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Chapter Two Hundred And Ninety Four
Author: Agba jae
last update2026-02-18 18:06:31

Lukas stepped out onto the terrace, needing air and distance from the ballroom's intensity. The night was cool, the gardens below lit with subtle landscape lighting that made the manicured hedges look like sculpture. He could still hear the party through the open doors—laughter, music, the clink of champagne glasses—but out here, he could breathe.

He'd just leaned against the stone balustrade when he heard footsteps behind him. Not the click of women's heels or the casual shuffle of someone see
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    Sofia's residence overlooked the Herengracht, a restored canal house that managed to be both historically authentic and thoroughly modern. Lukas had been there twice before—once for a small dinner party, once for a strategy meeting about his practice's expansion. Both times, the space had felt welcoming, carefully designed to make guests comfortable while subtly displaying Sofia's taste and wealth.Today it felt different. The same elegant furniture, the same curated art on the walls, but the atmosphere had shifted. Sofia greeted him at the door herself rather than having her assistant do it, which felt like a deliberate choice about control and territory."Lukas. Thank you for coming." Her voice was pleasant, professional, giving nothing away. "Coffee?""No, thank you. I won't take much of your time.""I have as much time as needed." Sofia gestured to the sitting room, taking the chair that positioned her with the window behind her, putting Lukas at a slight disadvantage against the

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    Lukas spent that night in his apartment, not sleeping but thinking with unusual clarity. The coalition's offer had changed the calculation entirely—not by making the choice easier, but by making it clearer.He pulled out both documents. Sofia's partnership agreement, thirty pages of legal language granting her authority over his professional decisions, carefully worded to sound collaborative while establishing hierarchical control. The coalition's proposal, ten pages outlining financial support with no management strings attached, direct and uncomplicated.The comparison was stark when laid side by side.Sofia offered broader reach—access to her entire network spanning Europe's elite circles, sophisticated marketing infrastructure that would position him as the leading expert in traditional medicine integration, connections to academic institutions and research facilities that operated at the cutting edge of medical science. With her resources, he could treat hundreds of patients annu

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    The meeting convened at Viktor's estate the following afternoon. Lukas arrived to find the library arranged for what appeared to be a formal business discussion—chairs in a circle, documents prepared on the table, refreshments set aside.Abdullah greeted him at the door with Viktor at his side. "Thank you for coming, Mr. Van der Berg. Let me introduce the others."Six families were represented. Abdullah, of course, whose daughter Yasmin had recovered from her autoimmune condition. Marcus Bergman, the tech CEO whose son's ADHD Lukas had helped manage without the medications that had turned the boy into a zombie. Pieter Janssen, the art collector whose wife's fibromyalgia had improved dramatically under Lukas's care. Henrik and Adriana Van Oosten, whose daughter's chronic migraines had finally responded to his treatment. Maria Santos, whose father's heart condition Lukas had stabilized with herbal protocols that complemented his conventional care. And Chen Wei, a businessman from Singap

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    After Elise left, Lukas stood in his doorway for several minutes, staring at nothing. Sofia's threat echoed in his mind with the finality of a closing trap.Accept her terms, or she destroys your practice.It wasn't an offer anymore. It was coercion. Submit to her system, or watch everything he'd built collapse under her interference.He moved to his desk, pulling out his grandfather's pocket watch. The crystal was still cracked from where Felix's boot had damaged it during the divorce, a reminder of other people's casual cruelty. His grandfather had carried this watch for forty years, treating patients with dignity regardless of their ability to pay, maintaining his principles even when pragmatism would have served him better financially."Dignity matters more than success," his grandfather had said once, near the end. "Success without dignity is just servitude with better compensation."Lukas had believed that deeply once. But now, facing Sofia's ultimatum, the calculation felt more

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