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CHAPTER 103 PART 2
"Then you're a fool," Kenji replied bluntly. "Because I'm prepared to offer you ten million dollars. Cash. Transferred immediately to any account you specify. No taxes. No tracking. Clean money for a simple task."The number hung in the air. Ten million dollars. More money than most people would see in a lifetime. Offered casually, like it was pocket change.Vanessa felt her heart sink. That was serious money. Life-changing money. Would Alexander really turn it down?"What's the task?" Alexander asked, his tone giving nothing away."Walk away," Kenji said simply. "Leave Sterling. Leave the competition. Disappear. Go anywhere you want. Live however you want. Just stop being her proxy. Stop protecting her. Let nature take its course."He smiled, and it was like watching a shark bare its teeth. "In other words, I'm offering you ten million dollars to do absolutely nothing. Just leave. Tonight. Before tomorrow's challenges begin. That's the easiest money you'll ever make."The Stanford br
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The confrontation with the Stanford brothers had drawn attention—not just from casual onlookers, but from the other major families who'd made it to Floor Seventy-Six. Heads turned. Conversations stopped. Everyone wanted to see how the nobodies from the lower floors would handle the Stanfords.And then, cutting through the crowd with the controlled grace of a predator, came another figure.Kenji Miyagi.Eldest son of the Miyagi family. Heir to a fortune built over six generations through a combination of legitimate business and yakuza connections that everyone knew about but no one could prove. He wore traditional Japanese clothing—a modern interpretation of formal wear that somehow looked both elegant and deadly. His face was expressionless, but his eyes burned with barely contained fury.He walked straight past the Stanford brothers—a deliberate insult in itself—and stopped directly in front of Vanessa's group. But his eyes weren't on Vanessa.They were locked on Alexander."You," Ke
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"I dare because your reputation doesn't intimidate me," Alexander interrupted. "Now, as I said—step aside. We have business to attend to.""Business?" Julian—the calculated one—actually looked impressed despite himself. "You have the audacity to stand there in your donated rags and talk to us about business? You, who probably don't have ten dollars to your name? You, who looks like you sleep in back alleys and eat scraps?""Is that what you think?" Alexander asked mildly."It's what everyone thinks," Marcus snarled. "Look at you! You're nothing! A nobody! A worthless piece of street trash playing dress-up in a world where you don't belong! You're so far beneath us that you shouldn't even be breathing the same air!"He stepped closer, getting in Alexander's face. "You're like a rat that wandered into a palace and thinks it can sit at the king's table! You're vermin! You're dirt! You're less than the shit on the bottom of my shoes!"Alexander stood there and took it all. Every insult. E
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The Stanford family had positioned themselves deliberately in the center of the lobby—not just occupying space but dominating it. Every other competitor gave them a wide berth, instinctively recognizing apex predators when they saw them.Two men separated from the family group and moved to intercept Vanessa, Alexander, and Katarina. Brothers, clearly—they shared the same sharp features, the same cold blue eyes, the same predatory gait. But where one moved with calculated precision, the other radiated barely contained aggression.The calculated one—dressed in a suit that probably cost more than a car—spoke first, blocking Vanessa's path with his body positioned just aggressively enough to be threatening without being overtly violent."Vanessa Sterling," he said, his voice smooth as expensive whiskey. "We've been watching you. Very impressive performance on Floor Seventy-Five. The kill night, we're calling it. Twenty-four hours of sanctioned violence, and you managed to survive without
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"Exactly," Alexander confirmed. "You two are the faces of our team. I'm the weapon in the shadows. They won't see me coming because they'll be too busy underestimating you."Vanessa considered this. "It's risky. If they figure out the strategy—""Then we adapt," Alexander said. "But until then, it gives us an edge. And right now, we need every edge we can get.""And the chemical canisters?" Vanessa asked. "How do we use those?""You carry one at all times," Alexander directed. "Hidden but accessible. If you get into trouble I can't immediately handle, you spray whoever's threatening you and turn them into your defender. Instant proxy army.""I like this plan," Katarina said. "Is sneaky. Is smart.""It's also dangerous as hell for Alexander," Vanessa pointed out. "He'll be doing all the actual fighting while we just—what? Stand there looking pretty?""You'll be doing the political fighting," Alexander corrected. "The social maneuvering. The alliance-building and information-gathering.
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Alexander stood in the corridor leading to the Floor Seventy-Six elevators, his back still to Vanessa and Katarina. He'd meant what he said. They needed to leave. For their own safety. For his peace of mind.But then Vanessa's voice cut through the silence, firm and unyielding:"No."Alexander turned slowly. "What?""I said no," Vanessa repeated, crossing her arms. "I'm not leaving. You can't make me. And before you try to argue, let me explain why you need me up there on the higher floors.""Vanessa—""I have the knowledge, Alexander," she interrupted. "The dynamics of the upper floors. The politics. The players. You're walking into territory controlled by the wealthiest, most ruthless families in the country, and you don't even know who half of them are. You need me to navigate that.""I can figure it out—""No, you can't," Vanessa said bluntly. "Not fast enough. Not without making fatal mistakes. These people eat amateurs for breakfast. You need someone who understands how they thi
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