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Chapter 87
Claudia’s fingers trembled over the phone, her breath hitched, and she was frozen. She didn’t swipe and she didn’t decline...Ryan’s gaze sharpened. “Pick it up,” he said, his voice was calm but carrying the kind of authority that made refusal feel impossible.Claudia shook her head slightly, her lips parting. “Ryan… I can’t—”Before she could finish, Ryan reached forward and, with one smooth motion, plucked the phone from her hands. He didn’t hesitate, his thumb swiped across the screen, and in the same movement, he pressed the speaker button.The line clicked, and almost instantly, Bobby’s voice filled the room, sounding very hoarse.“So…” Bobby began with a very slow tone. “You really think you can just ignore me? After all the warnings I’ve given you?”Ryan didn’t answer. He leaned back slightly on the sofa, one hand resting on his thigh, the other holding the phone casually in front of him. His eyes, however, never left Claudia’s face.Bobby kept talking, his voice rising with ea
Chapter 86
Ryan and Claudia sat together on the sofa, as Claudia went into further details about her Ex-husband Bobby.Ryan was leaning forward with his elbows on his knees, staring at the floor. His hands were loosely clasped.“So, what are you saying in essence?” he asked her with a calm voice.Claudia sat with her knees close together, her fingers twisting nervously in her lap. She had been speaking for a while, but couldn't find the best way to make Ryan have a clear picture of this man.“Just like I've said earlier, he is dangerous…” she muttered. “…He’s dangerous, Ryan,” she said again, her eyes moving toward him for a brief moment before darting away again. “You don’t know the kind of man Bobby is. He doesn’t just threaten… he follows through.”Ryan’s eyes didn’t leave the spot on the floor. His jaw flexed slowly as he listened. “You’re telling me that this man, your ex-husband, isn’t even in town right now, but he’s still making threats from wherever he is?” he asked her.“Yes,” she sa
Chapter 85
Ryan and Claudia stepped out together from Nova Headquarters.His hand was resting lightly on her back, as they walked towards the Maybach... The driver had already opened the back door, waiting for them to get in.Ryan was in good spirits, or at least as good as he could be after the exhausting interaction with Elizabeth and Julian. “So, it is finally over then. I mean your ex-wife and her fiance,” Claudia said with a smile at one corner of her lips. “Well,” Ryan said with a faint smile, “that is one mess off my desk. They’ve finally seen the truth for themselves, and from now on there will be no more hiding, no more pretending.”Claudia nodded but didn’t respond. Her steps were slower than usual, her gaze fixed somewhere far ahead, as though her mind had been left behind in another place entirely.Ryan noticed the change in her attitude immediately. Claudia wasn't looking like herself. He felt something was wrong instantly.Her lips were pressed into a thin line, and there was a
Chapter 84
Ryan leaned back in his chair, his hands loosely clasped on the desk. His voice was calm, smooth, almost polite but it still held authority when he spoke.“If you don’t mind, Elizabeth,” he said, looking directly at her, “I’d like to have a private meeting with Mr. Wentworth. I’d appreciate it if you and Julian could step outside for now, so the space is more appropriate for the discussion. It’s a confidential matter.”The way he phrased it was gentle enough on the surface, but the message underneath was clear.She didn't belong in a place like that.Elizabeth froze. The words felt like an invisible hand pressing her backwards. It wasn’t just the request that stunned her, it was the realization of what it meant. She wasn’t in control. She wasn’t in a position to linger. This was his space, and she was being dismissed from it.Her legs felt heavy, almost unwilling to respond. For a moment she simply stood there, her eyes moving between Ryan and the floor, as if hoping someone would t
Chapter 83
The room was so quiet you could have heard the faint ticking of the clock on the far wall. Ryan hadn’t moved since the second-in-command revealed who he truly was. He sat there, calm and unbothered, watching Elizabeth lose her strength and composure. Elizabeth’s body felt rooted to the spot, her eyes locked on Ryan as though she couldn’t trust her own vision. Her throat bobbed as she swallowed, her lips parting slightly, but the words came out broken.“But… how…?” she stammered, unable to believe what she was seeing.Her voice didn’t carry the arrogance she had wielded just minutes ago. It was softer, smaller, and perhaps for the first time in Ryan’s presence, almost humble.Her wings had been broken…Julian, standing just a step behind her, blinked rapidly, his mind scrambling to make sense of the scene. But rather than allow the truth to settle in, he leaned closer to Elizabeth, lowering his voice into a whisper meant only for her.“You… you don’t actually believe this, do you?
Chapter 82
Here voice was filled with impatience, “what do you mean… by that?”Her chin moved upward, and there was a mockery in her tone as she kept speaking.“Because from where I’m standing, Mr. Wentworth, it sounds suspiciously like you’re defending him.” She jabbed her thumb over her shoulder in Ryan’s direction without even looking at him. “And if you are, then—”She didn’t get the chance to finish.Mr. Wentworth’s patience, which had been dangling by a single worn thread all morning, finally snapped.His expression hardened, and without a word, he stepped forward and took hold of her arm firmly, but not rough enough to hurt.Elizabeth gasped at the contact, her eyes widening. “Excuse me? What do you think—?”He didn’t answer. Instead, he turned and instantly dragged her into the office.She stumbled into the office threshold. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she hissed, jerking her arm back the moment they were fully inside. “You can’t just pull people around like that. I…”Bu
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