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Two Hundred and Eighteen
Early the very next morning, before the city's financial district had fully awakened, Eric Sloane was already standing in the pristine marble atrium at the Hawke Dynasty headquarters.He had temporarily abandoned virtually all his executive responsibilities, leaving high-level corporate calls and deals on hold, pushing back board reviews at Bolt Energy, and ignoring frantic messages from his own family.Nothing mattered more to him right now than unequivocally proving to Reed Hawke that he was entirely honest, transparent, and innocent in his dealings with him.This time, however, Eric had not come alone.Standing rigidly beside him, dressed in a now rumpled dark uniform adorned with official insignia, was his cousin, Bradford Yates, a high-ranking regional police chief."I genuinely can't understand why on earth you had to drag me out here at five in the morning," Bradford grumbled darkly, rubbing his swollen, bloodshot eyes with his thumb and forefinger. "Didn't you say the man gave
Two Hundred and Seventeen
Early the very next morning, before the city's financial district had fully awakened, Eric Sloane was already standing in the pristine marble atrium at the Hawke Dynasty headquarters.He had temporarily abandoned virtually all his executive responsibilities, leaving high-level corporate calls and deals on hold, pushing back board reviews at Bolt Energy, and ignoring frantic messages from his own family.Nothing mattered more to him right now than unequivocally proving to Reed Hawke that he was entirely honest, transparent, and innocent in his dealings with him.This time, however, Eric had not come alone.Standing rigidly beside him, dressed in a now rumpled dark uniform adorned with official insignia, was his cousin, Bradford Yates, a high-ranking regional police chief."I genuinely can't understand why on earth you had to drag me out here at five in the morning," Bradford grumbled darkly, rubbing his swollen, bloodshot eyes with his thumb and forefinger. "Didn't you say the man gave
Two Hundred and Sixteen
Eventually, after nearly twenty minutes of playful arguments over the media library, they settled on a high-rated, blood-soaked horror movie. A cult classic.They arranged themselves comfortably on the expansive, plush leather recliner, a oversized modular seater specifically chosen because it allowed all three of them to curl up together without anyone feeling left out in the cold.Reed sat squarely in the middle, his long arms draped naturally across the back of the couch, while Jessi rested on his left side and Miyu snuggled against his right.However, after only a few minutes of decaying zombies tearing into brains and running lopsidedly across the screen after shrieking humans fleeing for their lives, Miyu’s early bravado completely disintegrated.She let out a soft whimpering gasp at every loud sound effect, burrowing her face deeply into Reed's solid, warm side, clutching his jersey shirt with both hands as if her life depended on it.The right side of Reed's lip curled up into
Two Hundred and Fifteen
"Won't you stay, Lara?"Miyu raised an eyebrow at the bodyguard, who had abruptly pivoted at the threshold the exact moment Miyu stepped into Reed’s lavish penthouse suite.Jessi stood at the open doorway, holding the heavy brass handle, while Miyu, having just stepped inside onto the polished hardwood, turned back. Both women looked at Lara expectantly, silently inviting her into the sprawling, warm space.Lara raised her hands in a quick, immediate gesture of unconditional surrender."Three is already a crowd," Lara muttered under her breath, a smirk tugging at the corner of her lips. "I don't think there needs to be a fourth body cluttering up this delicate setting."Without waiting to hear what either woman had to say in response, Lara turned on her high heeled boots and walked away down the carpeted hallway, her footsteps retreating toward the private elevator bank.In truth, Lara didn't want to judge. If anything, she was deeply amused by the sudden, unprecedented turn in Reed H
Two Hundred and Fourteen
"Mr. Hawke, I brought you some important information regarding the Skye Hotel incident," Eric Sloane said eagerly, holding out a thick, leather-bound file toward Reed with both hands, his posture almost bowing in supplication.Reed glanced at him coolly, his face a completely unreadable mask, before reaching out to take the documents. He flipped open the cover and began leafing through the pages with slow, deliberate precision.Unlike the previous time when Eric had visited the Hawke Dynasty corporate headquarters, when he was ushered directly into the top-floor executive suite with red-carpet courtesy and served vintage espresso—this time had been vastly different.Today, Eric had been made to sit in the sterile, marble reception area on the ground floor for over two grueling hours while low-level staff and passing paralegals stared at him.For a high-profile executive of Eric Sloane's caliber, the chief executive of *Bolt Energy*, being made to cool his heels in public like an unpai
Two Hundred and Thirteen
"I thought I warned you never to contact me again?"Ben Jensen glared at the trembling man standing before him, his face twisted in a sneer of pure contempt."You've got to help me, Ben! You've got to!" The man cried, his hands shaking violently as he wiped a sheen of grease and cold sweat from his brow. "Reed Hawke and Eric Sloane are both actively tearing the city apart looking for whoever paid that girl! They're pulling hotel security feeds, tracking money transfers... if they dig even a fraction deeper, they will surely find me!"Ben rolled his eyes in profound annoyance, glaring down in visceral disgust at the man sweating buckets at his feet inside the secluded, underground parking garage."Alright," Ben said, his tone entirely flat and dripping with apathy. "And what, exactly, does any of that have to do with me?"John Smith straightened up slowly, staring at Ben in utter, soul-crushing despair.Standing there in the damp seaside air, a wave of bitter, sickening regret washed o
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