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Chapter Fourteen : Avarice and Ambition Don't Rest
It rained the night Montgomery Group officially collapsed.Liam had left no stone unturned in his bid to retaliate and avenge the wrong donrme to Tyrese. The city looked cleaner in the storm, but Liam knew better. Rain didn’t wash away corruption. It only blurred the bloodstains.He stood by the window of his high-rise suite, shirtless, muscles tense, watching lightning flash over the skyline. Behind him, the news ticker crawled: Montgomery Group Files for Bankruptcy; Heir-Apparent Liam Hawthorne Declines CommentOf course, what was there to comment about? He didn't feel like gloating.. He didn’t feel victorious. No celebration. No champagne. Just the hollow quiet of a man who burned an empire to save his soul.Tyrese was stable, but not yet awake. He had been in coma since after the operation but Liam was not giving up hope. He was going to do all he can to ensure that Tyrese continues getting the best medical care until he finally awakes. He didn't want to consider that he might
Chaoter13: A Price Paid in Blood
She entered without a word. No announcement. No warning. Just the soft shuffle of bare feet against hardwood floors. He didn’t look at her, not at first. His eyes remained on the city, his empire crumbling beneath the skyline.Ava sat beside him, wordless. She didn’t ask permission. She took the glass from his hand, drank, and exhaled with a hiss of breath. She knew what was bothering him. Then she said, softly but firmly, "The way I see it, you have two options. Break. Or build again."He turned to her slowly, eyes bloodshot, jaw tight. “If I fall now, everyone I crushed wins. Harold. The board. My father’s ghosts."“Then don’t fall.”Her hand found his, cold against the heat of his skin. She guided it gently, placing it over her heart, steady and strong.“Let them see you bleed,” she whispered. “Then show them it didn’t kill you.” She sighed. "I know you are feeling betrayed and crushed but that is to be expected. Your enemies fought back and used your weakness to their advantage.
Chapter 12: The Leak and the Fallout
Ava poured the wine slowly, her fingers brushing Liam’s hand as she passed him the glass. She had nit stopped staring at him since he arrived. She knew he was no fool. She wanted him to know her intention of he hadn't already guessed. They were alone in her penthouse — skyline behind them, shadows dancing across the glass walls.He was turning out to be better than she had imagined. A worthy opponent and partner. “You haven’t said a word since the board meeting,” she said.He watched her. “Still wondering if I can trust you.”She turned, unbuttoning her jacket slowly. “If you can’t… make sure I’m worth the risk", she murmured huskily. He watched her with a glint in his eyes. She stepped closer.Liam kissed her like a man who hadn’t felt anything real in months.It was fire. Controlled. Hungry.Later, tangled in sheets, she rested her head on his chest.“You’re not like them,” she murmured. “You don’t need to destroy to win. You… build.”He said nothing.But in the quiet, something
Chapter 11: Red Wine, The Bait and the Betrayal
Ava Langston didn’t waste time.Two days after the gala, Liam met her in the private suite of the Langston building. The view was immaculate. The wine older than most marriages. And the atmosphere? Predatory.“Montgomery’s crumbling,” Ava said, lounging like a queen in velvet. “But you’re not just destroying them. You’re... dissecting them. I like that.”Liam didn’t smile. “I don’t play games.”“Sure you do,” she purred, pouring him a glass. “But you’re good at pretending you don’t.”They toasted, and she slid a file toward him.It was a merger proposal. Marrow & Slate had inside leverage on one of Montgomery’s foreign logistics hubs — a weak spot Liam hadn’t targeted yet.“You help me crush their export line,” she said. “And I’ll make you richer than any Hawthorne in history.”He stared at her. “And what do you want in return?”She leaned forward, her eyes dark.“Just one thing: Don’t fall in love with me.”Elsewhere That Night — NatalieNatalie watched the interview from her father’
Chapter 10: Six Months Previously : The Name in the Smoke
Rain lashed the glass walls of the Langston Tower conference room, blurring the skyline below. The air inside was stale with tension, expensive cologne, and the sourness of desperation. Across from Ava, a board director from one of her subsidiary holdings was sweating through his collar. She had forgotten his name. He was supposed to be delivering quarterly projections. Instead, he was unraveling. “Montgomery Group is bleeding,” he said, fingers drumming nervously on the table. “They’ve lost two hedge partners in under six weeks, and Evermark’s holding off on renewals.” Ava didn’t blink. She already knew. She always knew before they did. What interested her wasn’t the collapse. It was the pattern beneath it. “And?” she prompted. The director hesitated. “We believe it’s connected to… an external actor.” That got her attention. She leaned forward slightly, the only movement she’d made in ten minutes. “Who.” The director swallowed, glancing at his tablet as if t
Chapter9: The Woman in White
The gala shimmered like a mirage above the skyline — forty-three stories up, perched at the crown of the Reign Hotel, where the elite gathered to devour each other politely. Soft jazz floated through the champagne-laced air. Men in crisp Armani exchanged sharp pleasantries. Women in diamond-dusted gowns whispered rumors behind champagne flutes. It was less a party than a war of masks. And Liam Hawthorne walked in alone. His suit was tailored black, shirt unbuttoned just enough to signal rebellion. No tie. No cufflinks. Just that calm, lethal air he now wore better than any fabric. He didn’t plan to stay long. Just make his presence known. Collect a few strategic greetings. Remind them all that he was no longer the boy from nowhere, but the man who had gutted Montgomery Group in broad daylight. Then leave. That was the plan. Until he saw her. White satin flowed like smoke around her legs. Her heels struck the marble with calculated poise. Her black hair was twisted into a per
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