2026-02-15 07:41:47Chris felt a surge of satisfaction as he saw Bianca and Lucas being dragged out like rags.
“So that’s what it feels like to have power. I can get used to this.” He said to himself as he took in deep breaths.
“Do we have a uh… blacklist here at Mikaelson?” he casually asked the security man.
“Of course, Mr. Greene.” The man responded spontaneously.
“Okay, well, make sure that they’re on it cause I don’t want to ever see their faces again.” Chris said with a grin.
Charlotte and Veronica couldn’t believe their ears.
Chris is the one giving out orders now?
They walked up to and Charlotte spoke first. “That’s too far, Chris. They’ll never recover from this. How dare you blacklist Lucas and Bianca?”
“You heartless monster. They’re family for Christ’s sake.” Veronica barked out.
“Oh, were they treating me like family just now?” Chris asked as he looked at the two ladies
“If you guys are going to treat me like dirt, don’t come crying to me when I bury you in it.” He added coldly.
“Chris, you are overreacting.” Charlotte said, at the verge of tears.
“Come on. Everyone knows the only certainties around here are death, taxes, and the power of the Mikaelson syndicate.” Charlotte added painfully.
“So?” Chris asked nonchalantly.
“So, if Mikaelson blacklists them… they’re as good as dead.” Charlotte said with fear in your eyes.
“Well, maybe you should have thought of that and came to my defense when they were busy calling me a liar.” Chris said seriously.
“Well, you can’t just ruin their lives. They barely did anything to you. Take them off the blacklist now and apologize.” Charlotte ordered authoritatively.
“No! They should be apologizing to me.” Chris said sternly pointing at Charlotte.
“Charlotte, what’s going?” Fabio DeLuca asked as he stepped into the spotlight, his eyes scanning through the room.
Everyone stared at him in awe as he walked towards Charlotte.
“Come on, babe. It’s almost time for the auction.” He said as he held her waist possessively.
“Sorry. I need to take care of something first.” Charlotte said softly.
“Him?” Fabio asked as he glanced at Chris.
Charlotte nodded.
“Charlottee, I’m your fiancée. Let me handle this. Besides, I’m real tight with Mikaelson. If you want anything done, I know a guy who knows a guy.” Fabio said, pride visible on his face.
“You know the people who run the show?” Charlotte asked with a smile.
“Of course. Aileen Simmonds, head of the auction house, is a good friend of mine.” Fabio said as he adjusted his jacket.
Charlotte quickly moved to his side and locked hands with him, “Well, for starters, I want my piece of shit ex-husband gone. He just snuck his way over here and claiming to be some sort of VIP.” Charlotte explained.
Fabio walked up to him, “Chris… we meet again. Charlotte’s husband, the guy who lived it up off the Wood’s money before they tossed you to the curb. You’re telling me that a scrub like you just somehow became a Mikaelson syndicate VIP guest?” Fabio said as he pointed at Chris’s chest.
Chris shook his hand off then pointed at him frankly, “Get your filthy hands off me.”
Fabio scoffed, “Hold it! Buster. I’m calling Aileen Simmonds right now. You could not be more dead.”
Fabio put a call through to Aileen immediately.
“Hello?” a lady’s voice blazed through.
“Yes, Miss. Simmonds. We have a situation at the auction house. Somebody is forcing his way into the venue claiming to be a VIP guest.”
“Did you say VIP guest?” Aileen asked quickly. She remembered Chris’s face.
“Yes.” Fabio said.
“Okay. I’ll be there in three minutes sharp.” She responded and hung up.
She stood up immediately and said to her staff, “Everyone, stop what you are doing now. The underboss is here and we’re going to welcome him.”
Fabio was confident that Aileen would chase Chris out in no time so he reassured Charlotte, “Don’t worry, sweet cheeks. Aileen Simmonds will be here in three minutes. Your ex is done-zo.”
“You are the best. Fabio.” Charlotte said with a smile.
“I know. I’ll be expecting a little reward tonight.” He said softly as he cupped her butt cheeks in his palm.
Charlotte tried to shake him off but he grabbed her even more.
Chris shook his head, “Enjoy my sloppy seconds. She’s all yours now Fabio.”
“What the fuck did you just say? Fabio asked angrily.
“I said… enjoy… my sloppy seconds.” Chris said slowly, each word sinking into the listeners.
“God! Charlotte was right. You are a piece of shit.” Fabio said angrily.
Then he stepped closer to Chris, “Look here, asshole. This auction is for the top elites of the city and ay nobody who barges on in here is just begging to get smacked. Eden tossed you a lifeline and asked you to apologize but you threw it back in her face.”
“Oh. Well, I don’t accept help from people who frame me for cheating just to divorce me.” Chris said looking directly at Charlotte.
Charlotte looked down, embarrassed.
“And as for me barging in, why don’t you ask your friend Miss. Aileen what she thinks about that? Because the truth is, this auction doesn’t start till I walk in.” Chris said confidently.
Everybody in the room laughed.
Fabio clapped as he laughed, “Oh. This is good. You’re about to get smoked, Chris Greene.”
“Chris, you better take that back before Mikaelson’s people will make you disappear from the face of the earth.” Charlotte warned Chris.
“They wouldn’t dare.” Chris said easily.
Everyone shook their heads as they looked at him.
