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Chapter 364
The penthouse’s glass tower stretched way up into the sky, looking like it could touch the clouds.Through the huge windows, you could see the Aurelius mansion in the distance.Adrian sat stiffly in his chair, barely letting his back touch it, while Lucas sat next to him looking completely relaxed with one leg crossed over the other.Between them on a small stable, a decanter of Château Margaux 1787 caught the sunlight.Lucas swirled the wine in his glass, watching the light play through the deep red liquid. Then he turned to his father with a smirk.“Once this is done,” Lucas said, “we finish everything tonight.”Adrian nodded. "Yes. Everything."Their plan was to pull a total demolition job on the mansion.The goal was to reduce the place to rubble so they could get into the chamber, retrieve the ancient artifact they had been hunting for years—an item powerful enough to finally eliminate Ethan.This bomb, however, was nothing like the ones used in previous failed a
Chapter 363
Jessica stood in front of Amanda's desk, her hands clasped tightly together.“Please,” she said, her voice barely above a whisper. "I need you to release the evidence I submitted. I need them back.”Amanda looked up from her laptop with a tired expression.She removed her reading glasses slowly.“Jessica,” she said, her tone flat. "What exactly do you think you’ll gain from this?”Jessica took a step closer to the desk. “I know what you’re going to say, but—”“Do you?” Amanda cut her off sharply. "Because I specifically told you—ordered you—not to pursue anything related to Ethan Aurelius or Adrian Steele. We had this conversation. I thought we’d settled this.”She leaned back in her chair, crossing her arms. “So what is this now? Why are you in my office asking for files you were told to submit and to forget about?"Jessica’s throat tightened.Her nails dug into her palms as she fought to keep her composure.“You don’t understand,” she managed to say, her voice trembling slightly.
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By the dawn of the day, the news of Ethan’s arrest had exploded across every media platform.Journalists swarmed in front of the police, demanding more clarification on the case.Crowd of angry citizens holding signs, chanting demands for justice, had gathered too.Similar scenes unfolded outside Aurelius Conglomerate headquarters, at Ethan’s mansion estate, and across various properties bearing his name.The council members had made everything worse.They had given interviews, lying about how Ethan had transformed The Order from a stabilizing force into a criminal enterprise, claiming he’d made threats against their families and used coercion, blackmail, and intimidation.And the public ate it up.*****Inside the police station, the atmosphere was tense.The media circus outside had turned the building into a pressure cooker.Lara and Jessica sat in a waiting area near the main counter, along with several other staff members from the mansion who’d been detained overnight.They’d all
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“It's because they are on Adrian’s side." Ethan finally spoke, his voice calm.The officer blinked. “What?”“That’s why they wanted to leave,” Ethan said evenly. "Not because they had some moral awakening. But because they chose to side with Adrian. They want him to take over as head of The Order. And to do that, he has to reclaim the title of King of the World. And they want him to take over as president of Aurelius Conglomerate.”The officer smirked. “And why would they suddenly want to switch sides?”Ethan shrugged. “I have no idea. Maybe they thought I wasn’t fit for the role.”“And why do you think they thought that?”Ethan have another shrug. “I don’t know. Maybe you should ask them yourself.”He added that he never threatened or intimidated them, despite what the officer claimed.The officer leaned back, studying Ethan carefully. “You can deny it all you want. But we don’t just have the council members’ confessions.”He paused for effect. “We also have testimony from people st
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Hours had passed since Ethan’s arrest.The interrogation room was small and bare—just a metal table bolted to the floor, two chairs on opposite sides, and a dark glass panel covering one wall.Ethan sat in one of those chairs, hands resting loosely on the table in front of him.He looked like a man waiting for a delayed flight, not someone who’d been dragged from his home in the middle of the night and accused of running a criminal empire.His posture was relaxed.No fidgeting. No demands. No complaints.Just calm.Finally, after what felt like forever, the door opened.The commanding officer from earlier walked in, carrying a laptop under one arm. He closed the door behind him with a soft click before crossing the room.“Sorry for keeping you waiting,” he said, setting the laptop down on the table.Ethan tilted his head slightly. “Sorry?”He shook his head with a faint smile. “No, I don’t think you abandoned me on purpose. You were probably busy with something important. It’s cool.”
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The mansion sat quiet in the dead of night, wrapped in peace.Everyone inside was fast asleep.But the calm exploded suddenly when the deep growl of engines ripped through the silence as an entire convoy of police cars and black SUVs swarmed the mansion’s entrance.At the gate, the night guards stood up straighter, confusion crossing their faces.Before they could step forward to ask what was happening, the lead vehicle smashed straight through the gate.The other vehicles poured in behind it, engines roaring like wild animals, tires screaming against the driveway. The noise bounced off every building on the property.Doors swung open before the vehicles even stopped moving.People jumped out from every vehicle at once afterwards.The patches on their vests caught the light from the mansion’s exterior lights.They came from different agencies—regular police, special task forces, and other units.“Secure all exits!” A commanding voice cut through the chaos. The man wh
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