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Chapter Eighty threeThere was a brief silence at the end of the call. "When?" Philip asked again. His brows laced with anger. "Recently. The request went through a private legal office, and the person who submitted it didn't use his own name.""Can you identify him?""I'm working on it.""Mark, someone has threatened to expose the truth about my sons. Tyrel is trying to stop me from getting the original records, and now somebody is making inquiries about the boys. I don't think we have time to move slowly.""I understand that, Philip. But rushing could destroy the little evidence we have."Philip leaned back, forcing himself to remain calm."All right. Find out who made the inquiry. I'll go with you to see Miriam.""One more thing," Mark said. "Don't tell Elena about this."Philip's expression hardened."I wasn't planning to."After the call ended, he opened the message Mark had sent him. It contained Miriam's address and a photograph taken from an old staff directory.She was a m
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Chapter Eighty two Philip returned home later than usual that night.The house was quiet when he entered, except for the television playing softly in the sitting room. He loosened his tie and glanced toward the staircase, hoping the boys were already asleep."You're back."He turned. His gaze fixed on her.Elena sat on the sofa with her legs crossed, a glass of water resting on the table before her. She was still wearing the dress she'd had on when she visited his office, although her hair was no longer neatly arranged.Philip checked his watch,"It's late, Elena. You should be in bed.” "I know what time it is.""Then why are you still awake?"She picked up her glass but didn't drink from it."I wanted to know if you would come home tonight."Philip stared at her for a moment before placing his keys on the table."I told you I would. You don't need to keep a tab on my movements.” "You also told me you had dinner plans. You didn't say when you'd be back.""Did you need something?"He
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Chapter Eighty one Elena laughed bitterly, her gaze fixed on Philip. "That's what I thought."She reached for her bag, but Philip caught the pain in her expression before she could hide it."Elena—""No." She shook her head. "You don't get to say my name like that and expect me to forget what you're doing.""What am I doing?""Replacing me."The words hung between them.Philip slowly released the breath he had been holding."You were the one who made me feel like I had no place in my own marriage and you want to pin this on me?” "And now you're going to punish me by giving another woman the place that belonged to me?""I'm not punishing you.""Then why does it hurt so much?"Her voice cracked on the final word.For several seconds, neither of them moved.Philip had seen Elena angry, proud, demanding, and even cruel. But seeing her struggle to hold back tears stirred something inside him that he had spent months trying to bury.He still cared about her. He couldn't deny that.But car
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Chapter Eighty Philip had barely settled into his office when Linda walked in with a folder pressed against her chest.She stopped when she saw him staring at the papers on his desk without turning a page."Are you planning to read those documents with your eyes closed, or should I come back later?"Philip raised his head. "I didn't hear you knock.""I knocked twice." Linda walked closer and dropped the folder on his desk. "Then I started wondering if you had finally decided to resign from your own company."“This is not my company, Linda. I am just a worker like you.” Linda walked further inside. She closed the door behind her revealing a backless top she wore. Philip felt a beat between his two chests before she turned to look at him. Despite himself, Philip smiled."Would you miss me?"Linda lifted an eyebrow. "Professionally or personally?"He leaned back in his chair, studying her face. "Is there a difference?"He was sure Linda asked on purpose. "There is a very big differe
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Chapter Seventy nine Elena was waiting in Philip's office when he arrived. She gazes through the opulent mirror watching each car drive in and out of the company.The moment she saw Philip drive into the company's ground, Elena straightened her well ironed suit and walked back a bit. She stood beside his desk, holding a folder against her chest. The moment he entered, she looked up."Where have you been?"Philip closed the door behind him. He simply walked past her and took off his jacket."Good morning to you too.""Don't do that, Philip. I've been trying to reach you."Elena's gaze furrows slightly. "I was busy. Don't you understand that?” "With what? Huh?” He loosened his tie and took a seat."Work," he muttered. Elena followed him with her eyes."You weren't answering your phone. Why aren't you answering?” she asked."I was in a meeting."“Jesus Christ, Philip. We have been doing this for how long now.”“Doing what?” Philip dropped his pen and looked at Elena’s face. She s
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Chapter Seventy Eight The waitress placed the coffee in front of Philip and stepped away.For a few seconds, neither man spoke.Philip stared at Mark, waiting for him to continue. The interruption had done nothing to ease the tension building inside him."You were saying something about the trustee," Philip reminded him.Mark glanced around the café before lowering his voice."I was about to say that I found the same trustee's name in another document. This time, it wasn't connected to the company that paid Dr. Hayes."Philip leaned forward."Then what was it connected to?""The private medical facility you visited in 2009."Philip's fingers tightened around the edge of the table."Explain."Mark opened the envelope again and removed a photocopy of an old administrative record."The facility kept a list of external organizations that paid for certain services. Most of the entries were ordinary payments from insurance companies and private institutions. But this company was different.
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