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ROBERT : YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD VILLIAN
About what? I haven't spoken to the family in three years. After what Daniel did, after everything with Marcus and Victor..." She shook her head. "I'm done with all of that.""You were never done with it." James's voice was quiet, defeated. "None of us were. We were all just playing parts in someone else's game."Emma sat slowly, her pulse hammering. "What do you mean?"James looked around the terminal, then leaned forward. "Your marriage to Marcus. It wasn't an accident. It wasn't love at first sight or fate or any of the romantic nonsense you told yourself."The words hit like a physical blow. "What?""It was arranged. Orchestrated. We introduced you at that charity gala specifically so you'd meet him." James's hands shook as he spoke. "We needed someone close to Marcus Chen. Someone who could watch him, report on him, keep him distracted from his real heritage."Emma's world tilted. The charity gala where she'd first seen Marcus across the room, looking lost in his cheap tuxedo.
It just never End, Does it?
"Victor," Marcus said softly, "there's something you never understood about grandfather's lessons.""Oh? Enlighten me.""He wasn't teaching us to be rulers. He was teaching us to be servants." Marcus smiled, and there was something in that expression that made Victor step back involuntarily. "True power isn't about standing above others. It's about lifting them up.""Philosophical nonsense!" Victor snarled. "Guards, kill him!"But Marcus was already moving. Not toward Victor, not toward the exits, but toward the wall of monitors showing the false hostages. The System flooded him with combat awareness as bullets chewed through the air where he'd been standing. He rolled behind a marble pillar, then vaulted over it, using his enhanced strength to hurl chunks of debris at the gunmen."You can't fight us all!" Victor screamed. "The dead man's switch—""Won't work," Marcus called back, disarming two guards with movements too fast for human eyes to follow. "Elena disabled it twenty minute
YOU NEVER KNOW THE NEXT MOVE
Marcus stood in the elevator ascending to the penthouse, his reflection warped across the polished steel walls. Each floor that passed felt like a countdown to destiny—or death. The weight of everything pressed down on him, Emma's betrayal, Victor's madness, the murdered cousins he'd never meet, and grandfather's blood crying out for justice.His hands trembled, but not from fear. The System pulsed through his veins like liquid fire, combat protocols spinning to life, enhanced reflexes coiling like springs ready to unleash. Yet beneath the supernatural power, something deeper stirred….the memory of who he'd been just days ago. A broken man serving soup to people who looked through him like he was nothing.You've become just as ruthless as me, Victor's words echoed in his mind.Had he? In two days, he'd destroyed businesses, ruined lives, manipulated Emma's desperation. The old Marcus would have been horrified. But the old Marcus was weak. The old Marcus let people walk all over hi
GAME OVER
Marcus sat in his newly rented office overlooking Central Park, watching the sun set over Manhattan. In two hours, the forty-eight hour challenge would be over. His laptop showed his current net worth: 1.2 billion dollars.Elena walked in carrying coffee. "I still can't believe what we pulled off today. Victor's lost almost everything.""Not everything," Marcus said grimly. "He still has Emma."His phone had been silent for three hours. No calls from Victor, no proof that Emma was still alive. Marcus tried to tell himself he didn't care anymore, but the knot in his stomach said otherwise.[SYSTEM NOTIFICATION][MISSION STATUS: 85% COMPLETE][FINAL OBJECTIVE: SECURE HOSTAGE AND DEFEAT VICTOR][NEW ABILITY UNLOCKED: TACTICAL COMBAT ANALYSIS][WARNING: VICTOR'S DESPERATION LEVEL CRITICAL]Elena sat down across from Marcus. "You know, when this is over, we'll control the entire Chen inheritance. Grandfather would be proud.""Would he?" Marcus stared out the window. "I spent all day destro
GAME CHANGER
Three hours later, after watching Richard Sterling break down crying in a hotel room when he realized his girlfriend never existed, Marcus and Elena finally left the Plaza Hotel.Dawn was breaking over Manhattan, painting the sky orange and pink.Elena yawned as she got into her car. "Well, that was entertaining. Richard looked like someone shot his puppy.""He'll get over it," Marcus said. "At least now he knows the truth.""I'll call you this afternoon. We have Victor's businesses to destroy." Elena's car drove away, leaving Marcus alone.Marcus started walking down Fifth Avenue, his mind racing. In just twelve hours, the challenge would be over. But he couldn't stop thinking about what Elena had told him.Grandfather was murdered.As he walked, memories flooded back. Marcus remembered being eight years old, sitting in grandfather's study in Hong Kong. The old man had taught him chess, how to think three moves ahead."Marcus, my boy," grandfather had said in his gentle voice, "the C
A show for his puppet
Marcus stared at the confession letter, his hands shaking. The words blurred as rage built up inside him like a volcano ready to explode."He killed grandfather," Marcus said slowly. "He actually killed him."Emma reached for his arm. "Marcus, you need to calm down..."Marcus looked up, and Emma stepped back. His eyes were cold as ice, nothing like the gentle man she'd known for three years."Everyone should be scared of Victor Chen," Marcus said quietly. "But not as scared as they should be of me."Elena clapped her hands. "Now that's the spirit! So, do we have a deal?""Wait," Emma said, looking between them. "You're talking about going to war with your own cousin. People could get hurt. People could die!""People are already dying," Elena replied. "Victor killed our grandfather. He tried to kill Marcus. You think he'll stop there?"Emma's phone buzzed. She looked at it and went pale. "It's Richard. He wants to meet me at the Plaza Hotel in an hour."Elena smiled. "Perfect timing.
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