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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
Chapter 286
William did not immediately move to leave the podium area, even as the auctioneer remained bowed slightly in his awkward attempt at apology, because something inside him demanded that this moment, this exact moment, not be allowed to pass without being properly addressed."If I hadn't proven you wrong," William said, his voice calm but carrying an edge sharp enough to cut through the auctioneer's forced humility, "if I hadn't actually bought this land and paid for it in full, you wouldn't even be standing here right now trying to act as though you made some innocent mistake."He studied the man carefully, his expression unreadable but his words deliberate."You knew exactly what you were doing. From the very beginning, from the moment I raised my paddle, you understood precisely what you were doing. This was never a mistake. Stop pretending otherwise. Stop this nonsense you're performing right now, because it's beneath both of us."His tone hardened slightly as he continued."People l
Chapter 285
After William's final bid of eleven million dollars hung in the air without a single challenge, without a single paddle rising to contest it, without even a murmur of resistance from anyone brave enough to test the limits of that number, the auctioneer scanned the room one last time with the practiced patience of a man who understood that silence, in this business, was its own kind of answer.No one moved, no one spoke.And so, satisfied that the matter had truly reached its conclusion, he lifted his gavel and brought it down with a decisive crack that echoed through the hall like a verdict."Sold," he announced, gesturing directly toward William. "Sold to Mr. William, for a total of eleven million dollars."The words seemed to hang suspended in the air for a moment, almost refusing to settle into reality, because even now, even after everything that had unfolded, a part of the room still could not fully accept what had just happened. People turned toward William with expressions caug
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