“We’re fine here. Anastasia could go to school now, but she still needs to be in the hospital for medications and further monitoring,” Seraphine added, her tone reassuring.Oliver didn’t answer on the other line, bringing silence to their conversation.“Your silence is scaring me,” Seraphine admitted, her tone low as she took a deep breath. “Did something happen?”As he remained silent, Oliver opened his mouth, then closed it again, hesitating whether to tell Seraphine everything.“Oliver?” Seraphine called again, thinking that something was wrong with their communication. “Are you still there?”“Someone… called me. It was the person who framed us with our mission in the past,” Oliver answered, his tone low, not sure how to tell her everything.But still, he did.“That person threatened me, and to be honest, it would have been better if it was just me,” he added, heaving a sigh, the nervousness seeping through his chest. “But he knew about you and Anastasia.”Upon hearing those words

The silence filled the conversation as Oliver didn’t answer immediately.“Are you saying that this was… Alien?” Oliver asked.His voice wasn't filled with disbelief, but nervousness. Fighting against someone who isn’t on their par gave him the chills.“No,” James immediately denied. “Not alien, but not human either. Just… someone. But whatever contacted you, it didn’t want to be traced.”“It made sure someone like me couldn’t even get close,” he exhaled sharply. “Not like I would be able to.”A long, tense silence passed between them.Then James leaned back, defeated for the first time.He muttered with a low and intimidating tone, “Whoever it was, they’re playing on a level way above ours.”Oliver didn’t answer on the other end.“I see…” he finally muttered after a few seconds, voice low and exhausted. “Thank you for the information, James. I’ll handle it.”“Yeah…” James hummed, looking at the computer screen.He didn’t have any idea whether the system was already fixed or not. Jame

Denver snapped.“Stop acting like I’m the only one who wants this. The two of us were in this together!”“Yeah? I only wanted the good part. Like everyone does,” Jay mumbled with a frustrated smirk, pushing himself further toward Denver.“But never did I wanted you to use my company for your personal fucking loan and make it a collateral!”Because Denver kept on pushing him onto the edge, Jay snapped as well.His ears were burning red, teeth were gritting.Not only was his company at stake, but his family’s approval of him as well.“This is the only way I could prove my worth to my family, and you know that,” said Jay in a low tone, his grip tightening as he didn’t let go.He added, “Without it, how can I even do that?”“Maybe you didn’t need to prove your worth at all,” Denver answered, his lips curving into a smirk. “Because who are you deceiving? Everyone knows you.”“You’re the useless piece of shit here, and not me,” he added to say, shoving more pain onto Jay’s heart. “And that

Meanwhile, Denver had already reached his target destination: the bar where he had found Trisha drinking alone before.This should be the day when he was celebrating another achievement.If only Trisha had properly pulled off their plan to gain Oliver’s signature and unlock Cole’s fund, then he might have taken the money in Oliver’s account as well.And Trisha might have never been involved in this mess in the first place, because instead of her, Oliver would be the scapegoat.But upon losing their companies, everything was over now.“Shit,” Denver muttered, his grip on the steering wheel tightening. He was still in the parking lot, “I should have questioned why he suddenly returned to town.”At first, he thought it was just for vacation or something else.He never thought that Oliver was planning to take revenge against them.This time, he succeeded.Denver took his phone, trying to call Jay again.It was only ringing, but Jay wasn’t picking up the call yet.“Answer it, Jay,” Denve

If this is the way Oliver had been taking revenge on him, then he was doing it right.Because even though Denver looked calm now, he was already falling apart, more than he had expected to be.And to be honest, Dominic, who was now in his office at Argus Industries, was feeling the same thing.He was walking back and forth, biting his thumb, as he contemplated whether to call his boss or not.“Once he knew about this, not only would Denver be taken away from his position,” Dominic said as his movement halted. “Me, too.”Dominic had protected his position for the past years, making sure he would follow every command his boss gave, and not do anything that would compromise it.But this one was an exception.Because he wanted to please his boss so much and have more money as a result, what happened was the exact opposite.“Shit,” Dominic said, letting out a sigh of frustration. “He will know it sooner or later, leaving me no choice but to tell him everything now.”Dominic took his phone