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CHAPTER 112
Slayde slowly turned his head to look at her.His face was a blank wall. He did not blink or show a drop of emotion."Revenge?" Slayde asked, his voice steady and calm. "What are you talking about, Ms. Harlyn? Do we know each other?"Harlyn opened her mouth to yell, but the words died in her throat. She glared at him, her chest rising and falling fast, a flash of hesitation in her eyes.She quickly looked around the table. Robert, Thompson, and Donald were staring at her, waiting for an answer.If she said yes, they would ask questions. She would have to explain how she knew him. She would have to admit to the board that they built the company together, and that she framed him and sent him to prison to take the credit and money.She could not claim to know him right now. Telling the truth would ruin her reputation completely.She closed her mouth and swallowed hard, her hands shaking as she sat back down. Her face turned bright red with rage.She had no choice but to stay quiet.Slayd
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Her right hand dropped down to her side, sliding quietly beneath the flap of her leather briefcase.Her fingers wrapped around the cold metal of a sleek silver voice recorder, a high-end device she kept for recording leverage during negotiations. Her knuckles turned white, her thumb hovering directly over the record button.She stared at the back of Slayde's heavy coat, her eyes burning with a deep glare. If this brute was trying to strip Edyals Holdings right out of her hands, she would record every word and use it to drag him to court.Slayde did not turn his head, yet a subtle smirk tugged at the corner of his lips."Press the record button if it makes you feel safe, Ms. Harlyn," Slayde said softly, his voice cutting through her thoughts like a cold knife. "It won't change a single number on the contract."Harlyn's hand froze inside her briefcase. Cold sweat broke out across her palms, and she quickly pulled her hand back out, snapping the bag shut with an awkward clatter.The do
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He didn't pull away, nor did he look down at her hands.He turned his head, his cold eyes locking onto her face with a look so sharp the air felt freezing."What is with this attitude?!" Harlyn demanded, her fingers digging tight into his coat. Her chest heaved, her face red with rage and dread. "Who do you think you are?! You spent a year in a cell, Slayde! You come back in cheap clothes, acting like you own the world, demanding I call you Mr. Burgess?!"She shook his arm, but he did not budge an inch."You think you can show up and ruin my deal?!" she hissed, her knuckles turning white. "Explain yourself! How did an ex-con get his hands on the Burgess holding accounts?!"Slayde looked straight into her eyes."Unhand me, Ms. Harlyn," Slayde said softly. His voice carried a quiet, dangerous weight. "Touch me again, and I walk to my car. Then you won't just lose your CEO seat—you'll lose everything you took from me.""Don't talk to me like that!" Harlyn snapped, her temper overridi
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She threw her head back and sneered, clutching her briefcase tightly."Let him sit in that coffee shop until he rots," she scoffed, her arrogant tone returning full force. "Do you think Edyals Holdings is my only asset? Please. I have plenty of other companies. I don't need this firm, and I certainly don't need to bow my head to an ex-con like him."She turned on her heels and walked toward the glass elevator, then paused to look back at her trembling executives."If that trash wants to play games, he can play them alone," Harlyn spat, her eyes burning with hatred. "Draft my resignation letter if you must. I am leaving."The head of finance swallowed hard, adjusting his glasses with a trembling hand as he stepped into her path."Ms. Harlyn, wait! You can't resign right now!" the finance head stammered, his face turning pale. "According to Article 14 of the corporate charter, a sitting CEO cannot step down or transfer assets while a majority acquisition deal is pending, unless the lead
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"Shut your mouth!" Harlyn shrieked, taking a step toward her. The assistant jumped back in fear. "If you mention that trash again, I will have you fired and blacklisted from every firm in this city!"She slammed her fist onto the doorframe."Slayde is a nobody! An ex-con who got lucky years ago! He does not have a dime to his name, let alone the power to buy into Edyals Holdings!" Harlyn barked, her voice echoing down the hallway. "Mr. Burgess is an elite investor! How dare you compare a billionaire to a piece of dirt like Slayde?!"The two department heads shrank back into the shadows, afraid to breathe. The assistant ducked her head, tears in her eyes."I'm sorry, Ms. Harlyn! I'm sorry!" the girl whimpered.Before Harlyn could yell again, the elevator doors at the end of the hall opened.The lead security guard stumbled out, holding an ice pack to his bruised chest. Beside him, the second guard limped along, his broken wrist wrapped in bandages.Harlyn turned her rage on them."
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Before the lead guard could finish his sentence, Slayde stepped forward, his massive shoulder driving into the man's chest like a battering ram.The lead guard was lifted off his feet, his breath exploding from his lungs in a sharp gasp as he flew backward and crashed onto his back."What the—!"The second guard swung his baton toward Slayde's temple with all his weight.Slayde didn't even look at him.His thick arm whipped out from his coat like a steel cable, snatching the guard's wrist out of the air in a vise grip. Slayde squeezed.CRUNCH."AGH! MY WRIST! MY WRIST!" the guard shrieked, dropping the baton instantly as his knees buckled.Slayde tossed him aside like a bag of trash, sending him skidding across the slick marble floor right into his groaning leader.The third guard froze completely, his baton shaking in his hands. His face turned ghost-white as he looked up at the towering man standing before him.Slayde adjusted his heavy dark coat over his shoulders, stepping over th
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