National Asset: The Marvelous Tyler Wood

Chapter 158

At that moment, upon hearing what the man just said, Winston's entire body locked up, as though someone had poured cold water down his spine. For a few seconds, he just stood there, frozen. The words “London is dead” kept echoing in his mind like a curse, over and over again, each time louder, each time more impossible to believe. His heartbeat thudded like a drum in his chest, drowning out every other sound around him.

This wasn't the kind of news Winston had come here to receive. Far from it. He had stormed out of his house, burning with fury, convinced that London had double-crossed him. He expected to barge into the mansion, drag London out by the collar, and demand his share of the deal. But this? This was a turn he hadn’t prepared for.

Then he blinked rapidly, his throat dry, London… dead?

“No… no, that can’t be,” Winston muttered under his breath, almost inaudibly, more to himself than to anyone else. His mind was spinning. “Tyler… it has to be Tyler. No one else could’ve done