2026-04-30 11:59:34Logan’s mother in-law continued to plead with the female receptionist while Stacy stood by the side, nodded continuously to whatever Leslie was saying. He was amazed by the sight.
He noticed that there was another lady with them. She seemed to be around the same age as Stacy, she was talking to the female receptionist along with Leslie. "You should know who I am, I'm Adriana Lima. My father has a lot of connections with most of the higher-ups in this company. One phone call from him and you might not get to keep your job. So I advise you to let us see the CEO while we're asking nicely."
The female receptionist was still unfazed by her threat. "I'm sorry. But I can't let you see the CEO unless you have a significant appointment with him. How about you go get an appointment and then come back later."
Adriana scoffed, “Did you not hear a word I said?”
Logan guessed why they were desperately seeking an audience with the CEO. Leslie was the deputy sales director of a mid-tier company and she needed the support of a top-tier conglomerate for the business to thrive. Perhaps, she’s here in hopes that she could get the CEO of Astral Corp to come onboard as a major investor.
Adriana was supposed to help them through her father's connections, but it didn't seem to be working.
Stacy sharply turned to her, “What the heck, Adriana? You promised us that with your father's influence, we would be able to see the CEO and get his help. What’s happening now?"
Adriana rolled her eyes and looked away, “You think it's easy standing here and getting embarrassed along with you two? I never promised you anything, okay? How am I supposed to know that it wouldn't work?”
"You two, stop it. This is not the time and place for you grown up adults to be doing this." Leslie cut them off calmly, even though she was frustrated on the inside.
Stacy huffed in annoyance and turned away while crossing her arms. She unknowingly turned towards Logan and caught him staring. Her face twisted in annoyance, “What are you looking at, dirt bag?” She sneered.
Logan quickly turned away, not wanting to be recognized. That's when it clicked for Stacy, her eyes narrowed, “Hold on. You are…” She pointed at him. “Logan?! Is it you?”
Leslie turned at the mention of her son in-law’s name, “Huh? Logan? Where?”
Stacy pointed more precisely, “That's him right there! How come he's being attended to so well? That's unfair!”
Leslie didn't pay attention to what her daughter was saying, she had already made her way towards him, her eyes getting sharper by the second. "Logan? What are you doing here, you good for nothing useless fool?"
Logan sighed, he definitely did not want to be seen but there was no turning back now. Left with no choice, he forced a smile. "Hello, Mrs Cooper." He then nodded at Stacy, "Hi."
Leslie raised up her hand to silence him even though he was already done. "Keep your greetings to yourself, you fool." She snapped at him. "What are you even doing here? Are you not supposed to be at the hospital with my daughter and sick granddaughter? You're here parading yourself around when you can't even provide a stable life for your family. You could at least stay there with them and offer whatever comfort you can give.”
"Actually, I came here straight from the hospital." Logan didn't have time to deny his reason for being there because they were going to find out later anyways. He decided to go straight to the point. "I'm here to meet the CEO. There's something I must-"
Leslie, Stacy, and Adriana burst out laughing, cutting Logan off.
Adriana looked at Logan with disdain. How could this nobody think he could do something she couldn't? "How dare you think that you of all people could possibly meet the CEO? Don't you know your place here? Just look at yourself. You disgust me.”
Logan was a tad bit annoyed, but he didn't let their words get to him because they had always been this way since he married Ava… Always wanting to embarrass him, mock him. Especially in front of people. He truly hated talking to them.
