2025-09-10 15:32:33“She was the first woman I ever fell in love with—and the first who loved me back,” August said at last, his voice ragged, minutes after he’d finally forced himself to stop sobbing.
“Sorry,” Thomas muttered. “Happens to all of us, man. Nothing you could’ve done to stop it.”August’s eyes burned. “I’m going to destroy the man who caused this.”“Caused what?” Thomas probed, leaning in.And just like that, August spilled everything about their trip to Colombia, every shit that Charles had no intention of telling Thomas landed straight into Thomas’ hands.Later that night, Hardin showed up to fetch Sadie for some pressing matter, and the group slowly dispersed.August left too, off to some meeting with his men, leaving only Charles and Thomas lingering in the quiet.Charles braced for Thomas to start talking shit—another rant about how Dario was some impossible bastard Charles should leave alone. But instead, Thomas caught h
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“She was the first woman I ever fell in love with—and the first who loved me back,” August said at last, his voice ragged, minutes after he’d finally forced himself to stop sobbing.“Sorry,” Thomas muttered. “Happens to all of us, man. Nothing you could’ve done to stop it.”August’s eyes burned. “I’m going to destroy the man who caused this.”“Caused what?” Thomas probed, leaning in.And just like that, August spilled everything about their trip to Colombia, every shit that Charles had no intention of telling Thomas landed straight into Thomas’ hands.Later that night, Hardin showed up to fetch Sadie for some pressing matter, and the group slowly dispersed.August left too, off to some meeting with his men, leaving only Charles and Thomas lingering in the quiet.Charles braced for Thomas to start talking shit—another rant about how Dario was some impossible bastard Charles should leave alone. But instead, Thomas caught h
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“You still haven’t outgrown this middle school attitude?” Charles muttered, topping his cup again.“Let’s do it. It’ll be fun, I promise,” Natasha said, her eyes darting to Sadie, pleading for agreement.“Fine,” Sadie forced an uncomfortable smile. Natasha’s stare was too much. How was she supposed to say no under that?“If you’ve got secrets to protect,” Thomas said, emptying a bottle, “this is your chance to back off.”He didn’t even look at Charles. He didn’t need to. Charles knew he was the target here. “Anyone wants out?” Charles asked the others, deliberately blank-faced, pretending not to understand Thomas’ jab.No one answered. Instead, August slid his chair closer, sipping lazily at his drink.“Then we proceed,” Thomas said.And Charles wasn’t even surprised when the bottle landed perfectly on him and Thomas.“Well, well. We’re starting with you.” Thomas smirked. “Truth or dare?”“How
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Charles slipped into the club, bracing for the usual wall of noise that rattled eardrums from the doorway. Instead, the place was hushed. The music was soft, more like background perfume than sound. For a “crazy night,” it felt like someone had hit mute.“Thought I saw you in baggy pants the other time,” one of Sadie’s friends was saying.Charles spotted them at a round table across the room. All seated, all calm. This was the wild ride August had hyped up? Maybe the guy wasn’t as unhinged as Charles thought.“What do you mean you ordered it?” another friend pressed. “You brought your boyfriend here?”“George and I,” Natasha chimed in, bright and smug. “We ordered it a few minutes ago.”Charles cut the distance fast, before she started rewriting the whole night into some fantasy where he was her sugar sponsor. She was already on the edge of making it sound like he’d bought her dress as some “pick me” gift.“Over here!” Thomas wav
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Charles tried to snatch the card back, but Thomas tucked it behind him like a child hiding candy.“What are you doing with this?” Thomas waved it in Charles’ face, only to pull it away again. “And you were acting like some saint when you caught me reading that magazine the other day.”“How do you even know about this?” Charles asked, voice low, eyes narrowing.“What? You didn’t want me to know about this card?” Thomas replied, his tone dripping with exaggerated shock.Charles inhaled sharply. Was there a country where homicide wasn’t a crime? If there was, he needed to book Thomas a one-way trip with him.“Remember Sadie’s father asked me to meet him yesterday?” Charles said through his teeth. “He dropped a lot of madness on me. Told me he wanted me to handle a company.”Thomas nodded slowly, studying him. Finally, he pressed the card back into Charles’ palm. “Congratulations in advance,” he muttered, like Charles had just won th
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“And this…” Smith pulled out another picture. Two men. Not just shaking hands, no—they were tangled in ways that made Charles’ stomach churn. “They’re both top executives.”Charles snapped his gaze to him. “If I wanted to watch porn, I’d have downloaded it on my phone.”Smith chuckled, unbothered. “Apologies if this was unexpected, but these are the only pictures I was given to introduce them.” Then, without missing a beat, he shoved more photos forward—each one worse than the last. Charles actually felt his stomach threaten rebellion.“I’ll meet them at work when I come around,” he cut in sharply, waving off the pictures before he gagged.“Oh, really? That makes more sense,” Smith said with a grin, as if none of this was insane.“When should we expect you, sir?”Charles’ brain screeched. Expect me? He hadn’t agreed to anything.“Are there any married people in the company?” Charles asked, partly to buy time, partly beca
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Charles pressed the phone harder against his ear as he listened, jaw set. “I'm sorry, sir, no. The person you were after the other time—I can’t tell if it’s female or male, but whoever it was escaped with a car that came to his aid. No plate number, no trail. Our best bet is the man is just one of those she managed to get on his nerves recently.” Charles’ voice came out low. “What about the house I asked you to get me?” “Um, about that, sir…” the man hesitated. “It’s basically going to be… not that easy. The people around there are closely knitted. Everyone knows everyone. We could look into each one, but it’ll take time. We’re checking for anyone not tied to Dario’s ex while also making sure we’ve got enough leverage on them so you can stay for a couple of days.” Charles rubbed his temple, already feeling the frustration mounting. “How many days will that take you?” There was a
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