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Chapter 109
The familiar antiseptic scent of the hospital ward washed over Chloe the moment she pushed open the door. Her steps slowed as her eyes caught sight of the bed where her mother lay.Margaret Martins was awake. Her head rested weakly against the pillow, her eyes fixed on the muted television in the corner, though Chloe doubted she was really watching. The faint rise and fall of her chest was a fragile reassurance after the panic of the past twenty-four hours.A nurse in light-blue scrubs was adjusting the IV drip at the bedside, scribbling something on a clipboard. Chloe stepped inside, the file still clutched under her arm.“Can we have a moment?” she asked gently.The nurse glanced at her, then at Margaret, before giving a small nod. “Five minutes. Don’t tire her out too much.” With that, she slipped out, closing the door softly behind her.Silence hung between them for a moment, broken only by the rhythmic beep of the heart monitor.Chloe moved to the side of the bed and took her mot
Chapter 108
The early afternoon sun beat down on the marble steps outside Regal Motors’ headquarters, gleaming off the tinted glass doors behind Chloe. She hugged the file to her chest, her mind still running through the confrontation inside, each word replaying like an echo she couldn’t shake.She checked her phone for the third time, and still no sign of the cab she’d booked. The app showed it “en route,” but the little car icon on the map hadn’t moved for ten minutes.Her heel tapped impatiently against the stone. Seventy-two hours. The clock was already ticking, and she couldn’t waste time standing here.A low hum of an engine pulled her attention to the curb. A sleek black Bentley Mulsanne rolled to a stop beside her, its paint so polished it mirrored the sky. The back window glided down with effortless smoothness.Charles Bernard sat inside, one arm resting lazily on the door frame, that faint smirk still etched on his lips. “Miss Martins,” he drawled. “Need a lift?”Chloe’s grip on the fil
Chapter 107
By the time Chloe arrived at Regal Motors’ headquarters, the glass façade of the building glinted like a wall of judgment in the midday sun. Her cab pulled away, leaving her standing on the marble steps.She clutched the file to her chest as she walked into the boardroom, every pair of eyes turning toward her.At the far end of the long mahogany table sat the men and women who held Regal Motors’ fate in their hands. And at the center of it all, dressed in a charcoal suit that probably cost more than her mother’s annual salary back when she first started the company, was Charles Bernard.Barely twenty-six, Charles was already infamous. The eldest son of the Bernard family—the kings of the automobile empire. Their family crest was practically carved into the history of luxury cars. The Bernards didn’t just build cars; they built symbols of power. And now, they were here to take Regal Motors for themselves—not because they needed it, but because it would make their empire even more untou
Chapter 106
Chloe’s forehead was still resting against her mother’s hand when her phone buzzed violently in her blazer pocket, shattering the quiet. She pulled it out with a frown, expecting maybe another check-in from Dr. Lewin. But the name flashing across the screen made her straighten instantly.Mr. Hawthorne, her mother’s Lawyer.She quickly accepted the call.“Mr. Hawthorne?” she said, trying to keep her voice calm.After everything that Dr. Lewin had told her, she wasn't surprised to see Mr. Hawthorne calling. After all, her mother was drowning in debts, and as his lawyer, he would always be the one to face everything with her.“Chloe,” the lawyer’s deep, clipped voice came through. There was no pleasantry, no preamble—just urgency. “I need you to come to your mother’s office immediately. We’re holding an emergency meeting with the executive members of Regal Motors.”Chloe blinked. “The automobile company? What’s going on?”“It’s worse than you think,” Hawthorne replied grimly. “The Bernar
Chapter 105
The taxi skidded to a halt in front of the private wing of St. Clarion Memorial Hospital. Chloe barely waited for the driver to finish parking before she flung the door open and sprinted toward the entrance, heart pounding and mind spiraling with worst-case scenarios.The fluorescent lights of the hospital corridor were blinding as she rushed past the reception. Her shoes clicked urgently against the sterile floor, echoing like a clock ticking away moments she couldn’t afford to lose.“Room 3B, down the right corridor,” the nurse said after glancing at the emergency record. “She was brought in about twenty minutes ago.”When Chloe burst into the room, she stopped cold.Her mother, usually so composed and proud even through illness, lay still beneath the thin hospital blanket. The soft beeping of the heart monitor was the only sound besides the faint hum of the air conditioning.“Mom…” Chloe whispered, her voice cracking.Her mother’s eyes didn’t open.A quiet knock came behind her, an
Chapter 104
The buzz hit Chance hard the moment he stepped through ESU’s gates in the Bentley Escapade he had driven to school the last time. It wasn’t just the usual campus noise or laughter, footsteps on concrete, the metallic slam of lockers, but something more. Heads turned, conversations dropped mid-sentence, and phones discreetly or not so discreetly angled toward him as if a god himself had just arrived on campus, the moment he stepped out of the car.Chance had been stared at before, but this was different. Now they weren’t looking at Chance Franklin, the one whom they've all written off before now as being lucky. They were now looking at Chance O’Connor, heir to the O' Connor Empire—the most powerful Empire in the whole world.He walked on, posture steady, ignoring the whispers that trailed behind him.“He suddenly looks different”“Yeah, that’s what being an O’Connor does to you.”“Man, I’d be driving a Bugatti if I were him.”“Forget the car—imagine his bank account.”He adjusted the
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