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Chapter 89
The phone rang once for five seconds before the mafia leader picked it up."Yes," he said."Did Brandon take the file?" The voice on the other end sounded calm and flat, without a trace of emotion whatsoever."He took it," the mafia leader replied, his voice just as lifeless as the caller's."Good."The leader waited, saying nothing."You know what happens if you say too much," the voice continued. "Don't reveal anything else. To anyone.""I understand.""Make sure you truly understand."The line went dead.The mafia leader set the phone down on the desk, staring at it for several moments.He didn't ask who the caller was.He already knew better than to ask questions he wasn't supposed to ask.***At Kane Manor, the hallway had gone quiet.Oliver was still standing there, arms crossed, watching his son walk toward the staircase with the file clutched tightly against his chest.There was something about the way Brandon held the file that bothered him.Not his defiance.Not even his sec
Chapter 88
Brandon's hand trembled as he stared at the paper in front of him."What is this?" he asked, his voice barely steady."Read it," the mafia leader said calmly. "You'll understand once you finish reading it."Brandon remained silent, staring at the object for several moments, considering whether to read it or not."Tell me what's inside," the young man demanded again, but the mafia leader only stared at him sharply, offering no reply.Brandon still looked hesitant, his earlier arrogance evaporating into thin air.Eventually, he moved, tearing the seal further, pulling out the rest of the documents.Old transaction records.Names he didn't recognize.Dates stretching back more than a decade.None of it made immediate sense, page after page filled with numbers and signatures that meant nothing to him.Then his eyes landed on a name near the bottom of the third page, and his breath caught.Someone who had once been close to the Kane family, close enough that Brandon remembered hearing the
Chapter 87
Brandon walked through the manor's front doors, his shoulders squared, a satisfied smirk still lingering on his lips.He had done it.He had walked straight into the lion's den and walked back out on his own two feet, and no one could take that away from him.Flora was waiting near the staircase, her expression softening the moment she saw him."You're back," she said, stepping toward him. "How did it go?""They wanted to intimidate me," Brandon said, puffing out his chest. "But I gave them an ultimatum. Midnight, or the Kane family takes action."Flora's lips curved into a proud smile."You confronted them yourself," she said. "Alone. Impressive!""Someone had to," Brandon replied. "No one else in this family had the nerve except me.""You've grown, Brandon." Flora reached out, brushing a hand along his arm. "But you'll never be seen as anything more than Marcus's shadow if you keep waiting for permission."Brandon's jaw tightened at the mention of that name."I'm not his shadow," he
Chapter 86
Brandon stepped across the threshold of a famous luxury club, his chin held high toward the dim ceiling shrouded in smoke.Two large bouncers immediately stepped forward, blocking his path with their massive frames."Move aside," Brandon commanded, his chin held high, reaching toward the sky.The larger guard sneered, reaching out to grab the young intruder's shoulder.Brandon slapped the man's wrist away with a sharp movement, looking deeply offended."Touch me, and you'll be picking your teeth off the floor," Brandon hissed.The two guards did not budge, drawing an impatient snort from the young man. "You lowly rats!" he cursed as he stuffed a wad of cash into the mouths of the two guards.Without wasting much time, he hurried toward the foyer, ignoring the increasingly thick smell of smoke and spilled liquor."Where is the person pulling all the strings around here?" he demanded, his voice cutting through the heavy, rhythmic beat of the club music.Dozens of hostile pairs of eyes s
Chapter 85
Marcus had left Kane Manor a long time ago, yet Brandon was still standing motionless in the main hallway. The memory of that brief fight kept replaying in his mind—how Shadow Claw, one of the strongest fighters the Kane family had ever possessed, had fallen within mere seconds before Marcus. For years, he had believed that the man was nothing more than a discarded son, someone who had been expelled from the family because he was unworthy of carrying the Kane name. But what he had just witnessed shattered all those beliefs in an instant. Brandon clenched his fists, his jaw tightening. He did not want to admit that something inside him trembled every time he thought about Marcus's cold gaze earlier. "I'm nobody compared to him," he muttered softly, more to himself, "if I just stay like this." He stared at his own hands, remembering how easily Shadow Claw had been taken down without even getting the chance to land a single punch. All this time, he had considered himself strong
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The man did not answer, his fingers clenched on top of the table.Several seconds passed without a sound, before he finally stood and gathered his files with stiff movements."We'll talk about this another time," he muttered hurriedly, avoiding everyone's gaze in the room. "I have to go, there is an important charity event I have to attend now."No one answered, of course no one was willing to do so.Even his own secretary chose to lower his head as the man passed through the exit door.Quinn remained sitting upright in her chair, staring at the man's back as it disappeared down the hallway.Several people around the table began whispering softly, this time with a tone that contrasted sharply with earlier.Typical human beings."How dare he challenge Mrs. Quinn like that...""Now see for yourself how it ended.""Mrs. Quinn really isn't someone you can offend carelessly."Quinn closed the folder in front of her, then glanced at each of the figures who still remained in the room."This
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