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Chapter 573
The conference room was thick with despair. Selena’s executives slumped in their chairs, their faces drained of color as if the walls themselves had closed in. Selena sat stiffly at the head of the table, her knuckles white from how tightly she clutched the edge. It felt like the world had just collapsed on her shoulders, and no one knew where to turn.The door opened.Jaden stepped inside, his sharp gaze sweeping the room. The despondent atmosphere hit him instantly. He frowned. “What happened?”All eyes turned to Selena. Her voice was strained as she relayed everything — Luke Harper’s accusations, the indefinite hiatus, and the threat to strip Rift Corporation of the Greyfield project. By the time she finished, even repeating the words made her chest ache.Jaden’s brows drew together, his expression darkening with every sentence. “Nobody died in this incident,” he said flatly. “It was a workplace accident, not negligence on the scale they’re painting. MEM is being abnormally harsh.”
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In truth, Selena and her executive staff had already braced themselves for the worst. Ever since the accident, the whispers hadn’t stopped. Responsibility, everyone said, would inevitably land on her shoulders. After all, she was the one overseeing the Greyfield project.She forced herself to sit straighter, shoulders squared, chin raised. Authority had to be projected even if her chest felt tight under the crushing weight of expectation. Facing the man across from her—Luke Harper, the MEM inspector whose name alone could sink corporations—she spoke with steady clarity.“Mr. Harper, I won’t shirk responsibility. Rift Corporation has already prepared a plan to reimburse every injured worker. We intend to handle this properly and move forward. We hope matters can blow over soon so construction may continue.”Her voice was calm, reasonable. Too reasonable.Luke’s lips twisted into a sneer, the expression of a man who had been waiting for her to say exactly that. His eyes, cold and sharp
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By the time Jaden reached home, the city had already quieted into its midnight hush. It was past eleven, the streets around their neighborhood lit only by the occasional pool of pale yellow from a streetlamp. He eased open the front door, careful not to make a sound.Inside, the apartment was still. The faint nightlight in the hallway cast a soft glow on the walls. Selena and Mia had long since fallen asleep.Ever since the accident at the Greyfield construction site, Selena’s nerves had been frayed to the breaking point. She had paced the house through both nights, unable to close her eyes for more than a few minutes. Every time Jaden left, she carried the weight of dread on her shoulders. Tonight, though, exhaustion had finally won. With the investigation in motion, and nothing else she could do but wait, she had slipped into much-needed rest.Jaden stepped into their bedroom as quietly as his training allowed, unbuttoning his shirt without so much as a creak from the floorboards. H
Chapter 570
He trailed off as a white froth bubbled at Azul’s lips. For a heartbeat no one moved; then a dark bloom spread from the corner of his mouth, soaking into the expensive fabric of his collar. Blood seeped from his nose, his ears — from every orifice of his head. Azul’s eyes stared glassy and fixed at some distant point as the life bled out of him.Morix’s jaw clenched; he looked at Jaden with a sudden, raw alarm. “Sir… he’s dead.”Sofia’s scream cut the room in two. It caught like wildfire: men cried out, chairs scraped, voices rose into a chaotic chorus accusing the two intruders. Somebody lunged forward; somebody else reached for a phone. The private room that had been full of swagger and liquor a moment ago had flipped into a place of panic and accusation.“Be quiet!” Jaden’s voice was low and hard; it snapped the room tighter than any lock. The sudden silence that followed had teeth in it. He crouched beside Azul without haste, fingers steady as a surgeon’s. He checked pupils, throa
Chapter 569
The Diamond Private Room was filled with drunken laughter, clinking glasses, and Sofia’s shrill giggles. Azul and his crew were lost in their self-indulgence, drowning in expensive liquor and false confidence.Then the door creaked open.A stocky man walked in without a word. His heavy boots thudded against the polished floor as he made his way to the stereo, cutting the music with a single flick of his hand. Silence slammed into the room like a hammer. The next second, he turned on all the lights.The sudden brightness was blinding, harsh, stripping away the comfort of shadows.That man was Morix.Behind him came Jaden Rift, his posture deceptively relaxed, both hands clasped neatly behind his back. His steps were unhurried, his eyes cold and unreadable.The shift in atmosphere was immediate. Azul’s drunken confidence drained in an instant, replaced by confusion and unease. His friends blinked, stunned by the interruption, their laughter dying in their throats.One of them found his
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Inside the Diamond Private Room of The Imperial—the largest and most extravagant suite in the entire establishment—the air was thick with smoke, alcohol, and arrogance.Azul lounged on the velvet sofa, a tall, wiry man in a black leather jacket, his arm draped casually around a woman with heavy makeup and curves meant to distract. Music pulsed through the walls, laughter echoed, and the smell of expensive liquor filled the room.The woman was Sofia, his latest obsession. She leaned into him, her painted lips close to his ear, while his small entourage of hangers-on hooted and hollered, riding on the wave of his sudden fortune.Azul’s grin widened, his chest swelling with pride. Just last night, he had snuck into the Greyfield Mall construction site under Mr. Ortega’s orders. One million paid for sabotage—one million for toppling a crane and causing chaos.He was supposed to have left Ironvale immediately afterward. Lay low. Disappear. But Azul wasn’t a man of patience or discipline. W
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