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Chapter Three Hundred Five
Five minutes passed, and the target finally arrived.A black car glided beneath the hotel's grand canopy, its polished surface reflecting the golden lights illuminating the entrance. A doorman hurried forward to open the door, and a young man stepped out, straightening his coat before making his way toward the building.Lyu adjusted his position, bringing the man's face into focus through the scope.It was him.The same young man from the photograph.Lyu studied his features carefully, comparing them with the image he had memorized. The dark hair, the sharp contours of his face, the composed expression that seemed almost indifferent to the world around him. There was no mistake.Yet, as he watched the young man approach the entrance, that familiar sensation returned.It was faint but persistent, like a distant memory buried beneath layers of forgotten experiences. Something about the young man's face stirred a feeling Lyu couldn't explain. It was as though he had encountered him befor
Chapter Three Hundred Four
London greeted Lyu with rain.It fell in thin, gray sheets across the airfield as he descended the airplane's narrow stairs, his single suitcase in one hand, the briefcase Joseph had left him in the other. The cold found the gaps in his coat immediately, and he welcomed it. Cold was clarifying. It kept a man from thinking too much, it kept a man alert.He cleared immigration without incident, a tired old traveler with nothing to declare, and had barely stepped into the arrivals hall when the phone they had forced on him vibrated against his chest. A message from an unknown sender. No greeting, no signature, only an address in a district he did not recognize, typed out in plain text as though it were a restaurant recommendation.He was still staring at it when the phone rang."Mr Lyu." The voice was male, young, careful in a way that suggested a script. "You have received the address." The voice did not await his response."Proceed to it. Your assignment will be waiting there. The det
Chapter Three Hundred Three
Lyu sat alone on a hard plastic bench near his departure gate, a single suitcase resting against his leg, watching the departure board flicker through its endless rotation of cities and times without truly seeing any of it. His mind had drifted backward, unwillingly, to the room he was in just a few hours ago.Melissa's voice still echoed in his ears, cold and satisfied, delivering her ultimatum with the same casual cruelty she had always worn like perfume.You will do exactly as I ask, or your daughter dies. It really is that simple, Lyu. That was the way she made her threat just after the call ended in her room. Lyana had been captured, and only Lyu could save her now. The only way to do that was to obey Melissa's instructions.She had wanted someone dead. She had refused to name the target outright, only informing him that the man he needed to kill was currently in London, and that further instructions would reach him the moment he landed. It had unsettled him more than he cared to
Chapter Three Hundred Two
Melissa Rodriguez sat before her mirror, watching her own reflection age backward in her mind until she saw not the face of a chairwoman but the face of the young lady who had once stood in the grand hall, seconds away from having everything she had ever wanted.It had been her son's birthday, all those years ago, a celebration dressed up in gold and champagne, though the true occasion had never truly been only about her son at all. It had been about the envelope Sebastian Waters carried to the center of the room that evening, the way he had smiled at her with such genuine, undeserved warmth as he drew out the contract from within it, the pen he had pressed into her waiting hand.The entirety of Waters Holdings and Corporation, transferred fully into her name.She remembered the weight of that pen in her fingers, remembered how close she had come, how the ink had very nearly touched paper before everything collapsed around her."Stop!"James Halton's voice had cut through the celebrat
Chapter Three Hundred One
James Halton lowered his voice. "He is your husband?""Yes." The answer came easily. "And he is your boss. I guess it is not so over after all" A faint smirk touched her lips.The contradiction seemed to amuse her. James shook his head slowly. "What do you mean by that? I don't understand.""You understand perfectly.""No." He stood firm as she stepped closer. "I don't."She remained perfectly composed. James Halton's s jaw tightened as it dawned upon him. "No!" He said. "I will not do it.""Well, you have no choice." She responded. "I already paid you half of the money, you have to do the job. We have a deal.""Our deal was over the moment you tried to kill me".The woman said nothing. His words seemed to hold no meaning to her. James Halton looked toward the door through which Sebastian Waters had disappeared."He just stood here telling me how you're going to inherit everything if he dies."Her expression remained unreadable. "And that's exactly why it is the ripe time for him to t
Chapter Three Hundred
The woman came toward the two men with an effortless grace, a smile resting naturally upon her lips as though the entire evening belonged to her.She extended her hand toward James Halton. James Halton only stared at it. For a moment, he did not move. Her hand remained suspended between them, delicate and perfectly manicured, waiting for his response."James," Sebastian Waters said cheerfully, completely unaware of the storm that had suddenly erupted behind the younger man's eyes. "Allow me to introduce you properly."Sebastian gestured toward the woman beside him."This is my wife."James Halton finally looked at her face and his heart seemed to stop."My wife," Sebastian repeated proudly. "And the mother of my son."The woman smiled. "I have heard a lot about you," she said.James Halton swallowed. Doubts tried to force their way in but he knew that she was the same woman. There was no mistake. It was the same voice, the same eyes. It was indeed that same person who had once sat acr
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omg so Melissa is the mother of Adrien what the helllllll