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Chapter 282. Flattery will get you nowhere.
Neo stared at his father for a long moment, mouth gaping as he struggled for words.Finally he snapped his jaw closed, eyes dark.Without another word, he turned and walked toward the door, his footsteps heavy against the floor. When he reached the threshold, he paused, his hand resting on the doorframe, and looked back over his shoulder at Noah.His eyes were chips of ice, his expression like stone. He didn't say anything. He didn't need to. The message was clear in the way his large fingers gripped the doorframe like he was imagining it was someone's, whether it was Noah or his father's- Noah didn't know- throat.Then he was gone, the door slamming shut behind him with enough force to rattle the pictures on the walls.The silence that followed was supremely awkward.Shifting slightly on his feet, he cleared his throat to pull back Chen's attention.Eyes snapping to him, Michael leaned back in his chair, his arms crossing over his chest.His gaze was fixed on Noah with an intensit
Chapter 281. The Lion's Den.
Dawn came slowly, the first rays of light seeping through the curtains and painting the room in shades of gold and amber. Noah woke to the sound of birds chirping on the windowsill, their songs bright and cheerful, a stark contrast to the weight that settled into his chest the moment he remembered what day it was.He lay there for a moment, staring at the ceiling, gathering himself.Today was the day.He got up, showered again, and dressed with deliberate care. He chose a dark suit, conservative but not too formal and he tied his tie carefully, checking his reflection in the mirror so no hair was out of place.He had to looked good regardless of his feelings for the person he was about to go negotiate (aka grovel) with.The apartment was quiet as he moved through it, the only sound the soft hum of the refrigerator and the distant rumble of traffic from the streets below.Adjusting his cufflinks, he grabbed his keys and left.***The drive to the office was quiet.The streets were bus
Chapter 280. The Hours Between.
As he stood there he couldn't help but think that he didn't want to go home alone tonight.The penthouse was too big, too empty, too full of the silence that had become his constant companion. Evelyn might have said yes to coming to stay over but there was no point in troubling her more than he already had with his problems.And so with nowhere else to go, no one else to see and no distraction left to chase, he drove to his building.***The apartment was dark when he entered.Noah didn't bother turning on the lights. He moved through the space by memory, his footsteps silent against the hardwood floor, navigating the familiar path from the entryway to the kitchen. He poured himself a glass of water and drank it standing at the counter, staring out the window at the city below.The view was spectacular. It always was. But tonight it felt hollow, like a photograph of something beautiful that he couldn't touch.He set the glass down and walked to his study.As he walked in he noticed
Chapter 279. Feel Special.
Noah didn't press. He knew that look, the look of old pain and old memories. The kind of look that spoke of things better left unspoken, of history that wasn't his to excavate. He had even seen that same expression on his own face too many times to count in the mirror when he dwelled too long on his lost memories.He took a sip of his wine and waited."If you need to talk to him," Evelyn said, steering the conversation back to the matter at hand, "you need to approach him carefully. From the many interactions I've had with Uncle Michael, he responds to respect and to flattery the most He wants to feel important and wants to feel needed.""I don't want to make him feel needed," Noah said, his voice carrying a note of resentment. "I want him gone.""I know." Evelyn reached across the table, her hand resting on his. Her touch was warm and steady, grounding him in the present. "But you can't always get what you want. Sometimes you have to compromise." Her lips quirked up, and he could s
Chapter 278. The Not So Favorite Uncle.
Noah sat in his office for a long time thinking about what he should do. Chantel's words were still echoing in his ears. Michael Chen.The one person who could help him was the one person he couldn't stand.The irony was almost too much to bear.He contemplated his options for a long while. He could try to find another way and make another path to the records. He could hire an outside firm, could try to bypass the security protocols or he could even find some other way to access the information without going through Chen. But he knew, deep down, that none of those options would work. Chen had built the system and it was still him that had the access.There was no way around him.Another option was that he could confront Chen directly and demand his cooperation. But that would only lead to another fight and another round of threats and recriminations that Noah would have to retaliate against. Then Chen would refuse to help him and would use the opportunity to humiliate him.Or he could
Chapter 277. Hysterical.
Rebecca took a breath, the sound crackling through the speaker. "I've been digging into the shell company, trying to trace its origins. It was slow going at first, dead end after dead end, false trail after false trail. Whoever set this up knew what they were doing. They covered their tracks with a kind of zeal that borders on being obsessive.""But you found something," Noah prompted."I did." Rebecca's voice carried a note of satisfaction. "It turns out the shell company is just an SPE. A special purpose entity. The kind of legal structure that corporations use for specific projects or investments. It's designed to be opaque, to keep the parent company's involvement hidden from public view.""So it's a subsidiary," Noah said. "Owned by a larger company that we haven't identified yet.""Not exactly." Rebecca paused, and he could hear her shuffling papers in the background. "The SPE wasn't set up by some external entity trying to hide their involvement. It was set up by someone inside
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