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SON-IN-LAW, INVINCIBLE SYSTEM: Chapter 31
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CHAPTER 31
Silent Moves The early morning mist clung to the city like a veil. Leon stood by the wide glass window of their modest apartment, coffee cooling in his hand, eyes fixed on the skyline where the Collins Group headquarters towered. The same company that once made him kneel in humiliation—now trembling unknowingly under his silent influence.On the table beside him, his tablet buzzed with notifications. Stock reports. Supplier data. Movement alerts.All tied to Evermark Holdings, the shadow corporation he’d resurrected quietly three weeks ago.A slow, measured smile curved his lips.“Phase one complete,” his AI assistant whispered through the earpiece.Leon’s fingers tapped the screen. One swipe and the final transfer executed.Within seconds, three of Brandon’s main suppliers—those who had exclusive contracts with the Collins Group—were now officially under Evermark’s control. No lawsuits. No noise. Just paperwork, power, and patience.In the silence, Leon muttered, “Let him enjoy
CHAPTER 32
EMILY’S UNEASE Emily couldn’t shake the feeling that Leon was hiding something again. The calm mask he wore every morning, the precise tone of his voice, the way he left before dawn and returned long after midnight—it all whispered secrets.He said it was business.But Emily had lived enough years around men like Brandon to recognize when “business” was a lie wrapped in silk.This morning, Leon’s suit jacket still smelled faintly of gunpowder and night air. She noticed it when she picked it up to hang. Her hand froze midair, her heartbeat stuttering.Gunpowder. Not cologne. Not city dust.She dropped the jacket quickly and stepped back.For days now, she’d watched him move differently—measured, sharp, like a man expecting danger. And whenever she caught his gaze, there was something unreadable behind his calm eyes.That morning, during breakfast, she tried to sound casual.“Are you working late again tonight?”Leon didn’t look up from his phone. “Maybe.”“Where exactly are you wor
CHAPTER 33
THE HACKER’S WHISPEREmily didn’t sleep that night.Every time she closed her eyes, the same image returned—Leon standing in his study, his expression unreadable, that mysterious woman whispering about something called Shadowline.She’d thought she knew her husband. A quiet, broken man who tolerated humiliation from her family without a word. But now... she wasn’t sure who he really was.What kind of “ordinary” man had enemies tracing his signal?Downstairs, the faint glow of light seeped under Leon’s study door. Emily hesitated outside, torn between fear and curiosity. She almost knocked—almost—but then stopped.If Leon truly was hiding something dangerous… maybe it was safer not to know.But she couldn’t help herself.Pressing her ear against the wood, she heard the low hum of his computer, the occasional clack of keys, and his voice—calm but tense.“Run trace override. Delete the last backup logs. Encode with double cipher—”Then silence.Emily leaned closer, heart racing—A sudden
CHAPTER 34
BRANDON’S TRAP The air in the Collins Group boardroom was thick with tension.Brandon stood at the head of the long glass table, a self-satisfied smirk on his face as reporters and shareholders filled the room. Flashing cameras bounced light off the chrome walls, giving the entire scene a predatory shine.Leon sat near the end of the table, quiet, expression unreadable. To anyone watching, he was just the family embarrassment — the jobless son-in-law who had no business sitting among corporate giants.But Brandon’s voice was loud enough to make sure everyone remembered it.“Ladies and gentlemen,” Brandon announced, spreading his arms dramatically, “today’s emergency meeting concerns the failed logistics deal that cost Collins Group nearly five million dollars.”Murmurs rippled through the room.He turned toward Leon, eyes sharp as blades. “And it just so happens that our dear Leon Gray was the one who recommended that supplier. Isn’t that right?”All eyes turned to Leon.He didn’t
CHAPTER 35
THE WOMAN IN WHITE The city never truly slept — it merely changed faces.By midnight, the steel and glass skyline shimmered like a ghost in the fog.Leon stood at his office window, staring down at the river that cut through the heart of downtown, its dark waters glinting like oil under the moonlight.He had spent the last few hours rerouting digital trails, erasing every footprint left from his counterattack on Dante Voss. The hacker who’d once breached his system was silent tonight — which made him uneasy. Silence, in his world, was never peace. It was the pause before destruction.He closed his laptop, his expression unreadable. Then, his phone vibrated.Unknown number.He hesitated a second, then answered.“Leon Gray.”The line crackled. A soft, familiar voice spoke — feminine, cool, and deliberate. “Still using that name?”Leon’s hand stilled. The sound of that voice pulled memories from a part of him he had locked away long ago.“…Who is this?” he asked evenly.The woman's v
