shadows in the East District 2
Chapter 488: Shadows in the East District 2Williams absorbed this information, forcing his expression to remain neutral even as his mind calculated rapidly. Jack’s death actually worked in his favor, eliminating a potential rival turned betrayal and consolidating his control over what remained of Sasha’s organization. But he needed to handle this carefully, show strength and leadership while also acknowledging their loss.“You did the right thing,” Williams said finally, looking at each of them in turn. “Jack betrayed us to Scarface, anyway.”Dorian visibly relaxed, and Tom nodded with satisfaction. Even Kane’s stony expression softened slightly.Williams moved to the window overlooking the warehouse floor below, watching shadows move between crates. “Here’s what we know. Scarface took out four of our lieutenants and some of their men. He thinks we’re broken. He thinks we’ll either surrender our territory or fragment into smaller groups he can pick off one by one.”“He’s wrong,” Kane
Chapter 489: Private Arrangements
Chapter 489: Private ArrangementsThe Riverside Hotel sat on the eastern edge of Emerald Falls where the city’s glittering skyline met the dark waters of the Emerald River. It was the kind of establishment that catered to people who valued discretion above all else, with private entrances, soundproofed suites, and staff trained to forget faces the moment guests checked out. Liam Carter had used it many times before for meetings that required absolute privacy.He sat now in suite 412, a spacious room decorated in muted grays and blacks with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the river. The curtains were drawn, leaving only ambient lighting from carefully positioned lamps that cast soft shadows across expensive furniture. Liam checked his watch for the third time in five minutes and poured himself two fingers of scotch from the bar cart near the window.Seven fifteen. Alisha would arrive any moment now.His phone buzzed with a text message and he glanced at the screen to see her name.