2026-09-27 22:36:56
Previous Chapter
Latest Chapter
Chapter 292
Vincent stared at her for a long moment, and behind his composed exterior, something tightened considerably. He had prepared for tears, for bargaining, for desperate appeals to history or emotion, for the kind of fractured resistance that ultimately collapses under its own weight. He had not prepared for this, for the crisp, almost administrative refusal of a woman who was choosing to treat the entire proceeding as a bureaucratic formality she intended to wait out rather than a catastrophe she needed to survive.She was not afraid.That was the thing that kept landing in his chest with increasing force as the seconds ticked by, the simple, maddening, impossible-seeming fact that she was not afraid of him, not afraid of the board, not afraid of what was being arranged against her in plain sight, and the absence of fear in her eyes was beginning to make him feel something he had not anticipated feeling in this room.The anger came quickly after that, rising up beneath his composure with
Chapter 291
The moment the board member finished speaking, a heavy silence fell over the room, the kind that carries the unmistakable weight of something irreversible having been set in motion, and in that silence, every eye turned toward Vincent, waiting for his response with the barely concealed anticipation of people who had already decided which side of history they wanted to stand on.Vincent allowed the silence to stretch for precisely as long as he needed it to, the way a man accustomed to the theater of power always does, before he nodded once, slowly and deliberately, and spoke with the practiced ease of someone who had rehearsed this moment many times in the privacy of his own ambition."Well," he said, his voice carrying the smooth, unhurried confidence of a man who believed the outcome had already been decided long before he walked into this room, "no problem at all. If that is what everyone here has decided, then I will go for the best deal available to me, which is clearly the outri
Chapter 290
At that exact moment, the door to the boardroom pushed open and Vincent stepped inside.The reaction was immediate.Every person at that table rose to their feet in a single coordinated motion, chairs scraping back against the floor, expressions shifting into warm, eager smiles as though a visiting dignitary had just arrived. Voices overlapped in a chorus of greeting."Welcome, welcome!""Vincent, what took you so long?""You kept us waiting, you know."Vincent absorbed all of it with an easy, practiced smile, the kind worn by men who have spent years learning how to make a room feel grateful for their presence."Well," he said, loosening his jacket as he strolled further in, "I got stuck in traffic, and it delayed me quite a bit. But thankfully, I made a few calls and had the West Lake Bridge shut down so I could get through. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made it on time."The room reacted exactly the way he had intended.Gasps. Laughter. Heads shaking in admiration."Shut down the West
Chapter 289
At that moment, after hearing William's promise, Megan found herself caught between confusion and relief.Part of her still struggled to fully understand how he could say something so enormous with such calm certainty. A one-billion-dollar investment was not a small favor, not a casual gesture, not something any ordinary person could simply promise over the phone as though it were a matter of showing up with an umbrella before the rain began. And yet William had said it without hesitation, without bargaining, without even sounding as though he needed time to think it through.But the deeper part of her, the part that had come to know him beyond appearances, beyond rumors, beyond the assumptions people made about quiet men with unreadable expressions, believed him.That was the strange thing about William.From the moment Megan had gotten to know him, one quality in him had stood apart so clearly that she could never ignore it, never doubt it, no matter how uncertain everything else se
Chapter 288
William remained silent for a few seconds, processing everything she had just told him.In his first life, he remembered clearly how successful Megan's company had become, remarkably successful, before everything collapsed under the weight of scandal and imprisonment, consequences tied directly to the very same man she was now describing. But that version of events belonged to a timeline that no longer needed to repeat itself, because the root cause behind her downfall, Kai, had already been dealt with entirely.So instead of agreeing with her instinct to sell, William chose a different approach."This isn't as big a problem as you think," he said calmly. "And honestly, I wouldn't advise you to sell the company at all. Yes, there's a man trying to force your hand, but your company has enormous potential, real, massive potential. Selling it now would be throwing away something incredibly valuable just to avoid a temporary threat."He continued, his voice steady and confident."Instead
Chapter 287
William's mother stared at her son for a long moment, her expression caught somewhere between confusion and disbelief, as though she were trying to physically process the sheer scale of what he had just told her."Are you trying to tell me," she said slowly, carefully, as if repeating the words out loud might help her finally understand them, "that eleven million dollars is going to look like nothing, like some kind of giveaway, in less than ten days from now? Is that really what you're saying to me right now?"William nodded without hesitation, his expression calm, almost amused by how impossible it clearly sounded to her."Yes," he said simply. "That's exactly what I'm telling you. Seven days from now, that amount is going to look like a giveaway. And I promise you, you're going to be shocked. You're going to be completely overwhelmed by everything that unfolds."He reached over and placed a reassuring hand on her shoulder."But you don't need to worry about any of it. You have abso
You may also like
The Ultimate Doctor
Sammy X91.5K viewsSecretly Rich Son in Law
Banin SN200.6K viewsThe Lowly Son in Law is Quadrillionaire
Riku Ormstrom97.7K viewsThe Billionaire's Revenge
Hare Ra84.0K viewsSins of the Reborn Vanguard
Nurmaria05200 viewsThe Accidental Rewind: My Second Life as a Comedy of Errors
ATTAR345 viewsThe Subservient Genius
Djienaba Wone 224 viewsMade for Pleasure
Niiiina48 views