The Ultimate Power

Chapter 9

Pain coursed through Liam’s body as he slowly regained consciousness.

His head throbbed, and his jaw ached from Logan’s final blow.

The memory of what happened still terrified him.

But at least, the nightmare was over—he had finally seen that masked devil off.

Groggily sitting up, he noticed his phone buzzing nonstop—flooded with notifications.

BANK ACCOUNT FROZEN DUE TO CREDIT ISSUES.

ASSET SEIZED: SUNCREST ESTATE.

ASSET SEIZED: HAYES YACHTS.

ASSET SEIZED: LUX MOTORS.

“No… no… this can’t be happening!” he bellowed, almost passing out on the spot.

All his accounts frozen?

Not a cent left?

Even his villas and luxury vehicles gone?

Ah!!!!

Liam felt as if his heart were being torn apart again and again.

It must be that masked devil! Damn robber! He did it all!

Liam attempted to stand but collapsed hard against the wall.

The sudden pain was unbearable!

He wanted revenge but the pain reminded him how mysterious and powerful the masked man was.

He didn’t dare.

Looking in the mirror, Liam’s swollen face was a horrifying mess.

How would he be able to show up like this at Rhine Group?

Liam decided to ask for leave from Rhine Corporation’s vice president Claudia Rennard.

He needed time to recover, both physically and mentally.

He dialed the number.

“Miss Rennard, I had an accident and got hurt. Can I take a few days off—”

Before he could finish, the other end of the line burst out.

“No! The new CEO is arriving tomorrow. All employees must report to work. If you can’t make it, then don’t bother coming back!”

“But I—”

Liam tried to explain, but the call was already cut off.

Liam’s blood ran cold.

With this new development, there was no way he could escape going to work.

But then, coming to think of it, a new CEO meant new opportunities, right?

Liam’s swollen eyes lit up with hope.

Yeah, he had to show up, expecially now that he was injured.

It would only prove his dedication, wouldn’t it?

And as long as he could cling to the new CEO, he could get everything back! EVERYTHING!

The next morning, Liam walked into the Rhine Corporation with a bruised jaw, a split lip, and sunglasses that barely concealed his black eye.

Colleagues stared and laughed, pointing at him from the corners.

Embarrassed and ashamed, he stormed through the lobby quickly, determined to run back to his office.

He couldn’t avenge last night, but that bastard Logan and Charlotte ... they would pay.

They would bear the brunt of his blazing wrath in place of that masked devil!

He picked up his phone, ready to leverage the company’s influence to shut downand blacklist Charlotte’s company, Elysian Bloom.

Meanwhile, a taxi stopped in front of Rhine Corporation.

Logan stepped out, still wearing the plain clothes from yesterday after finishing up the chores at home and taking care of Charlotte and their daughter.

He didn’t even have much time to change.

As he entered the lobby, a familiar figure caught his eye—it was Ava Sullivan, Charlotte’s arrogant spoilt cousin.

She was the daughter of Grandma Sullivan’s youngest son.

Ever since Charlotte’s health and beauty company, Elysian Bloom, was on the brink of collapse, members of the Sullivan family had been circling around like vultures, eager to seize it for themselves.

And this Ava Sullivan was one of them.

Logan frowned instinctively.

He didn’t want Ava to know he was here.

Just as he was about to walk past —

“Logan?”

Dressed in a skin-tight red suit, Ava was basking in the attention of various elite nearby when her eyes caught a glimpse of a casually dressed man.

Recognition sparked instantly.

“Oh, look who shows up—the shameless, good-for-nothing bastard! What, no chores to do at home? What are you doing here at Rhine Corporation? Come to beg for scraps, ugh?"

She chuckled, circled Logan like a predator eyeing prey.