CHAPTER 36
EMILY’S CONFLICT The air in the boardroom was oppressive and heavy, as though each whisper was a knife.Emily sat stiffly at the long mahogany table of Collins Group Headquarters, her eyes unfocused as charts and projections flashed across the screen. Brandon was talking, but his words blurred into noise.All she could think about was the rain that had swallowed Leon the night before… and the echo of his last words: “If I don’t come back, don’t look for me.”Her fingers tightened around her pen until it snapped in two. Ink bled across her palm, dark and smudged, just like the confusion in her mind.She had barely slept. Every time she closed her eyes, she saw Leon’s face — the sharp edge of his expression when he’d said he wasn’t the man she thought.And that voice… the hacker’s words — The Shadow of the East.It sounded like something out of a nightmare.But the fear in Leon’s eyes had been real. Too real.“Emily?”Brandon’s sharp tone yanked her back to the present. He was glarin
CHAPTER 37
THE PRICE OF POWER The rain didn’t stop that night.It poured as if the heavens were trying to wash away every secret Leon Gray had ever buried.He stood at the edge of the rooftop long after Emily left — drenched, silent, motionless.Each drop stung against his skin, a reminder that he had crossed a line he could never return from.She had seen him.Not the man he pretended to be.But the shadow — the one he’d killed years ago to become someone else.When he finally turned away from the city skyline, a figure was waiting near the stairwell.The woman in white.Her platinum hair glowed under the storm light, eyes sharp and knowing. “So,” she said softly, “you finally told her.”Leon didn’t answer.“Not everything,” he murmured after a moment. “Just enough to make her stay away.”The woman smirked. “You think she will? You don’t know women like Emily Collins. The more you push, the deeper she digs.”He met her gaze, expression hard. “That’s why I have to end this before she does.”By
CHAPTER 38
BRANDON’S DESPERATION The next morning, the Collins Group headquarters felt like a sinking ship.The storm had taken out half the city’s power grid overnight, but it wasn’t the blackout that had the boardroom trembling — it was the man pacing at the head of the table.Brandon Collins slammed a glass against the wall, shards scattering like bullets.“Fifty million dollars!” he roared. “Gone! Just like that!”No one dared meet his eyes.One of the senior managers tried to speak. “S-Sir, the accounts were hacked. Our digital firewall—”“Don’t you dare talk to me about firewalls!” Brandon bellowed. “We paid millions for protection, and now I’m the laughingstock of the entire financial district!”He grabbed a report from the table and hurled it across the room.Numbers — red, bleeding losses — stared back at him.Every transaction from the Collins Group’s overseas subsidiary had been rerouted through a shell company.A company that had just been bought out under a fake name.A name Brando
CHAPTER 39
THE WARNINGEmily didn’t sleep much that night.Even though Leon was beside her, his presence felt... distant.He lay perfectly still, one arm over his eyes, breathing deep and even — as if nothing could touch him.But she could feel it. The tension under his skin. The storm behind the calm.Since the day of the board meeting, something about him had changed.He smiled less. Watch more. And when he did speak, his words carried weight — like a man who knew exactly what everyone else didn’t.Emily rolled onto her side, watching him in the faint silver light leaking through the curtains.“Leon,” she whispered.He didn’t move.“Are you awake?”His voice came, quiet but sharp.“I’ve been awake.”She hesitated. “Then why are you pretending to sleep?”He turned his head, finally meeting her eyes. His expression softened, but only slightly.“Because it’s the only time I get to watch you without you asking questions.”Emily blinked. “That’s… not funny.”“I wasn’t joking,” he said, his voice l
CHAPTER 40
FIRE IN THE MIRROR The car tore through the highway like a phantom — a blur of black steel under the moonlight.Emily clung to her seatbelt, heart hammering as Leon steered with precision that looked almost inhuman.Bullets had stopped, but the echoes still rang in her ears.“Leon, what’s happening? Who are they?” she demanded, voice shaking.Leon didn’t answer. His jaw was tight, his eyes burning with that same cold focus she’d seen the night of the gala — the night he’d crushed a man’s hand without blinking.When he finally spoke, his tone was flat. “We’ve been tracked. Someone accessed my old system and triangulated our movements. The hit wasn’t random.”Emily gripped the dashboard. “Your old system— you mean Shadowline?”He gave a small nod. “They’ve reactivated one of my dormant codes. The one that connects to my prototype server.”“In English, Leon!”His eyes flicked toward her, calm but dangerous. “It means someone just hacked into a part of me that should have been dead.”Emi