All Chapters of RISE OF EDEN WEALTH: WEALTH SYSTEM: Chapter 161
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CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY-NINE: Don't Sit Still
The call went out quietly, but the effect it carried was anything but small. The kind of silence that followed wasn’t the normal kind people got used to in a busy office. This one had weight. The kind that made even confident people feel like they were walking into something they couldn’t predict. Dean didn’t sit. He stood near the center of the room, hands relaxed at his sides, posture straight but not rigid. His face gave nothing away, but his eyes were sharp, steady, and waiting. Clarice stood slightly behind him, tablet in hand, her attention split between the incoming data and the door. Philip leaned against the wall, arms folded, watching like a man who had already decided how things might end but was still open to being proven wrong. Then the door opened. Slow. Controlled. And the person stepped in. No rush. No hesitation. Just a calm walk forward that would have looked normal to anyone who didn’t understand the tension in the room. But everyone here understood. Dean’s eyes loc
CHAPTER 150: A Revealed Board
The words didn’t fade. They stayed in the air, sharp and clear, like something that refused to be ignored. You’re not the only one who knows how to play this game. Dean didn’t respond immediately. He let that sentence settle, let it stretch out long enough to show whether it carried weight or if it was just another layer of resistance. It carried weight. He could see it. Not just in the way the person held themselves now, but in the small shift in the room itself. Even Philip, who usually met tension with quiet confidence, had gone still. Clarice’s grip on her tablet tightened just a little, her eyes no longer just observing but calculating something deeper. Dean took a slow step forward, closing the space until there was nothing casual left between them. “…Then show me the board,” he said calmly. The person’s lips pressed together for a moment, like they were measuring how much to reveal and how much to keep buried. “…You’re already on it,” they replied. “You just don’t see the edges