2026-11-01 05:01:40"Silas Croft, I'm telling you right now, get this worthless piece of trash out of my sight, or you can forget about keeping that little clinic of yours open. You think you can afford to waste my time?"
Beside him, Nora Croft had pressed herself almost entirely against Gavin Steele's heavyset frame, her voice dripping with sweetness. "Mr. Steele, why bother getting worked up over these two nobodies? Why don't we just go play a round of cards instead?""Heh, you little minx. I had som
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"Why would she help us?"Elliott Pike asked the question with a slight frown, as if he already suspected the answer but wanted it confirmed out loud.Grant Pierce let out a cold laugh. "Does that even need asking? Look at the two of them, practically glowing with satisfaction. They've obviously been carrying on behind closed doors for who knows how long."Gavin Steele and Nora Croft both looked a little embarrassed at that, their expressions tightening. Neither of them bothered to deny it, which was answer enough.Douglas Merrick and the others exchanged a glance, and something unspoken passed between them, a shared understanding of exactly what kind of arrangement this was."Fine. Then we'll leave this matter in your hands," Douglas said. "If you can pull this off, the reward won't be small. At the very least, it'll be enough to set you up comfortably for the rest of your lives."Once the two of them had left the room, Curtis Ashby wrinkled his nose in
Chapter 232
"Relax, I'm only here to take a look. I won't touch anything," Aaron Holmes said.Silas Croft tensed up as well. "Tabitha, this was entirely my idea. Aaron had nothing to do with it."Tabitha Holt's striking eyes flickered, and after a moment she waved a hand. "Forget it. Since you're already here, I'll give you a spot in the factory for Serena's sake. You can be Director Croft's assistant."Aaron's mouth curved into a faint smile, but he said nothing.Silas, on the other hand, froze for a second. Being made the assistant to the very man who actually owned the company behind the scenes was absurd, and no amount of nerve could have made him suggest something so brazen himself. Still, when he saw that Aaron raised no objection, he decided not to push the matter further.Tabitha looked rather pleased with herself. Serena Vale was her closest friend, and Aaron had always carried himself with far too much arrogance for her liking. Seeing his own man report to wor
Chapter 231
Nothing had hit him this hard before, not even close.Butch Rawlings had lived long enough, and climbed high enough, that he had no intention of leaving his life behind in a ditch like this one.Pride meant nothing right now.He was among the first to drop to his knees and press his forehead to the dirt.He could face down the boss of any underworld outfit in the city without blinking. But soldiers were a different animal entirely. Against them, his nerve simply evaporated. Even Tristan Ashcroft himself, if he'd been standing here, would have had no choice but to grovel in the dust along with the rest.The helicopters finished unloading in a matter of seconds. Armed soldiers fanned out and boxed in every last one of the several hundred men scattered across the road. That was when Ghost stepped forward, moving at an unhurried pace that made the silence around him feel even heavier.He was the deputy commander of the Special Operations Reserve. To make su
Chapter 230
"Seal the road!"Butch Rawlings's tone left no room for argument. He barked the order and his men scrambled to their feet, falling into position to meet the incoming convoy."Butch, word is the other side's only got a few dozen guys. Do we really need this much muscle? We've got all our best people here, plus the security contractors on top of that. That's over three hundred men."One of his underlings scratched his head, clearly not grasping the weight of what they were about to do.Butch let out a cold snort. "Save the chatter. The second their trucks stop, drag the drivers out and seize the vehicles first. Ask questions later.""Yes, boss!"The man snapped back into line.About fifteen minutes later, Butch and his crew finally spotted the convoy rolling toward them in the distance. Over twenty luxury freight trucks, gleaming and imposing, rumbled down the road in formation.The lead driver spotted the wall of bodies blocking the road ahead
Chapter 229
Preston Fields's voice carried a calm, unshakable confidence through the phone line.Tabitha Holt nodded to herself again and again, her admiration for him growing with every word. "No wonder they call you the man with the plan, Director Fields. Getting a manufacturer to ship through the Westhaven Chamber of Commerce's blockade, that's no small feat."Preston chuckled. "This one isn't on me. My boss handled all of it.""Your boss?"Tabitha drew in a sharp breath.She had never once heard Preston mention having a superior. He was already the man running Riverstone Corp's Westhaven Branch. If there was someone above him in the chain, that could only mean one thing: someone from headquarters had gotten involved.Had the head office actually sent someone down here?"That's right, my boss," Preston said, and from the sound of it he'd caught the confusion in her silence. He laughed again. "Don't worry, he doesn't like to meddle in how we run things day t
Chapter 228
After hanging up, Hobart Sloane wasted no time sending the deposit straight back to Tabitha Holt, not a single dollar short.That, more than anything, left her uneasy. A supplier who backed out of a deal usually clung to every cent they could. Returning it in full felt less like courtesy and more like a warning.She moved fast, ordering her people to start hunting for new suppliers and new channels before the day was out. But the search turned up nothing. Across all of Westhaven State, there wasn't a single other facility that could match the equipment specifications and material grade Riverstone Corp's pharmaceutical research division required. Some had outdated machinery that couldn't hit the necessary precision. Others were missing entire categories of raw material. The gaps were too wide to bridge.With no other option, Tabitha reported the situation up to Preston Fields.Fields took the news calmly. He already suspected the Westhaven Chamber of Commerce was
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