2026-02-09 07:50:45“I'm going to sue this hotel into Oblivion. Do you know who I am?”
Watson escorted Knox out a side entrance, unnoticed in the commotion. "Well done," Knox said quietly as he walked to the waiting car. "Thank you, young master. Do you think he'll sign?" Knox's smile was cold. "He will. Desperate men always take the bait. They're too busy drowning to see the shark beneath the surface." "And when he does?" "Then the real game begins," Knox said, sliding into the car. "Lady Morgan tortured my mother for seven years. Now I'm going to give her family hope. Make them believe they're saved. Let them celebrate. Let them feel relief." "And then?" Knox's eyes were ice. "And then why don't you just wait and find out." He uttered, his eyes dark. The car pulled away from Golden Hotel, leaving the chaos and confusion behind. Inside, Byron Voss stared at the contract, his future hanging in the balance. Outside, Lady Morgan screamed at hotel staff, demanding answers, but Watson was able to resolve the commotion. Yes, the Voss and Martins family are one of the richest families in the city, but I’d rather be on their bad side than offend a Rivera. “An important guest wanted to have a one on one conversation with the groom and he needed no interruptions or third parties. Forgive me for the inconvenience, ladies and gentlemen,” He calmly explains. “I don’t think you understand the gravity of what you just did.. It's my son’s wedding! We booked this fucking building!” “I understand you ma’am, and I deeply apologize on behalf of the sudden change, and we hope you can consider rescheduling.” … Everyone in the Voss family had arrived and was seated in the grand drawing room of the Voss mansion. The room was decorated with expensive artwork and antique furniture—remnants of better days when the Voss name still commanded respect in South City. Lady Morgan was the only one left, and everyone was waiting for her. Soon she stepped in with a luxurious emerald gown and white gloves, her silver hair perfectly styled, Golden s glittering at her throat. She studied the room carefully to see if everyone had arrived as requested. She took her seat at the head of the long mahogany table, facing them all. "I can see you all made it as requested." Then her eyes quickly turned to Byron, and fury could be seen burning in them. No one dared to speak now. "Byron," she said flatly. Byron was expecting this from the outset, so he had prepared his mind. He'd spent the whole night reading and rereading the Gates Corporation contract, barely sleeping, barely eating. "Your wedding with Emilia Martin didn't pull through three days ago because of some unwanted guest booking the whole of Golden Hotel for himself," Lady Morgan pressed with barely controlled rage. "The humiliation we suffered—and you haven't even had the decency to explain yourself! The wedding will be rescheduled tomorrow. I've already begun damage control with the Martins. No questions asked." Byron took a deep breath. "I won't be getting married to Emilia Martin, Mother." The room went deathly silent. Lady Morgan's face darkened immediately, a vein pulsing in her temple. "What did you just say?" "Mother, I won't be marrying Emilia Martin. Let me explain." "Then get ready to be stripped of your inheritance, your position in this company, and the Voss name!" she thundered, slamming her hand on the table. "I will give everything to your brother instead! You ungrateful, foolish boy!" "Please, Mother, hear me out! I got a partnership deal for us!" At that moment, Lady Morgan remembered the reason why the wedding was cancelled in the first place. The mysterious guest who'd booked the entire hotel had wanted a partnership deal with Byron. According to the rumors she'd heard, this guest represented someone incredibly wealthy and powerful. Lady Morgan's expression softened slightly, though suspicion remained in her eyes. "Partnership deal? Oh yes, a guest booked the hotel wanted a partnership with you?" Her interest was clearly piqued despite her anger.
