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“I’ll give you one last chance,” the guard said coldly. “Hand Miss Silberkreuz the book, or you die right here.”Alex laughed. It was short and sharp.“When you threaten someone with death,” he said, “have you already decided how you’ll die?”“We are Silberkreuz,” the lead guard sneered. “Who here would dare touch us? You think the Duke would ever side with you?”Klaus nodded, “I think the Duke would ask why his granddaughter started a bloodbath over a book she never owned.”Leonora’s gaze snapped to Klaus, eyes flashing.“You would really drag my grandfather into this?”“Miss Leonora, there’s no need to talk anymore,” the lead guard said impatiently. “Just kill them.”The other guards activated their laser weapons. A low hum filled the air.“Wait,” Leonora said sharply.“There’s nothing to wait for,” the lead guard replied. “We need to show them who we are. Everyone—kill that man and take the book.”Klaus and his men raised their weapons.Pauline squeezed her eyes shut and pressed he
Chapter 527
Alex continued.Ten boxes.Fifteen boxes.Twenty boxes.Every single one was the same.No hidden compartments.No secret mechanisms.Just useless junk.Nothing special.After searching the entire wooden boxes, Alex straightened up calmly.There was nothing else.Clearly, it was pure luck.“I’ll take only this book,” Alex said, lifting the nameless volume. “Tell me where to transfer the money.”“Sir, our boss said there’s no need,” Klaus replied, bowing again. “Thank you for coming to our establishment.”“No,” Alex said firmly. “You’re running a business. I take the book, I pay for it. Open your bank account.”Klaus didn’t dare argue. He apped his bracelet and activated his three-dimensional banking interface.Alex tapped his bracelet once, aligned it with Klaus’s, and sent the payment.A million dollars transferred instantly.Klaus watched the number appear. His throat tightened.“Thank you for your payment, sir,” he said carefully.“No problem,” Alex replied. He turned to Pauline. “P
Chapter 526
“But, boss—” Klaus tried to speak.The slap came again, harder than the first. His head snapped to the side.What he wanted to say died in his throat: Boss, everyone here is afraid of you—so how can you be this terrified of one young man?But the boss didn’t let him finish a single word. He seized Klaus by the collar and dragged him down the stairs, barking hurried orders for everyone to move quietly—slow, careful, not a sound—terrified that even the smallest noise might disturb Alex.Pauline froze. Just moments ago, those people had gone upstairs with confidence.Now every single one of them had retreated back to the first floor, faces pale, bodies stiff, as if they had just seen death itself.“Klaus,” the boss said. “Do you know who that man is?”“I… I don’t know,” Klaus answered honestly. For the first time, he saw pure fear in his boss’s eyes.“Good,” the boss snapped. “Then listen carefully. Say nothing about us coming here. Whatever he wants—whatever—you prepare it. Food. Drink.
Chapter 525
“Alex!” Felicia screamed, her voice tearing apart with panic. “You’re my son-in-law. Pauline is my daughter. You’re both my guarantors!”“Mom!” Pauline shouted, horror flooding her face. “What have you done?!”The two men slowly turned their cold, predatory gazes toward Alex and Pauline, measuring them the way traders inspect livestock.“These two,” one of them said indifferently. “A strong young man and a young woman. Far better guarantors than a useless old woman.”They shoved Felicia away without a second thought and let her go.“You can go,” the man said. “We’ll keep them.”Felicia staggered free, terror flooding her face. She backed away, shouting over her shoulder, “I’m sorry! I swear I’ll find the money outside! Please—stay here!”Then she turned and ran. She didn’t look back.Pauline instinctively tried to run after her, but a staff member grabbed her arm and yanked her back.A large, thick-necked man stepped forward, looming over Alex and Pauline like a wall of muscle.“You t
Chapter 524
“Today you’re coming with me,” Felicia said to Pauline. “You’re going to learn how money is really made. Using your body only works if you’re smart enough not to let some man hand you a sexually transmitted disease—a death sentence wrapped in pleasure.”Pauline turned her head.“Alex, do you have any sexually transmitted diseases?”“Yes,” Alex replied without hesitation. “I carry ten of the rarest and deadliest ones. So stay as far away from me as possible.”Pauline didn’t even blink. She reached into her bag and pulled out a compact device—sleek, metallic, shaped like a scanner gun. She pointed it straight at Alex’s chest.The device beeped once. A small screen flashed.“Mom,” Pauline said calmly, “Alex doesn’t have any sexually transmitted diseases. Out of two hundred and fifty known infections, he has none. He’s completely clean—perfectly healthy. That’s extremely rare.”Alex frowned.Felicia’s eyes narrowed. “How do you even have something like that?”“Everyone in my class has one
Chapter 523
Alex stood there and realized it again—he had no obligation to help Renata. They weren’t that close. Her personal matters were none of his business.But she was his wife’s best friend.That was the only reason he decided to act.Not to intervene. Not to confront.Just to record everything.His fingers brushed the bracelet on his wrist. A faint vibration answered him as the recorder activated, silently locking onto Matthias and the woman beside him.—The woman grinned and pinched Matthias’s cheek hard, possessive and sharp.“You’re my man,” she said, her voice sweet but jealous. “So why are you still sticking with her? I don’t allow other women to touch what’s mine.”Matthias laughed softly and leaned closer, his tone slick and coaxing.“Relax, Jess. That woman’s cold as a corpse—so conservative she wouldn’t even let me touch her before marriage. She’s a duke’s daughter. Filthy rich. And she bankrolls me without question.”He lowered his voice, intimate and false.“I haven’t touched h
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