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Chapter 137
Chloe’s words hung in the air between them, soft but firm. Her hand still rested against his, steady, even as her heart trembled with the weight of what she’d just said.Chance’s gaze fixed on her as if the words he wanted to say were lodged there right inside her eyes, refusing to come out.For a moment, he simply stared at her, his eyes clouded with emotions so tangled she couldn’t begin to separate them—grief, betrayal, rage, but also… something else.Something directed at her.Finally, he spoke, his voice breaking through the silence in a low, steady rumble.“Chloe… I need you to hear me. I love you.”Her breath caught, her pulse leaping to her throat. Of all the things she thought he might say, those three words weren’t it. Not here. Not now.She had so much longed to hear him to say these words but now that he had finally said them, they didn't seem to make much meaning to her anymore.Chloe's thoughts were on the simple fact that whatever Chance was saying, he was only saying t
Chapter 136
The café was quiet, tucked away on a narrow street, the kind of place most people passed without even noticing. Old jazz played faintly from a corner speaker, just enough to fill the silence without intruding.Chloe stepped inside, letting her eyes adjust. The place was nearly empty, save for a barista behind the counter and a couple whispering near the window. It was exactly the kind of place Chance would choose—private, discreet, a safe pocket of calm away from the storm of pryers.Her face lit up with a smile the moment she spotted him.Chance sat near the back, at a corner table where the shadows stretched just enough to keep him out of easy view. He was seated with his back straight, one arm resting on the table, the other curled loosely around a cup of untouched coffee. His eyes weren’t on the drink, though. They were distant, locked on the small swirl of candlelight in the center of the table, as if searching for answers in the flame.He looked different. Tired, though not in
Chapter 135
The silence stretched, heavy and suffocating, the kind that filled a room with things unsaid. Philip’s eyes stayed fixed on the floor, his face shadowed in a way Chance had never seen before. His step-father—the man who had always been an immovable pillar of authority—looked smaller, weaker, as though the truth had finally begun to crack him open.Chance’s pulse pounded in his ears. He waited for denial, for explanation, for anything. But Philip’s silence spoke louder than words.“Why did you lie to me when I asked if you knew the Stannis?” Chance’s voice broke, raw with disbelief. “Why did you look me in the eye and say you didn’t?”Philip flinched at that, but still said nothing.Chance’s chest rose and fell like a man drowning in his own rage. His hands shook as he shoved the papers across the desk again, the pages scattering like fallen leaves. “God, do you have any idea what this means? Brenda Stannis is alive. She’s connected to everything. And Susan—” his throat tightened, “—
Chapter 134
The room was quiet except for the faint hum of Chance’s laptop. He had been at it for hours—digging, cross-referencing, running through databases that only a handful of people in New York even knew how to access.The name Stannis Holdings had come up again and again, each time like a ghost whispering from the shadows. It was a company that technically existed, yet didn’t—not in the way ordinary corporations did. Its records were sealed behind layers of legal firewalls. Every attempt to pierce through had led to locked doors, restricted archives, or dead ends that had been scrubbed clean years ago.But Chance was patient. And when patience wasn’t enough, he was resourceful.There was something about the Stannins' holdings that was just so unsettling in its own way. The fact that they had just come out of no where to bid for Acherlands with an outrageous bid was more than enough reason for him to feel that there was something playing in the shadows that was more thank just a business r
Chapter 133
The shrill chime of Chance’s phone broke the silence of his room that morning while he was still in deep thoughts over the bullet that had gone missing and how on Earth he was going to find it even if he wanted to.The thoughts of it that night had so much troubled him that he couldn’t bring himself to shut his eyes and give room for sleep. Things were getting complicated by each passing day and it was giving him a lot of concerns. Just when he’d think that he had handled one problem, another would just show from nowhere—sometimes, more serious than the one before it.Now, that his phone was ringing in the early hours of the morning when breakfast was still not ready, he just couldn’t help but hope that it was not another case that should be treated with outmost urgency. He reached for the phone, seeing the caller ID: Yara Grey – Acherlands Holdings HQ. His brow furrowed. Yara wasn’t one to call unless it was serious.“Ma’am Yara,” Chance answered smoothly, though tension coiled in h
Chapter 132
Chance stood at the French windows of the west corridor, his mind replaying the chaos of the night before, the lightning strike, the panicked guests, and the storm that had raged like a curse. He was still in his thoughts when his eyes caught sight of the trash bin that was just outside on the courtyard. The heavy trash bin had been blown over by the gale, its lid rolling across the flagstones, contents scattered. His pulse quickened as realization hit him like ice water. The bullet. The sniper’s bullet he had once dug out of his own arm, the night his mother had nearly been assassinated. He had discarded it himself, wrapping and hiding it among the trash so no one would find it, so no investigator could link it back to him. And now the bin was overturned, its contents spilled, and the bullet was gone. His breath came fast and shallow, his throat dry as he stumbled out into the courtyard. His eyes locked on the upturned trash bin, the scene twisting in his vision like some cruel jo
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