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CH ~ 0044 DECLARED WAR
The assassin spat blood. "Go to hell."Knox's foot came down on the man's balls.CRACK.The scream echoed through the parking garage."Wrong answer.""Okay! Okay!" The assassin gasped through pain. "Vincenzo! Vincenzo Chen! We work for Vincenzo!"Knox went still... Vincenzo Chen? That.. that is Master Chen's brother."What does he want?" Knox pressed on."The heir. Master Chen's heir. We're hunting anyone with the Rivera name. Vincenzo's orders. Kill them all until we find the right one."Knox's blood went cold.Kill them all? Was that his plan? Regardless of innocence people involved? Was he that desperate?That's why they aimed where Aurora would have been.‘They were going to kill my daughter just to see if I was the heir.’Something shifted in Knox's expression, something that made the assassin's eyes go wide with primal fear."You made a mistake," Knox said quietly."Wait"Knox's strike was surgical. Precise. Fatal.The assassin's body went limp.Knox turned to the second man, th
CH ~ 0043 AN ATTACK
Knox pushed Aurora's stroller through Riverside Park, enjoying the late afternoon sun filtering through autumn leaves.Aurora was 19 months old now—big enough to sit up in the stroller, her dark eyes tracking birds and squirrels with fascination. She babbled happily, tiny hands reaching for leaves that drifted past.Knox smiled despite the tension coiling in his gut.Because he'd noticed three cars and several men in corporate wear standing at different corners, their eyes glued on them. Those they had glasses on as disguise, Knox could see through them. They didn't seem like regular businessmen who came to enjoy the park, they were professionals.The kind who knew how to disappear into crowds, how to maintain distance, how to watch without being obvious.But Knox had been trained by Master Chen.And Master Chen had taught him to see patterns invisible to normal people.The man reading a newspaper on the bench fifty meters away—same man from yesterday, different location.The woman j
CH ~ 0042 VINCENZO
Vincenzo Chen stood in the center of the empty space, surrounded by concrete pillars and shadows that moved with breath and intention. They were his men.Twenty of them, all professionals. Killers who'd worked for him for years. Silent. Efficient and Loyal.Vincenzo was in his early sixties, but age had only sharpened him rather than dulling his edges. Silver hair slicked back from a face that had never been handsome but had always been commanding. His eyes were dark and calculating—the eyes of a man who'd spent forty years in the shadows, building power while his older brother basked in legend. Master Chen.The name still made Vincenzo's jaw clench with bitterness.His brother—the great strategist, the alchemist, the master tactician who'd controlled half of South River's underworld without ever raising his voice.And when Chen died in prison, he'd given everything to an outsider.Not to Vincenzo.Not to family.To some nobody he met in prison.The insult burned like acid.Footsteps
CH ~ 0041 NOVEMBER 15
Lady Morgan's two bodyguards—both massive, both trained in combat—emerged first, flanking the car as Lady Morgan stepped out on trembling legs.She'd brought the bodyguards for comfort, for protection, for the psychological safety of having dangerous men at her back.But looking at the soldiers with their weapons and hard eyes, Lady Morgan realized her bodyguards were nothing compared to what waited inside those walls."Arms out. Feet apart."Lady Morgan submitted to the pat-down, her face burning with humiliation as the female soldier searched her thoroughly—checking for weapons, contraband, anything that could be smuggled inside.Her bodyguards were disarmed—guns, knives, even their watches and belts confiscated."You'll get these back when you leave," the soldier said, dropping their weapons into a lockbox.Lady Morgan's lead bodyguard—Ivan looked uncomfortable without his firearm. Vulnerable."Is this standard procedure?" Lady Morgan asked, trying to keep her voice steady."This i
CH ~ 0040 LADY VOSS IN PRISON
Meanwhile, in an abandoned building in the city, an old man paced inside back and forth, checking his wristwatch every few seconds. On one hand, a walking stick. In the other, a pistol.Not only will he waste his bullets on that twat almost killed his son and cost him his chance of ever working with Gates. He was going to do as Ethan said, finish him and throw his remains in the lagoon.His guards stood still along the walls, watching him without speaking. No one dared say a word. A fleet of vehicles surrounded the building outside, engines cool, men waiting."He said fifteen minutes." Robert spat the words out. "Where the hell is he? That bastard thinks he can just show up late?"Then his bodyguard noticed headlights.A black Ford rolled up to the entrance. Behind it, several black SUVs moved in quietly, flanking the building. Robert stood still, hand tightening on his pistol. He thumbed off the safety. Whatever came through those doors, he was going to be ready.The doors opened and
CH ~ 0039 UNEXPECTED
"All right. All right." Hands still raised, Knox stepped out and shut the door behind him.The man at the window snatched the keys and climbed inside to drive the car to his boss. He turned the key, the engine did not start."Hey!" he snapped. "Come here and start this car or I'll blow your brains off."Knox sighed and approached. He tried the ignition. Still nothing.Then the car completely turned off.Knox almost smiled. The Benz was designed to recognize its registered owner. It was also equipped to detect the illegal firearm the man had been carrying. Together, those two signals had shut the vehicle completely.The moment Knox saw the gunman distracted by the car's sudden problem, he frowned. Without second thought, Knox grabbed the weapon cleanly, turned it around, and pressed it back against the man before he could react.The other men raised their guns instantly."Shoot," Knox snapped, his voice low and devoid of warmth, "and I'll blow his brains out."Everywhere went still.T
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