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Chapter Forty Three
After Colette left to take a call, Marcus gestured for Sebastian to stay. His expression shifted from the neutral mask he’d worn during the meeting to something much colder and sharper. He had business to settle that went far beyond their new proposal.Sebastian stayed, but his body language betrayed him. His shoulders tensed, and he reached up to adjust his collar - a nervous tick that made it clear he knew exactly what was coming.Marcus stood up, walked to his desk, and settled into his chair. He stared at Sebastian with the heavy, unblinking intensity of a man who had spent decades in the boardroom mastering the art of making people squirm."Three years ago," Marcus began, his voice flat and perfectly controlled, "you came to me and asked for one million dollars."Sebastian’s face drained of color. His hand fell from his collar, and he seemed to shrink into his chair. "I don’t know what you’re talking about," he stammered, though his voice was thin and brittle with fear."You told
Chapter Forty Two
Gianna watched from across the table as Julian drank. She saw his movements grow sluggish and his speech fade into slurred, heavy silence. She watched as his body finally gave in to the crushing weight of exhaustion, alcohol, and the emotional wreckage of his evening.She had come prepared with a strategy. She had gathered files, legal documents, and a complete commercial campaign aimed at systematically dismantling Sebastian and Colette’s family business. She had designed it to trap them in the same way Sebastian was trying to trap others, intended to turn their own greed against them until everything they had built crumbled into dust.She had wanted to show it to him. She wanted him to see that she was firmly on his side, that she was fighting for his future, and that she wasn't just sitting idle while Sebastian manipulated the world around them. But as she watched Julian’s eyes grow heavy and saw him struggle to keep his head up, she realized the truth: showing him now would be a w
Chapter Forty One
Colette’s voice was sharp and haughty, her chin lifted high. She was clearly trying to force a sense of dignity back into her posture, to regain some shred of the power she had lost throughout the evening."Fine," she said, her words clipped and precise. "We'll finalize the divorce at City Hall next Monday. Let's just get it over with".She paused, seemingly searching for one last way to wound him, one final arrow to fire that would make him realize the gravity of his mistake."But you're going to regret this," she said, her tone dropping into a cold, hard certainty. "You're going to realize what you've thrown away. You'll end up on the streets, begging for scraps, and nobody will care because you'll be nothing. You'll be less than nothing".Julian stood there, looking at her and Sebastian. He watched her cling to Sebastian’s arm, desperate to convince herself that she had won, that her words actually stung. He smiled. It wasn't a cruel smile; it was a small, genuine expression of rel
Chapter Forty
Sebastian moved forward before the taxi had even pulled away from the curb. He stepped into the street with a sudden, sharp energy, as if he’d been waiting for this exact opening, gearing himself up to finally interject."You’ve failed her," he snapped, his voice cutting through the quiet night, directed at the spot where the taxi had just been. "You’ve been married to her for five years, and all you’ve done is drag her down. You aren’t worthy of her devotion, and you aren’t worthy of the sacrifices she’s made for you."Colette looked at him, and for a fleeting second, her expression faltered. There was a look of genuine surprise on her face—perhaps she was stunned that he was speaking up, or maybe she was just relieved to have someone finally defending her so loudly.Julian stopped walking. He didn't rush, and he didn't look flustered. He just turned around slowly, moving with the heavy, deliberate weight of a man who knew he had one final chance to say the truth before he walked awa
Chapter Thirty Nine
The final notes of the song dissolved into a silence so thick it felt physical. Julian lowered the microphone with a clinical, detached grace, his expression a blank slate. He didn’t look like a man who had just orchestrated a public humiliation; he looked like a man who had finished a task on a to-do list. He set the mic down on the stage’s edge with deliberate, calculated care, then turned back toward the booth, his movements rhythmic and steady.Vivian was already clapping, her palms meeting with a sharp, rhythmic sound that cut through the stifling stillness of the room. She was practically vibrating with a jagged, ugly sort of joy, her eyes bright and predatory. She hadn’t just wanted to sing; she had wanted to dismantle Colette, and the precision with which the evening had unfolded suggested she had been planning this specific moment for a long time.Colette sat frozen, her face drained of color, her skin pulled tight over her jaw. She didn't look wounded so much as she looked v
Chapter Thirty Eight
The KTV lounge was thick with a hazy, neon-drenched atmosphere, the air pulsing with purple and blue light.Vivian had claimed the song queue tablet the moment they walked in, systematically stacking duets like she was choreographing a performance, her eyes never leaving Julian.When Julian stood to sing the first track, he didn’t just perform; he commanded the room. His voice was polished, carrying the kind of effortless control that suggested formal training rather than late-night karaoke hobby. He hit every note perfectly, modulating his tone to perfectly match the emotional arc of the lyrics. Slowly, the chatter in the room faded into an awkward, mesmerized silence.By the third song, the mood had curdled. The others, who had arrived with their own plans to grab the mic, seemed to realize they were witnessing something leagues above their own ability. One by one, they started quietly deleting their requests from the system, realizing that following Julian would be an act of p
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