They all anticipated the arrival of Aileen Simmonds to drag Chris out.
But what will they do when they find out that Chris is not only the VIP but the Mikaelson syndicate’s underboss and next godfather?
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The heavy iron gates of the main Mikaelson estate slid shut, sealing out the rest of Arcadia City. Inside the sprawling private grounds, the usual oppressive silence had completely dissolved. Tonight, the fortress was alive with an uncharacteristic, vibrant warmth.To personally celebrate the total neutralization of the Gordon threat and the safety of his fiancée, Chris had ordered the estate staff to prepare a massive, open-air feast within the grand stone courtyard. He hadn't restricted the celebration to elite corporate executives or high-ranking family directors. Instead, long wooden tables stretched across the manicured lawns, illuminated by the flickering amber glow of massive iron fire pits and string lights woven through the ancient oak trees. Every single personal security guard, driver, perimeter watchman, and front-line mercenary on both the Mikaelson and Greene Global payrolls had a seat at the tables.The crisp night air of Arcadia City was thick with the rich, mouth-wate
Chapter 249
A profound, revitalizing silence settled over Onyx Harbor. With the Zenith High Council completely dismantled and their corrupt grip broken, the blackouts that had plagued the commercial districts ceased overnight. The municipal power grid stabilized, surging with a clean, uninterrupted current. It was as if a suffocating, heavy weight had been lifted from the chest of the entire city. For months, the population had lived under the shadow of corporate extortion. Now, small businesses reopened their doors, the neon signs of the entertainment sectors burned steady into the dawn, and the streets hummed with a newfound, peaceful energy. The fear that had defined Zenith's reign was evaporating, replaced by the realization that a new era had begun.High above the bustling streets, insulated from the city’s ambient noise by triple-paned reinforced glass, Chris Greene sat in his executive office at the top of the Greene Global tower. The room was dark save for the ambient glow of the city bel
Chapter 248
Gordon finally turned around and walked toward them. When he was in front of her, His knees buckled under the sudden, crushing weight of total defeat, and he sank onto the cold ground next to his bleeding, groaning son. He stared up at her, his face turning pale, his lips trembling as his thirty-year empire dissolved into pure dust before his eyes. "You... you violated the terms. We gave you the girl...""I don't negotiate the survival of the Mikaelson name with bankrupt criminals," Lynda whispered. She turned her head toward her commanders. "Throw them both in the back of the transport vans. Take them directly to the subterranean cells of the Mikaelson estate. They are going to face a very long, very thorough trial for corporate espionage and kidnapping."As the doors of the vans slammed shut on the bound, humiliated Gordons, Lynda turned back to Michelle, her expression softening. "The threat is neutralized, Lady Michelle. The Gordons are erased. Let us get you home.”Meanwhile I
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He turned his attention back to Lynda. "Here are our terms for the trade, Lynda. We hand over Michelle Antonio right now, entirely unharmed. In exchange, you grant my son and me a twelve-hour operational window of total immunity. You pull back your shadow blockades from the western docks, you let our private transport jet leave the regional airspace, and you guarantee that your tactical cells will not pursue us into our South American territories. If you refuse, or if a single sniper fires a round, my son will pull the trigger on the girl, and we will all die together in this clearing. Decide. Right now."Lynda stood perfectly still for several long, agonizing seconds. The heavy silence in the shipping yard was thick enough to choke on. She looked past Gordon, her eyes locking onto Michelle.Michelle gave a single, slow, and deliberate nod of her head. She understood the chess board perfectly. She knew that survival in this moment was the only priority, because once she was safe, the
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"How are you such a completely useless son?" the patriarch spat, his voice dropping into a hateful tone that cut deeper than any physical blow. "How on earth did I raise such a parasite? You aren't even an asset to this family—you are a cancer that just destroyed thirty years of my labor in a single night!"Michelle stood near the doorway, flanked by the two mercenaries. Even with her hands bound, her expression was one of pure amusement. She watched the breakdown of the Gordon dynasty with cold satisfaction. Levitt wiped the blood from his mouth, a spark of defensive, desperate anger flaring in his eyes as he scrambled to his feet. "Dad! Insulting me doesn't solve anything right now! The fact is, the Antonio girl is here! She’s standing right in front of us! Instead of screaming at me, how do we use her to get ourselves out of this mess?"The entitlement in Levitt’s voice, the total failure to grasp the sheer gravity of the apocalypse he had invited into their home was the final st
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"Help me lift her!" Levitt gasped to the last remaining mercenary, his voice cracking with pure terror. Together, they roughly dragged Michelle's limp body out of the back of the crippled van and threw her into the rear of a small, nondescript utility truck that had been parked inside the warehouse as a final emergency escape vehicle."I'll hold them off, sir! Get out of here!" the mercenary yelled, turning back toward the main warehouse floor with his weapon raised.Levitt didn't look back. He jumped into the driver's seat of the utility truck, slammed it into gear, and smashed through a rotted wooden loading dock door that led out into a deep, unlit concrete drainage canal behind the industrial park. He accelerated into the darkness just as a team of Mikaelson shadow soldiers blew the inner doors off the loading dock.When Lynda's commanders reached the platform, the area was empty. They found the bodies of the mercenaries, the abandoned black van, and the tracks of an escaping vehi
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