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CHAPTER 144: Court Summon
The courthouse of the capital had seen its share of historic trials, but the one unfolding today carried an aura in the air that was rare in recent times. Outside, reporters crowded the steps like vultures waiting for the outcome of the sitting and judgement to broadcast. Cameras flashed, microphones pushed forward, and the name on every tongue was the sameVen.Inside the wood-paneled courtroom, every seat was filled. Shareholders, journalists, analysts, and members of rival corporations had all found ways to slip into the gallery. The case was not merely about identity, it was about the fate of the Brown Empire itself.At the front, the three Brown brothers sat together Davis, Victory, and Henry the chairman flanked by their formidable legal team. Their presence radiated power, the quiet arrogance of men who had never known defeat inside a court of law. Beside them, Kate sat stiff-backed, her gaze unyielding. The scandal that had almost drowned her still lingered in whispers and she
CHAPTER 143: Siblings' Plot
The boardroom of the Brown Empire was not meant for family squabbles, but for war. Tonight, it became both.Davis sat at the head of the table, his fingers drumming against the wood as a reaction of restlessness.Across from him, Victory leaned back with the air of a man amused by the storm rather than threatened by it. Kate, seated at the side, looked composed, but the shadows beneath her eyes betrayed the pressure that had been building since her name was whispered and suspended.For once, they all had a single common enemy.Ven.Davis was the first to break the silence. His voice, measured but edged with steel, cut across the room.“He has gone too far. To claim to be brother's son… to parade himself on national television as if he carries the Brown bloodline. We can’t allow this farce to take root. If the market loses confidence, if the shareholders start believing his words…” He let the sentence trail off, the consequences unspoken but clear.Victory’s lips curled into a smirk. “T
CHAPTER 142: Bruised
The mansion had never felt so hollow. Even though Elisa was not always at home,nor sleep in the same room with him, her absence was felt by the mansion itself.Alex moved across the living room like a man trapped in a cage too large to escape. His footsteps, steady at first, had grown more uneven with every turn. He had long since removed his jacket, draped carelessly over a chair. His tie hung loose, collar open, but sweat still gathered along his brow.In his hand, he clutched a glass of whiskey. He hadn’t touched it, hadn’t even thought of drinking it. Instead, he gripped it like an anchor, something to keep him steady while his thoughts kept circling back to the same unbearable question.Where is she?Alex stopped pacing and turned to the grand double doors just as the lock clicked. His breath hitched in expectation.The door creaked open.Elisa stepped inside. Her hair was slightly tangled, her blouse wrinkled, and though her posture remained straight, her eyes carried exhaustion
CHAPTER 141: Survived
Ven didn’t break stride. He kept his eyes on Cyrus, stopped at a calculated distance close enough to protect Elisa if it came to it, far enough to force a reaction before a bullet could find him. His face was free of disguise.“You want to measure me,” he said. “Start with truth.”Cyrus’s mouth tilted, a humorless curve. “Truth is expensive in this city.”“Then we’ll pay in pieces,” Ven replied, and tipped his chin toward Elisa. “Firstly, proof she leaves here alive.”Cyrus glanced at her wrists bound in front, a strip of fabric looped but not knotted at her mouth now, more a warning than a gag and then back to Ven. He flicked two fingers. A guard stepped forward, sliced the cloth away, then stepped back. The ropes remained.“She breathes,” Cyrus said, “because I want you listening. If you stop listening, that changes.”Elisa’s eyes cut into him. “You think this makes you powerful?” she said, raw and steady. “It just tells me you’re afraid to speak without a gun pointed at someone who
CHAPTER 140: In the Trap
The road stretched long and empty before him, cutting through the city’s midnight silence. Ven’s hands rested steady on the steering wheel, but his chest was far from calm. Every second that ticked past was a second Elisa spent in someone else’s hands, a second Cyrus tightened the leash on the game.The address sent to him was simple enough and direct. An abandoned glass factory on the city’s outskirts. It was almost too predictable, Ven thought.Cyrus wanted the stage, and he wanted Ven to walk willingly onto it.The thought only hardened Ven’s resolve.If Cyrus thought baiting him with Elisa would turn him reckless, then he hadn’t studied him deeply enough. Ven had spent his life learning to move through betrayals carved by Alex, cages of silence built by his own survival.He saw this just like another game and opponent. Cyrus would see exactly who he was facing.Ven parked the car two blocks from the factory, slipping out into the wind. He moved silently, his body instinctively fo
CHAPTER 139: Ven's decision
The message arrived with the sort of cold efficiency Ven had long grown used to. It was nothing elaborate, since there were no no flowery threats, no unnecessary taunts. Just a sharp, simple line burned across his encrypted channel.“Come alone if you want Elisa alive.”Ven read it once and went through it again. For a fleeting moment, he felt as though his own eyes refused to believe what they were showing him.Elisa his love.......He had spent years telling himself he had buried the ghost of her face, the warmth of her laughter, the way her eyes had once softened only for him. He knew he was only deceiving himself when he started sneaking out to catch a glimpse of her.Bryan was the first to notice the shift in his master’s stillness.“What is it?” Bryan asked, his voice careful, aware that Ven was not the kind of man who often froze at a message.Ven didn’t answer immediately. He simply set the device down on the table between them, turning the screen outward. Bryan leaned in, and
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