Chapter 88: Lockdown
Author: Wonderful65
last update2025-05-17 00:20:55

The cold voice over Nolan’s walkie-talkie sent a chill through Gregory’s veins.

“Copy that. Locking down now.”

With a hiss and a mechanical thud, the steel-reinforced doors at either end of the corridor slammed shut. The lights dimmed slightly, casting a yellow tint over the archive room. Gregory was officially trapped.

Nolan pocketed the walkie-talkie, his face stretched into a cruel smirk.

“I warned Father about you,” he said, circling Gregory like a predator. “You’re too sharp to be a nobody. Too polished to be just some orphan with ambition.”

Gregory kept his breathing steady. “You seem obsessed with me, Nolan. Jealous, maybe?”

That wiped the smirk from Nolan’s face.

“You think you’re clever?” Nolan hissed. “You don’t belong here. You don’t deserve to be part of this company. You’re a leech.”

“And yet, your father promoted me. Strange, isn’t it?”

Nolan moved fast, grabbing Gregory by the collar and slamming him against the metal cabinet. “Don’t get cocky. You think this is just ab
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