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Chapter 21
Chapter 21The safe house felt too small for everything that was happening inside it. The man at the desk watched them with tired eyes. The laptop screen showed the tower feeds and the transfers that were still moving toward Victor Lang’s hidden account. Ethan stood in the center with Mia on his right and Elena on his left. The three of them had not moved apart since they walked through the door.The man leaned back in his chair. “Victor Lang faked his death five years ago. Your father knew. He helped make it look real. Victor owed too many people. He wanted out. But he never forgot the debt. Serena found him two years ago. She promised him a way back in if he helped her take what she believed was hers. Now he wants everything. The company. The power. And he wants to see you break the same way he broke when your father pushed him out.”Mia’s voice was steady. “He doesn’t get to decide that. None of you do. We’re not breaking.”Elena looked at the screen. Her hand brushed Ethan’s arm a
Chapter 20
Chapter 20The warehouse felt colder after the man spoke Victor Lang’s name. Ethan stared at the screen where the transfers were still moving. Mia stayed close on his right. Elena on his left. The three of them had come here to stop one threat. Now a dead man from the past was reaching out from the grave.The older man tapped a few more keys. Some of the lines on the screen slowed but not all of them.“Victor Lang was supposed to be gone,” he said. “Heart attack five years ago. Your father made sure the records were clean. But someone kept an account active in his name. Serena must have found it. She used it as a final insurance policy. If she fell, the debt would wake up again.”Elena leaned in to study the screen. “The account is pulling from three different divisions. If it finishes, we lose control of the waterfront projects and two key properties. The Lang family gets leverage again. Even from the grave.”Mia’s hand found Ethan’s. “She’s not done. Even in custody she’s still tryi
Chapter 19
Chapter 19The elevator doors had barely closed when Harlan’s phone rang again. He answered it on speaker so they could all hear. The voice on the other end was calm and measured, the kind that belonged to someone who had been waiting a long time for this moment.“Mr. Cross,” the man said. “Or should I say the new heir. Congratulations on the board meeting. Serena was always too impatient. She moved too soon. But the game is bigger than her. And it is not over.”Ethan kept his eyes on the phone. Mia stood close on his right. Elena on his left. The three of them filled the small space without needing to speak.“Who are you?” Ethan asked.The man gave a low chuckle. “A friend of your father’s from the old days. Someone who helped him build the parts of this empire he never put in the public files. Someone who watched Serena try to take what wasn’t hers. And someone who now sees an opportunity with the three of you standing so close together.”Harlan’s face tightened. He was already typi
Chapter 18
Chapter 18The tower lobby was chaos when they arrived for the eight o’clock board meeting. Press vans lined the street outside. Cameras flashed the moment the car doors opened. Reporters shouted questions about the leaked videos, the sudden appearance of a hidden sister, and the two women walking beside the new heir. Ethan kept his face calm. Mia stayed on his right. Elena on his left. They walked through the storm together without slowing down. Security cleared a path but the noise still followed them all the way to the elevator.Inside the boardroom the tension was thicker than the night before. Every seat was filled. Extra chairs had been brought in. Serena sat at the far end under guard, hands cuffed but her head high. She looked at the three of them as they entered and smiled like she still held all the cards.The meeting started fast.The chairman called order but his voice shook. “We are here to address the leadership challenge and the serious allegations raised in the last tw
Chapter 17
Chapter 17The old property felt heavier in the silence after Serena’s words. She stood behind the table with her finger still hovering over the tablet. Mia and Elena stayed right beside Ethan. The three of them faced her as one. No one moved to separate. No one backed down.Serena’s smile stayed in place but her eyes had gone harder. “You really think walking in here together changes the outcome? I spent years planning this moment. You had days.”Ethan took one more step forward. Mia and Elena moved with him. “You planned from the dark. We’re standing in the light. That’s the difference.”Elena’s voice cut across the room. “Your father trusted me with the old files for a reason. I know every back door you’re using. I’m already closing them.”Mia kept her eyes on Serena. “You wanted him alone. You wanted him weak. You failed the second he chose us. And we chose him right back.”Serena laughed once. It sounded forced. She tapped the tablet.The screens around the room flashed. New aler
Chapter 16
Chapter 16The control room felt smaller after Serena’s final message. Midnight had come and gone, and the transfers she had pushed through were already showing in the logs. Ethan stood between Mia and Elena, the three of them staring at the screen with the coordinates for the old property. The place his father had used for meetings no one else was supposed to know about.“We’re not going alone,” Ethan said. His voice was low but final. “She wants me isolated. She thinks that’s how she wins. We show her she’s wrong.”Mia’s hand rested on his arm. She had not moved far from him since the clock struck midnight. “We go together. All three of us. She can threaten all she wants. We don’t split up for her.”Elena nodded once. Her fingers were still on the console, locking down what she could. “I know that property. Your father took me there once to review old files he didn’t want in the main system. There are ways in and out she might not expect. We take security but keep them back. She wan
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