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Chapter 367: The Funding Line Goes Dark
The funding line went dark by morning."Confirmed closed," Alfred said. "And that was the last of the major arteries. Everything they used to fund the operation against you is either severed or frozen now.""They still have resources," Logan said."They do," Alfred said. "But not the easy, deniable kind. Everything left is traceable, slower, harder to move without exposure.""That is a real shift," Logan said."It is," Alfred said. "The infrastructure that made all of this possible is gone."Logan used the improved position to push several long horizon projects forward at once. The commercial frameworks around the channels expanded further, new agreements built for years rather than months. Protected development pathways for Micro Dash advanced steadily, the engineers still working undisturbed under the deeper cover Alfred had maintained for weeks.And slowly, underneath all of it, family life inside the new residence continued its own quiet normalization.Ava returned to a fuller sc
Chapter 366: The Final Thread
The new residence became fully operational within the week, and the protective routines recalibrated around a longer horizon, no longer built for crisis but for years of ordinary life underneath extraordinary security.Logan began spending controlled portions of his days on ordinary executive work again, visible in limited ways at Springlife and across the channel operations for the first time in months."How does it feel," Ava asked, watching him prepare for his first in person site visit since everything began."Strange," Logan said. "Good strange."The city's major players adjusted quickly to the new normal, meetings resuming with a steadiness that would have seemed impossible weeks earlier.Roman delivered an update that confirmed the shift was more than surface deep."Carlisle formally stepped back from two of his more confrontational committees," Roman said. "Graceful on the surface. Final underneath.""He knows it is over," Logan said."He knows," Roman said. "Whether he says i
Chapter 365: The Honesty of Crayons
The move began in phases, exactly the way Scott had planned it."Three separate transfers over four days," Scott said. "No single moment where everything is exposed at once.""Same discipline as every extraction we have run," Logan said."Same discipline," Scott said. "Just slower, because this time nobody is running from anything. We can afford to be careful instead of fast."The household settled into the new residence gradually, room by room, the empty halls filling with the ordinary weight of a family actually living somewhere instead of hiding.Victor stayed with them for a limited stretch before his medical team required his return to the secure recovery location, and for those few days the house held something Logan had not expected to feel so strongly.Three generations under one roof.Logan watched Victor sit at the kitchen table each morning, watched Mia climb into the chair beside him without hesitation, watched Ava move easily between the two of them like the arrangement
Chapter 364: Three Generations Under One Roof
The disrupted mapping attempt led to something new, a short exchange between the two counsel teams that felt closer to coordination than anything before it."They reached out first," Alfred said. "Confirming the same pressure hit both sides at the same time. Nothing formal. Just an acknowledgment.""That we are under fire from the same source," Logan said.The new residence reached initial operational readiness that same week, and Logan walked it with Ava and Mia under full security."This one," she said. "This is my room.""You are sure," Logan said, smiling."I am sure," Mia said, already pointing at the far wall. "All my drawings go there. In order. Starting with the first castle.""We will hang every one," Ava said."The move is scheduled," Scott confirmed later that day. "Everything checks out. We can begin transition within the week."That evening, under maximum cover, Victor arrived at the current safe location.Logan met him at the door, and for a moment neither man said anyt
Chapter 363: The Deliberate Restraint
Logan kept the reply formal, matching what the young man had sent.Offer rejection acknowledged. Notification protocol remains open on my end.He read it once before sending, resisting the pull to add anything more. The restraint felt deliberate on both sides now, an unspoken agreement that whatever this was becoming, it would not be rushed by either party."No personal content added," Alfred confirmed, reviewing the exchange. "Matches his tone exactly.""That is the point," Logan said. "We let the trust build at its own pace, not ours."Construction on the new residence began that week under tight compartmentalization, each contractor working with only the piece of the plan they needed to see."Nobody outside the core team has the full layout," Scott said. "Standard practice, but I am running it stricter than usual given everything happening.""Good," Logan said. "I would rather move slower and stay invisible than move fast and leave a trail."Parallel to the construction, the instit
Chapter 362: The Unprompted Message
The surveillance attempt traced back quickly to a cut out Scott's team had already half mapped weeks earlier."Confirmed," Scott said. "Same network, different node. We removed it clean, no noise.""They have not accepted the ruling yet," Logan said."Doesn't look like it," Scott said. "This reads like probing, not retreat.""Then we keep treating every quiet week as temporary," Logan said. "Because apparently it is."Victor reached a milestone that week that shifted the shape of everything ahead."Medical clearance for limited travel," Alfred reported. "Under extreme security, but real travel."Logan called his father directly once the news settled."They are saying I could actually see you," Victor said. "In person, not a screen.""How does that sit with you," Logan said."Heavier than I expected," Victor said. "I have imagined it so many times it almost does not feel real that it might actually happen now.""We will plan it carefully," Logan said. "Controlled reunion, full security
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