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CHAPTER 156
The boutique gleamed with a sterile, haughty elegance — polished marble floors, velvet seats, and a wall of timepieces that cost more than most people’s annual salary. Beneath the soft golden lighting, every tick of every luxury watch sounded like money.Javier Everhart stood near the display, quietly observing a vintage Vacheron Constantin model. He wore a plain black T-shirt, faded jeans, and worn boots. His jacket was utilitarian — military-grade leather, scuffed at the elbows. His hair, longer than Wall Street’s standards, was pulled back in a lazy tie.To the casual eye, he looked like a tourist who had wandered in out of boredom.The sales associate behind the counter clearly thought the same.“Sir,” the woman began, her voice la
CHAPTER 155
The steel doors groaned as Javier slammed his shoulder into them, dragging Valeria out just seconds before the corridor behind them exploded in a wave of flame and smoke. The force sent them both tumbling into the snow, harsh winds biting at their skin.Javier didn’t let go of her for a second.“Are you hit?” he demanded, brushing away snow from her cheek, his voice tight with panic that hadn’t surfaced until now.Valeria coughed, her lungs burning from the gas and smoke she’d inhaled. Her eyes fluttered open, unfocused at first, then sharpened as they landed on his face. She blinked. “Javier...?”“I’ve got you,” he said.She stared at him for a moment, then exhaled a bitter laugh. “Took you long enough.”Javier’s expression didn’t change, but a flicker of relief passed through his eyes. “You’re welcome, Mrs. Vega.”That earned a pained smirk from her. “You never did like calling me that.”“It reminds me that you’re mine.”“And you never liked sharing.”“Especially not you.”Behind th
CHAPTER 154
Javier stared at the screen, unmoving, while the Tokyo skyline pulsed in silent rhythm behind him."Don’t trust Valeria."Three words.Three words that detonated inside his chest louder than any missile could.His grip tightened around the phone, knuckles whitening. Mira wasn’t just scared—she was deliberately warning him, risking whatever hell was behind that camera just to send a message. And if she was right...Then he had been playing on the wrong side of the board the entire time.“Sir?” one of the agents approached cautiously, holding a data pad. “We’ve got a match on the body. Name was Kenshi Yamada. Ex-intel. Defected five years ago. Went off-grid. Valeria had a red mark on him.”Javier didn’t answer.Because that was exactly the problem.Valeria had marks on everyone who opposed her. Mira included.“Dispose of the body,” Javier said coldly. “No trace. No press. Not even whispers.”“Yes, sir.”He turned away before the man finished saluting, walking to the edge of the rooftop,
CHAPTER 153
The words “Burn everything” rippled across encrypted channels like a silent nuclear strike.Within seconds, entire databases began disintegrating into digital ash. Offshore accounts vanished. Dummy corporations dissolved. Hidden satellites recalibrated their optics to focus on one city:Tokyo.This wasn’t just damage control.It was war.2:04 AM – Shinjuku District, TokyoThe rain had stopped, but the streets still glistened under neon light, reflecting a city that never truly slept, only shifted masks.Javier stood alone on the rooftop of an abandoned pachinko parlor, wind pulling at the edges of his coat. No security team. No snipers. No drones.Just him.And a briefcase chained to his wrist.Exactly as instructed.But what the masked figure waiting across the rooftop didn’t realize was that Javier Everhart never followed instructions.He rewrote them.“You’re early,” the masked man said. Voice modulated. “I respect that.”Javier didn’t speak. His eyes swept the edges of the rooftop
CHAPTER 152
Javier didn’t move for several seconds after the stranger disappeared, his mind already calculating at speeds most men could never comprehend. The words echoed in his ears like a ticking clock:“Not what… who.”“You’re already too late.”The idea that someone had been taken from the Tokyo vault—that carefully guarded piece of his past—twisted something inside him. Not fear. Never fear.Something colder.Retribution.He turned back toward the estate, issuing a single command into the mic on his collar.“Activate Black Line Protocol. Scramble Tokyo, Geneva, and Reykjavik. I want satellite feeds, internal reports, and all vault logs pulled. Send a jet.”His head of security, Miles Chen, responded instantly. “Destination?”“Tokyo,” Javier said sharply. “Wheels up in twenty minutes.”“And Valeria?” Miles asked cautiously.Javier’s steps didn’t falter. “She stays here. Guard her like she’s the crown jewel.”“Yes, sir.”He reached the private elevator and descended into the sublevel of the e
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The night wind stirred faintly, carrying with it the salty breath of the ocean far below the cliffs. The man still knelt in the gravel, head bowed, too shaken to rise. He hadn’t heard the quiet footsteps approaching from the other side of the road.But the watcher had been there long before the Maybach arrived.A cigarette ember flared in the dark.Then a voice—low, amused, and laced with curiosity—broke the silence.“Grovelling already, Richard? That was fast.”The man on the ground jolted and turned, squinting into the shadows.“Who’s there?”From the darkness, a tall figure stepped for
CHAPTER 150
The Maybach slid through the tall wrought-iron gates, which closed behind them with a low hum that sounded almost like a final verdict. Inside the car, Valeria turned slightly toward Javier, her gaze sharp.“Who was watching from across the road?” she asked, as if sensing something beyond what she’d seen.Javier didn’t answer immediately. His fingers tapped lightly on the armrest, the only outward sign of his thought process. He had seen the shadow too—just for a second. Someone else had been there. Someone who hadn’t meant to be seen.“Eyes that linger in silence often belong to those with something to hide,” he finally murmured.Valeria’s eyes narrowed. “You think he was followed?”“No,” Javier replied, his voice even. “I think I was.”She said nothing more. She knew better than to interrupt when he sank into that distant, calculating stillness. It wasn’t anger. It was preparation.The car coasted up the long, curved driveway, past the hedges trimmed with obsessive precision, past t
CHAPTER 149
As they passed through the hushed corridor of the five-star restaurant, Javier remained quiet. Not out of anger—his was a silence rooted in precision. Every step he took was calculated, deliberate, each one a reminder that he didn’t need to shout to command a room.Valeria, still holding his hand, glanced at him from time to time. She knew the signs. He wasn’t furious. He was focused.They reached the lobby where a valet stood nervously by the entrance, his hand twitching near the ticket podium. Javier nodded to him politely and handed over the numbered stub from his jacket pocket.The valet blinked, as if realizing only now that the man he had handed off a car to earlier might not be some aging clerk in a discount suit, but someone whose watch alone cost more than the valet’s yearly salary.“Right away, sir,” the valet stammered before vanishing toward the garage.Valeria stepped closer, her voice soft. “You let them humiliate you back there.”“No,” Javier said mildly. “I let them sh
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“I said,” the security guard barked, “you need to step out. Now.”Valerie moved forward instinctively, placing herself between Javier and the two uniformed guards who had stormed into the private dining room. “This is a mistake,” she snapped. “You have no idea who—”“It’s fine,” Javier said calmly, placing a gentle hand on her arm. His voice was serene, but beneath it was a current of something stronger—unshakable steel.One of the restaurant managers entered behind the guards, flushed and breathless. “We received a call,” he announced to the staff nearby, not even acknowledging Javier. “Apparently this man has been impersonating Mr. Everhart. He doesn’t belong here.”A few patrons gasped. A woman at the next table whispered loudly, “I knew something was off. He’s dressed too plainly to be that Everhart.”Another man scoffed. “Look at him. Probably just some fanboy pretending to be rich for a night.”Valerie’s jaw tightened as murmurs rippled through the room. She reached for her phon
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