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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
—Hours Later—Inside a non-descript, matte-grey surveillance van parked half a block away, the interior was entirely pitch-black except for the glowing blue light of four large monitor screens.Dante sat perfectly still in a high-backed leather chair, his arms crossed over his chest. His long, dark trench coat was unbuttoned just enough to reveal the sharp lines of his tailored suit. On the screens in front of him, multiple live camera feeds displayed every angle of the intersection. One camera was mounted on a nearby streetlamp; two others were broadcasting directly from drone feeds hovering silently in the overcast sky.Beside him, a specialized technician kept his fingers glued to a control console, monitoring the encrypted radio frequencies of the city's south side.“The target vehicle has just cleared the commercial banking checkpoint, Master,” the technician reported. “Young Master Ethane is traveling at normal speed. Two tracking units are trailing him from a safe distance.”D
CHAPTER TWENTY
The silence inside the Ashcroft corporate office was at it peak. The large terminal screen continued to glow with the legal foreclosure notice, its bright white text highlighting Massimo Holdings LLC like a brand against the dark backdrop.“We’re done,” Bryce whispered, his hands dropping limply to his sides. “They took the plazas. They took everything we used as collateral.”“Get up, Bryce!” Camilla screamed, grabbing his shoulder and shaking him violently. “Get up and fix this! We are the Ashcrofts! We don't just sit here and let Ethane Massimo strip us naked!”“With what money, Camilla?” Bryce shouted back, spinning around to face her. “The real estate funds are gone. The casino is frozen. We have nothing left to move!”The heavy oak doors of the office burst open with a loud bang. A young man wearing an expensive, unbuttoned Italian suit and a heavy gold chain stepped inside. His hair was slicked back, and his eyes carried an arrogant, restless energy.“You guys look like you’re p
CHAPTER NINETEEN
The heavy oak door clicked shut behind Dante, leaving the high-rollers in silence.Down the hall, the quiet working of the Nature Club's private elevator was the only sound as Ethane stepped inside beside Dante.“Bryce refused the offer,” Ethane reported as the elevator descended. “He swore he would rather destroy the property than sell it to us.”“He is reacting with pride,” Dante replied, keeping his gaze fixed through the glass as the city drifted past. “And pride is a luxury he can no longer afford.”—An hour later, the atmosphere inside the Ashcroft financial suite was thick with panic.Bryce slammed a stack of red-stamped notices onto his desk and glared at his head accountant.“What do you mean the cash reserves are empty?” Bryce demanded, his voice rising. “We had six million in the floating casino account yesterday.”“The high-rollers aren't settling their weekly markers, sir,” the accountant stammered, tugging nervously at his collar. “Gideon Fisher's office won't take our
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
“No, Father. I don't think that'll be a good idea,” Bryce interjected, taking a step toward the desk. “Dante Morrell is already in the public eye thanks to Ethane Massimo. If anything goes wrong with him at this point, we're only digging a bigger hole for ourselves.”Camilla spun on her heel. “So what do you suggest, Bryce? We just sit here and let him breathe down our necks until Dylan completely walks away from the merger? He’s holding my life hostage!”“I suggest we use our brains for once instead of our hands!” Bryce snapped back, his voice echoing off the high boardroom ceiling. “Look at the screen! The entire city is waiting for us to make an aggressive move so they can justify burying us completely. If Dante gets so much as a scratch on him this week, the police won't even look for another suspect. They’ll come straight to this room.”Hendrix’s jaw tightened as he leaned his full weight onto his cane. “Bryce is right about the timing, Camilla. A direct hit right now is corpor
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“Arrgh!” Camilla screamed, throwing out all the things in her vanity. “That asshole, how dare you sabotage everything I've worked so hard for? Dante!!! If only you hadn't appeared. If only you hadn’t. Ethane Massimo wouldn't have such leverage against me!!”The shattered remnants of Camilla’s perfume bottle lay scattered across the marble floor of her room filling the air with a heavy fragrant scent. She didn’t look at the mess. Her focus was entirely locked on the phone vibrating against her vanity.The caller ID flashed a name that made her throat tighten: Dylan Pierce.She swiped the screen, her voice shaking despite her best efforts to sound composed. “Dylan, darling, the media is twisting everything. My legal team is already…”“Shut up, Camilla,” Dylan’s voice cut through the line, cold and stripped of any prior warmth. “I don't care about your PR spin. My board spent the last two hours watching you humiliate your family name on a global broadcast.”“It was a setup,” she pleaded,
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
The video played with crystal clear audio. On screen, Camilla’s voice sliced through the casino noise.{What an interesting surprise. I almost didn’t recognize you, Dante Morrell. Still alive? I honestly thought you’d died in prison by now.}Dante watched his own recorded image on the tablet. In the video, he remained perfectly silent as Camilla turned to the pressing reporters, her face twisted in a smug sneer.{Everyone should stay away from this man. He’s a convicted murderer. He killed someone ten years ago. And now he’s here—probably escaped. He’s dangerous. You should arrest him before he hurts someone else.}“She really laid the trap for herself,” Ethane murmured, keeping his eyes on the surging live-view count. “She wanted a public execution.”On screen, the confrontation escalated. The footage showed the two security guards seizing Dante’s arms, and Camilla thrusting the divorce papers forward.Then came the fluid motion where Dante twisted free, sending both guards crashing
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