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CHAPTER NINETY FOUR: Leaking Achieved
The elevator doors slid shut, sealing Daniella away from Ven’s office and the low, steady voice that had just given her the most dangerous order she’d ever carried out. She kept her expression neutral, but her mind was already moving on the order, not on whether to do it, but how.She’d been with Ven long enough to know his plans were never spur-of-the-moment. Bryan might have been his right hand in logistics, but Daniella is his other hand precise, quiet, unseen. If Bryan was the man who built the machine, she was the one who made sure its blades found their target.They’d both started in the same place at the special unit. Back then, she thought Ven was just another ambitious mind with a knack for reading people. She didn’t know the truth until the prison saga.Daniella stepped out into the cool night air, she didn’t head home. Not yet.Her first stop was a small, unassuming wine bar tucked between a boutique furniture shop and a shuttered bookstore. To anyone else, it was just anot
CHAPTER NINETY Two: The Leak
The dim light of Ven’s private office cast long shadows across the polished desk, reflecting the quiet effect of late-night planning. Bryan had just left after their earlier strategy discussion, leaving Ven alone with the weight of his next move. He had been pacing for the last five minutes, his mind not on shares or financial sabotage, but on the kind of timing that could turn a whisper into a war.The intercom crackled softly. “Daniella is here,” his security detail announced.“Send her in,” Ven replied without hesitation.Daniella stepped into the office in her usual sharp attire, her dark hair tied back, eyes clear and focused. She didn’t waste time with pleasantries.“You called,” she said, taking the seat opposite him.Ven studied her for a moment, gauging not just her readiness, but her understanding of what was about to happen. Daniella had been with him long enough to know that when he called her at this hour, it was never for something small.“It’s time,” Ven said simply.
CHAPTER NINETY TWO: Breeding An Identity
The office was quiet except for the low hum of the air-conditioning and the occasional rustle of paper from Bryan’s end of the long table. Ven preferred it that way as silence gave him room to think, and thinking was the most dangerous weapon he had.“Where are we with the acquisition plan?” Ven asked without looking up from the spread of documents in front of him.Bryan closed the file he’d been scanning and slid it across. “Our proxies have secured just under three percent of Brown Empire’s circulating shares. Not enough to raise eyebrows, but enough to start influencing certain committees… especially if we keep placing the right people on them.”Ven allowed himself a small nod. “Three percent is enough to plant seeds. We’re not aiming for takeover yet, it's just to control the flow of decision making. I want Davis and Victory thinking their enemies are inside the building with them.”Bryan leaned back. “That brings me to the other thing. I’ve been tracking movement in one of their
CHAPTER NINETY ONE: Deleted
By the time night settled over the city, Kate had cycled through a dozen scenarios in her head. Each one ended the same way with her walking into The Regent, Suite 1406.She told no one. Not her assistant. Not Davis. Not the discreet fixer she sometimes used for problems like this. This meeting was hers alone, for better or worse.The car pulled up in front of The Regent at ten fifty-eight. It was a high-rise hotel known for two things: absolute discretion and clientele who could afford it. The kind of place where your name wasn’t written anywhere unless you wanted it to be.She took the private elevator to the fourteenth floor, the low hum of the machinery masking the sound of her own pulse.Her hand hovered over the suite’s doorbell for just a second before she pressed it.The door opened almost immediately. The man who stood there was dressed in a dark tailored suit, a black shirt beneath it, no tie. He carried himself with the kind of calm that came from being in control of the ro
CHAPTER NINETY: Arising Scandal
For the first time in weeks, Kate felt in control. Even though she is still skeptical,she could see that she was really trying to achieve her goal.The Hartley contract was no longer a thorn in Davis’s side, and she had been the one to smooth it over. Davis had thanked her in person, the words clipped but genuine. She’d even caught the faintest flicker of respect in his eyes before he masked it. That was the opening she needed, not just to protect her position in the Brown Empire, but to push her own vision forward.Now, the plan was simple and only needed execution. Making sure to consolidate that goodwill, build trust without appearing too eager, and subtly steer him where she wanted.Her phone began buzzing before she even left her penthouse. The first call she ignored, since it was from the boardroom, and could wait until she’d had her coffee. The second came less than thirty seconds later, then a third.It wasn’t until the fourth call, this one from her personal assistant, that
CHAPTER EIGHTY NINE: Victory's New Option
Victory didn’t like the quiet nights no matter what. He has always dreaded it and now,it got to him badly.This is because they left too much space for thinking.Lately, thinking meant circling back to the same question: What exactly is Davis doing with Kate?He trusted his brother in the way only two men who had survived a lifetime of family politics could. But trust didn’t mean blind faith. Kate had always been a player, careful with her moves, sharp with her words. Her sudden “alliance” with Davis didn’t sit right with him.Davis seemed to think he could direct her usefulness like a weapon. Victory knew better. Weapons had a way of turning in your hand when you weren’t looking.The rooftop bar was almost empty at this hour, Victory sat alone at a table in the corner, nursing a glass of whiskey he hadn’t touched in ten minutes.The man he was waiting for was late, that in itself was a bad sign . Victory wasn’t used to waiting for anyone.When the elevator doors finally slid open, a
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