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Chapter 095: The Morning After
The courtyard went still.Kyle slowly nodded once, the name settling into place like a missing gear finally locking.James. Of course. He shared a single glance with Adrian, then nodded again.“Let’s go,” he said.They turned together and walked toward the waiting car without looking back. Behind them Raymond stood frozen, the gun still raised but suddenly purposeless, and the night air cooling the sweat on his ruined face.Nathan had the rear doors open before they reached the vehicle. Kyle slid in first, Adrian right behind him. The doors shut with solid thumps. Nathan quickly put the car in gear and pulled smoothly away from the curb, tires whispering over the stone.Only when they had joined the thicker flow of nighttime traffic did Nathan speak. His eyes stayed on the road, but his voice carried an edge.“What the hell just happened back there?”Adrian gave a short, dry chuckle. “We pressed him until he told us who was really behind the deal.”Kyle nodded. “That’s right.”Nath
Chapter 094: Sold out
As they were led down the long corridor away from the Seventeenth seat, Kyle’s mind turned inward with a force that almost drowned out the pain still blooming across his cheekbone. Why would Harlan Voss want to buy Transcorp’s secrets from Raymond? The question looped through him like a wire drawn tight. Harlan was old money, old power, the kind of man who already owned pieces of half the boardrooms in the city. What could Transcorp possibly have that Harlan could not acquire through cleaner, quieter channels? And more troubling still—why had Raymond not simply handed those secrets to his own sister? Vivian Group sat across the table from Transcorp in half a dozen markets. Yet Raymond had chosen to sell to an outsider, and Harlan had chosen to buy. The pieces refused to fit, and the only way to force them into place was to ask Raymond himself. Kyle glanced sideways. Raymond was being half-dragged, half-carried between two of the black-suited men. His face was a ruin of swellin
Chapter 093: No One’s Going to Jail
Kyle’s recognition hit him hard. His eyes widened and the words he had been about to speak died in his throat. Harlan Voss. The name alone was enough to freeze him in place for a full second.Nathan noticed only the sudden silence. He stepped forward, eyes fixed on Harlan.“You have no legal right to buy the secrets of another firm in your line of business," he said.Harlan’s eyes had stayed on Kyle the entire time. Now he chuckled softly and turned his attention to Nathan.“And on what authority are you telling me this?”“It doesn’t matter the authority,” Nathan answered at once. “If you proceed with this deal, Transcorp will press charges.”Harlan laughed softly again. "I see."The thread that had been holding Raymond's anger suddenly snapped, and he slammed a hand down on the table hard enough to rattle the crystal.“This is bullshit!”He shoved his chair back and rose to his full height, locking eyes with Nathan. “If you don’t get the hell out of my space right now, I’ll shove y
Chapter 091: Three Against The Deal
Adrian’s jaw tightened. "I should be asking you that question. I informed you about this and you tried to talk me down, only for me to spot you wearing an expensive suit and heading to the seventeenth seat. Now, Kyle. Swear you aren't here to sell out Transcorp's future!"Kyle's eyes widened and he took a dangerous step closer to Adrian. "What did you just say to me?""Kyle—" Nathan started."Oh you heard me right," Adrian continued in the same fiery tone. He jabbed a finger at his own throat. "You know what? I’ve had it up to here with your constant bullshit–"“Enough, you two!”Nathan’s voice cut through the narrow hallway, still low but sharp enough to stop both men cold. He stepped between them, one hand on each of their chests, keeping them apart without raising the volume.“None of us here are detectives. We have no right to start accusing each other in a place like this. The second anyone in this club figures out why we’re really here, we might never see sunlight again. So eith
Chapter 091: Shadows in the Hall
Kyle moved through the main room, keeping his shoulders loose, his steps unhurried, and his eyes scanning without staring. The low murmur of conversation washed over him—soft laughs, the quiet click of ice in crystal, the occasional scrape of a chair leg against polished stone. Nathan stayed half a pace behind, matching the pace, both of them trying to look like they had every right to be there.A server in a black waistcoat drifted past with a tray. Kyle took a short glass of amber liquid and a thin cigar without breaking stride. Nathan did the same. They found an empty pair of leather chairs near a low table and sat, the seats accepting their weight with a soft sigh. Kyle rested the glass on one knee and slipped the other hand into his pocket, fingers brushing the edge of the gold card. The cigar stayed unlit between two fingers. He did not raise it to his mouth.The room breathed around them. At the far tables men in tailored jackets leaned in over papers or cards. A woman with
Chapter 090: Magic Card
“Do you have access to the seventeenth seat?” the muffled voice asked.Kyle stared at the phone on the console like it might answer for him. He glanced at Nathan who kept his eyes forward, jaw set.“Yes,” he replied. “I do.”“Then walk in. You’ll see someone you recognize almost immediately. He’d be seated across from a man who represents a rival firm of Transcorp. The moment he sets eyes on you, the transaction will be halted.”Kyle’s fingers tightened around the edge of the seat. “And if a fight breaks out?”A short, dry laugh came through the speaker, filtered and thin.“A fight cannot break out in the Meridian Club. Someone gets killed before any rascality even starts. That’s the rule. Old as the limestone walls. And if anything goes south, don’t worry about your name hitting the media. Nothing ever leaves the seventeenth seat except a signed deal. Not rumors. Not bodies. Not names. Only ink on paper.”Kyle nodded once, even though the man on the other end could not see it. “Thank
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