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CHAPTER 178
“WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON IN HERE?!”The voice cracked through the tension like thunder through glass.People turned as one, necks craning, eyes narrowing—just in time to see a tall, broad-shouldered man barrel through the boutique entrance. He was dressed in navy—a custom suit with aggressive tailoring—but his expression had no polish. It was raw, furious, and familiar.Roman Crane.Benedict’s older brother.A man known more for temper than tact. For deals done behind cigar smoke and clenched fists. His presence was a signal flare—things were about to turn ugly.He stalked forward, his eyes zeroing in on Javier like a heat-seeking missile. “You smug little coward. I should’ve known you’d hide in a boutique while burning my family to the ground.”Javier paused, his hand just brushing the exit door. He turned back slowly.Not a word.Just a glance.Roman sneered. “What? No cryptic line this time? No silent little smirk? You Everharts really do act like the world should worship your mu
CHAPTER 177
“THERE YOU ARE, YOU BASTARD!”The voice tore through the air like claws on glass. Loud. Unfiltered. Dripping with venom.Heads whipped toward the source.Storming into the boutique was a young man in a blood-red blazer, all fire and fury. Expensive cologne wafted with every exaggerated step. His jaw was tight, his lips curled into a sneer that could cut through glass.He pointed directly at Javier.“You think you can just ruin people’s lives and walk away like some kind of invisible god?”Javier turned slowly. No change in his expression. Calm. Controlled. Unmoving.The red-blazer man scoffed at the silence. “Oh, what’s the matter? Cat got your tongue now that someone finally says it to your face?”People were already backing away, forming a loose circle around the scene. Phones began to rise—some pretending to check messages while they hit “record.”“That’s the guy?” someone whispered.“Javier Everhart. I heard he just had someone arrested.”“He looks like someone’s accountant, not a
CHAPTER 176
“WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!”The voice cracked like thunder against the boutique’s opulent walls. Firm. Authoritative. Laced with outrage.Everyone turned in unison.Striding through the boutique entrance was a man in a sharp navy-blue uniform—Security Director of Avalon Mall. Behind him, two more security officers flanked the doorway, hands resting on their belts, eyes scanning the scene with suspicion.The boutique manager rushed forward, flustered. “M-Mr. Calhoun, sir. There’s been a misunderstanding—”“Misunderstanding?” Calhoun snapped, raising an eyebrow. “Because from what I saw on the surveillance monitors, a group of customers was openly mocking and harassin
CHAPTER 175
“Ugh, seriously? You’d think malls had better standards these days.”The voice rang out sharp and haughty, echoing off the marble tiles of the luxury wing of the Avalon Mall. A group of well-dressed socialites, young heirs and heiresses in their designer wear, clustered near the display of a new boutique launch. And all their attention was fixed—not on the new collection—but on the man quietly browsing a modest rack in the corner.Javier Everhart.Plain grey shirt. Dark trousers. No logos, no sheen, no statement.Invisible to those who never learned to see power without labels.“Is he lost?” a girl with platinum curls and oversized sunglasses whispered, deliberately loud. “Someone tell him the discount store’s two floors down.”Her companion, a tall man in an obnoxiously bright Versace jacket, snorted. “I didn’t know janitors shopped here.”Laughter followed.Javier said nothing. He was examining a pair of cufflinks—modest but elegant. Something old-world. Understated. Just the way he
CHAPTER 174
Javier paused mid-step, turning his head slightly as the cold night breeze ruffled his hair. The group of young men—three of them, barely out of university, with slicked-back hair and overpriced designer jackets—stood there, laughing like hyenas.Another one chimed in, eyeing Javier’s plain grey jacket with theatrical disgust. “Seriously, who still wears wool like that? My grandfather wouldn’t be caught dead in it.”“I dunno, man,” the tallest one said, circling Javier mockingly. “Maybe he thinks he's pulling the ‘mysterious intellectual’ vibe. Too bad it just screams loser with a philosophy degree.”Laughter again.The shortest of the trio leaned in dramatically, holding his nose. “You smell that? Smells like rent’s three months overdue.”“Maybe he’s here to beg the manager at that cheap diner behind us for a night shift,” the tallest sneered. “Would make sense. He’s got the look—quiet, forgettable, absolutely replaceable.”They grinned, clearly enjoying themselves, expecting Javier
CHAPTER 173
Gideon Langston stormed out of the boutique with the sharp staccato of his Italian leather shoes echoing against the marble. Rage coiled in his chest like a serpent. The smirks, the gasps, the humiliation—it all burned in his veins.He had underestimated Javier Everhart.Again.The man was like a ghost in the corporate world—unseen, unheard, and yet always one step ahead. The more Gideon tried to pull the strings, the more he found himself tangled in Javier’s invisible web.He climbed into the back of his limousine, barking into his phone, “I want everything you can find on Javier Everhart. Every property, every partner, every damn private holding. I don’t care how deep he’s buried it. Dig.”“Yes, Mr. Langston,” the assistant stammered.But as the call ended, Gideon leaned back and muttered bitterly, “This isn’t over. He’ll regret ever stepping out of his shadows.”Meanwhile, across the city, Javier sat alone in the Everhart Holdings penthouse office. The view behind him was dazzling—
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