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Chapter 135
A few feet away, Chloe pushed herself up against the mahogany door frame, wincing in agony as her fractured ribs throbbed with every breath. She clutched Dane's heavy suit jacket tightly around her shoulders, keeping the torn yellow sundress hidden.She watched Dane gently comfort Berry, and a profound, incredibly humbling realization washed over the proud police officer.Chloe had always prided herself on her toughness, her fierce independence, and her ability to protect the people she loved. She wore her badge like an impenetrable shield. But today, against the syndicate mercenaries on the mountain road and Julian's underground thugs on the porch, she had been completely, hopelessly outmatched. Her arrogance had almost gotten Berry killed. She had been brutally beaten, humiliated, and entirely helpless until Dane stepped in."Dane," Chloe said. Her voice
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"This is a setup! A complete, orchestrated sham!" Julian shrieked, his voice breaking into a hysterical, high-pitched sob as he thrashed uselessly beneath the crushing weight of Dane’s heavy leather shoe.Julian pointed a trembling, manicured finger at the Security Supervisor, who was still frozen in a deep, subservient bow. "He paid you off! How much money did this street beggar wire into your account to put on this ridiculous show?! I am a billionaire! My family will have all of your badges stripped for this! I will sue this entire complex into the ground!"The Supervisor slowly stood up straight, brushing the dust from his knees. He turned his head and looked at Julian, his face twisting into a mask of profound, unfiltered disgust. He looked down at the wealthy logistics heir as if he were nothing more than a diseased rat caught in a trap."You arrogant, ignorant fool," the Supervisor sneered, his voice dripping with absolute venom and contempt. "You have absolutely no idea who you
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"Sir, that is not a recognized Pinnacle identification," the squad leader barked, entirely unconvinced. "I am ordering you for the last time to drop the fake card and get on the ground, or we will authorize lethal force!""You are holding a gun on the wrong man," Dane replied coldly, entirely unfazed by the threat of death. "I strongly suggest you radio your Security Supervisor right now. Describe the silver crest on this card to him. If you pull that trigger, you will not just lose your job; you will face the absolute destruction of your entire security firm."The absolute, unshakeable certainty in Dane’s freezing eyes gave the squad leader a sudden, terrible pause. The man did not look like a desperate fraud caught in a lie. He looked like a king waiting for his subjects to realize their catastrophic mistake.Keeping his rifle perfectly leveled at Dane’s chest, the squad leader reached up with his left hand and pressed the heavy communication button on his tactical radio."Command,
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The guards’ eyes darted to Chloe, seeing her ruined clothes and bruised face. The visual evidence strongly supported Julian’s twisted narrative. The tension in the air pulled as tight as a wire wire about to snap."Miss Sterling, step away from the suspect immediately!" the squad leader commanded, his voice hardening as he refused to lower his weapon. "We are securing the perimeter! Step aside or you will be caught in the crossfire!"Berry sobbed, shaking her head violently, refusing to move a single inch. She would gladly take a bullet before she let them hurt the man who had bled for her.Dane felt a profound, overwhelming warmth flood his chest. He reached his large, gentle hands forward, wrapping them softly over Berry’s trembling shoulders."It is alright, Berry," Dane whispered, his deep voice a soothing, unshakable anchor in the storm of chaos. He gently, but firmly, pulled her aside, stepping back into the line of fire. "I have this."Dane looked directly down the barrel of th
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Money possessed a terrifying, intoxicating power over the weak-minded, but it meant absolutely nothing against a man who had conquered the very laws of physics.The promise of a hundred-thousand yuan bounty had turned Julian’s remaining bodyguards into a frantic, rabid pack of animals. They completely abandoned any semblance of tactical formation, surging up the porch steps in a blind, greedy rush. They swung their heavy steel batons with reckless, lethal intent, their eyes wide with the desperate desire to claim the massive reward hovering over Dane’s bleeding head.Dane did not retreat a single inch. He stood as an immovable, unyielding fortress between the chaotic violence and the trembling woman pressed against the front door.He moved with a devastating, surgical precision that defied human comprehension. When the first thug lunged forward, swinging a baton directly at Dane’s ribs, Dane simply stepped inside the arc of the weapon. He drove the heel of his palm upward, striking th
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Dane did not say a word. He simply looked down at Julian with a gaze so full of profound pity it made the wealthy heir’s skin crawl."You boast about your wealth," Dane finally murmured, his voice incredibly quiet. "But your ignorance is completely blinding. You have never seen a black card because you have never been invited into the true upper echelon of power. You are a bottom-feeder swimming in a puddle, Julian, completely oblivious to the ocean."Less than a minute later, the frantic screech of a small security golf cart echoed down the driveway.The Security Supervisor—the exact same older Captain who had dealt with the gate incident earlier that morning—came sprinting up the walkway. He was completely out of breath, his uniform shirt clinging to his sweating chest. He had heard the distress call over the radio regarding a hostage si
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