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CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR: Henry's discovery
Author: Jejewiyyah
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Henry had never been one for family dinners, much less the kind where smiles were served as appetizers and betrayal was the main and essence.

So when he heard through the kind of murmured office gossip that he usually ignored, that Kate had invited Davis to a private meeting over dinner, he didn’t react outwardly. Kate and Davis in the same room, alone. That was rare. It is rarely a good sign and obviously a beginning of a dangerous coalition.

Henry was a Brown by blood but not by the same fire as the others. Davis thrived on dominance. Victory on calculated force. Kate on tactical charm and disrupting. Henry had built his own path quietly, keeping a reputation for being uninvolved, which suited him perfectly. In business, being underestimated was an advantage personally, while in family politics, it was a survival tactic.

But lately, the air around the Brown Empire had shifted. The first attack on Davis and Victory had been an obvious escalation. Whoever had arranged it was either
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  • CHAPTER EIGHTY FOUR: Henry's discovery

    Henry had never been one for family dinners, much less the kind where smiles were served as appetizers and betrayal was the main and essence.So when he heard through the kind of murmured office gossip that he usually ignored, that Kate had invited Davis to a private meeting over dinner, he didn’t react outwardly. Kate and Davis in the same room, alone. That was rare. It is rarely a good sign and obviously a beginning of a dangerous coalition.Henry was a Brown by blood but not by the same fire as the others. Davis thrived on dominance. Victory on calculated force. Kate on tactical charm and disrupting. Henry had built his own path quietly, keeping a reputation for being uninvolved, which suited him perfectly. In business, being underestimated was an advantage personally, while in family politics, it was a survival tactic.But lately, the air around the Brown Empire had shifted. The first attack on Davis and Victory had been an obvious escalation. Whoever had arranged it was either

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