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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
Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Nine
"Is there a problem, sir?" James Halton asked, stopping a respectful distance away. "I noticed you leave the party rather suddenly. Thought it best to make sure everything was in order." That had been the exact reason he had followed them anyway. Except that now he had found the situation a little bit of suspicious and mysterious, and now he was interested in reaching to the end of it.Sebastian Waters studied him for a moment, something almost approving flickering behind his tired eyes. "Good instincts. That's precisely the kind of attentiveness I hired you for." He said, although James Halton thought it was only to patronise him.From behind the closed door, a voice rose sharply, muffled by the heavy wood but unmistakably furious, a woman's voice pitched high with anger, the specific words lost entirely but the emotion behind them impossible to misread. James Halton's gaze flicked toward the sound before he could stop himself. Something was going on inside of that room, something he
Chapter Two Hundred Ninety-Nine
"Is there a problem, sir?" James Halton asked, stopping a respectful distance away. "I noticed you leave the party rather suddenly. Thought it best to make sure everything was in order." That had been the exact reason he had followed them anyway. Except that now he had found the situation a little bit of suspicious and mysterious, and now he was interested in reaching to the end of it.Sebastian Waters studied him for a moment, something almost approving flickering behind his tired eyes. "Good instincts. That's precisely the kind of attentiveness I hired you for." He said, although James Halton thought it was only to patronise him.From behind the closed door, a voice rose sharply, muffled by the heavy wood but unmistakably furious, a woman's voice pitched high with anger, the specific words lost entirely but the emotion behind them impossible to misread. James Halton's gaze flicked toward the sound before he could stop himself. Something was going on inside of that room, something he
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