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It took months for them to find their way back to something resembling trust, and neither of them pretended the process would be simple. Xavier spent that first week recovering from the cold that had settled dangerously into his chest, and Ari, despite every instinct telling her to protect the careful, hard-won peace she'd built for herself, found she couldn't quite bring herself to turn him away. She nursed him back to health with the same stubborn, practical care she brought to everything else in her life, and somewhere in the quiet, unhurried hours of those days, they finally began talking — really talking — about everything that had happened, everything that had gone wrong, everything neither of them had been honest enough to say when it might have mattered most. Xavier told her about Alyssia, about the slow, disturbing transformation he'd witnessed, about the moment her name had slipped from his lips in a room that should have belonged entirely to someone else. He told her about
Chapter 219
Xavier had rehearsed what he wanted to say to her at least a dozen times on the drive over, and every version of it evaporated the moment he actually saw her. She was standing outside the warehouse studio, laughing at something Julian had said, a garment bag draped over one arm, sunlight catching the loose strands of hair that had escaped her ponytail. She looked lighter than he remembered — not just physically, but in some deeper, more fundamental way, as though some weight she'd carried for years had finally been set down. Xavier parked across the street and sat there for a long moment, hands still on the wheel, gathering whatever courage he had left before finally stepping out. "Ari." Her name left him quieter than he intended, but she heard it anyway. Her entire body went rigid, the laughter dying instantly from her face, replaced by something guarded and cold that struck him harder than he expected. "Ari, please, I just want to talk—" She didn't answer. She turned instead to
Chapter 218
“How do you plan to handle this issue Mr President?” The annoying voice of Mathew took Damian out of his trance. Since the meeting started,he has been thinking about what he would do when he finally gets to the town where people were affected by their snacks. “I'm going there myself tomorrow to handle the matters and after finding out the cause,we would compensate the affected families” “Compensate? We don't have money to throw around just because of a mistake done by one person” “One person? The snacks passed the food testing review and it was considered healthy for consumers,so the problem is what happened to the snacks when it got there? It's something the company has to attend to not a single person. Or what do you suggest we do Mr Vice president?” Damian asked and Mathew gritted his teeth. Calling him Vice President made him so angry because it sounded to him like Damian was reminding him his place. “Call the press. Apologise and make it known to them it was your fault and
Chapter 217
The next two weeks were a blur of calculated actions. Under the guise of restoring the buses, Liam spent his days at a secret warehouse he’d leased on the outskirts of the city after he hired a heavy-duty towing service to move the buses Once the warehouse doors were locked, the real work began. Liam dismantled. Armed with an industrial grinder and a heart fueled by vengeance, he carefully stripped the leaden, blue-painted shells. He began selling the gold in small, untraceable increments to various black-market brokers and high-end refineries across state lines, amassing a fortune that was more than anything the Graysons currently held in liquid assets. While he worked the gold by day, his nights were spent reviewing files from a private investigator. The high-resolution photos were damning. Chloe draped over Julian, her supposed best friend,in the back of a luxury SUV,the two of them holding hands outside,and even entering hotels together. He got all the pictures to prove her af
Chapter 216
For seven days, Liam sat in a space that smelled of bleach and despair. Every morning, he hoped the door would open and his wife would come to be by his side,but it was all in his delusions. No one came. One time he couldn't take the silence any longer,he got close with a sympathetic guard and pleaded to use his phone. He dialed Chloe’s private line, his heart hammering against his ribs. Ring. Ring. Ri— "Hello? Oh, Julian, stop it! I’m coming!" Chloe’s voice bubbled through the receiver, light and melodic, filled with a warmth he hadn't heard in years. And the Julian she was calling was her best friend whom she had told Liam several times in the past not to worry about because they are just friends. “You better hurry up and join me in the bedroom” he heard Julian's voice and his world immediately titled. “Who is this?” Chloe finally spoke to him,while still chuckling. “Have you been cheating on me?” Liam couldn't think of a better question to ask. For a few seconds,ther
Chapter 215
The heavy iron bolt of Liam's holding cell slid back with a clack. Liam stood up, his legs feeling like lead. "Chloe?" he breathed, his voice barely above a whisper But it was Silas Grayson who entered first, his shoes clicking rhythmically and then the rest of the family behind him. Before Liam could even exhale, Silas’s hand whipped across the air, the slap landing on his face Liam’s head snapped back, his glasses skittering across the floor. He didn't fight back,he simply stood there, a red welt blooming on his cheek, his eyes pooling with tears "You pathetic, hollow man," Silas hissed, leaning in so close Liam could smell the expensive tobacco on his breath. "I plucked you from nothing. I gave you a seat at a table you didn't belong at. And this is how you repay me? By dragging the Grayson name through the blood and filth of a hit-and-run?" "Father... please, it was... it was dark..." Liam’s voice trembled, the lie tasting like ash in his mouth. "Don't you dare use t
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