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Chapter 53: Fallen Scales
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Alexander arrived home a little after seven. The house greeted him with the soft sound of piano music drifting from somewhere in the living room and the faint aroma of dinner coming from the kitchen. After the day he'd had, the combination was enough to make him slow his steps. He loosened his tie as he walked through the entrance. He found Regina near the dining area, arranging the last few things on the table. She had changed into a loose, comfortable dress, and her hair was gathered casually behind her head. One hand rested beneath the curve of her stomach as she moved a glass a few inches to the left. She looked up. Her face brightened immediately. “There you are.” Alexander smiled. He crossed the room and kissed her forehead. “I missed you.” “I missed you too.” She took his jacket from him before he could protest and placed it over the back of a nearby chair. “You're eating first,” she said. Alexander glanced toward the table. She led him to the table, and he took the
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 54: The archive
Alexander was halfway through reviewing a contract when Nathan walked into his study without knocking. That alone made him look up.Nathan rarely interrupted him during meetings, and never without a reason.“What happened?”Nathan closed the door behind him.“The prosecutors met with Victor.”Alexander's attention sharpened.“When?”“Today.”Alexander leaned back in his chair.“Do we know what he told them?”“Not specifically.”“Then how do you know he met them?”“His legal records changed. The meeting was formally requested and approved. There's no indication anyone interfered with it.”Alexander stared at him for a moment.“And Andrew?”“No confirmed movement.”That answer should have been reassuring. Instead, Alexander felt the familiar tension settle across his shoulders. Victor had made his decision, and that's what mattered.Alexander closed the contract.“Anything else?”“There's one thing.”Nathan placed a document on the desk.“The prosecutors requested verification on an old
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 53: Fallen Scales
“You asked for this meeting. So tell us why you're here.” Victor Moretti looked across the table at the two federal prosecutors. A recorder sat between them, its red light already glowing. Victor glanced at it once before returning his attention to the woman who had spoken. “I came because I have information about the Kingston financial structure.” The prosecutor did not move. “Which Kingston?” “Richard Kingston's.” “And what does that information have to do with you?” Victor leaned back. “More than I'd like.” The second prosecutor opened a folder. “We already know your history with the Kingston Group.” “You know the public version.” “We're interested in the other version.” Victor almost smiled. “That is why I'm here.” The woman introduced herself as Claire Bennett, then identified her colleague. Victor listened without interrupting. Claire folded her hands over the file. “Before we continue, understand that this meeting does not give you immunity. Nothing you say gu
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Across the city, Andrew received another call.“Kingston hasn't been contacted.”Andrew stood beside his desk, one hand resting against the edge.“And Moretti?”“No confirmation that he has disclosed anything specific.”Andrew's expression hardened.“Because we don't know.”“Yes.”He turned toward the window.“What about Kingston Group?”“The investors' concerns are growing.”“Good.”Andrew took a few steps toward his desk.Then stopped.“No.”The man on the other end waited.“Don't push the investors any further yet.”“Why?”“Because if the pressure becomes obvious, Alexander will know exactly where to look.”Andrew sat down slowly. He had spent years waiting for the Kingston name to weaken. He had expected Alexander to react the way he always had, aggressively, immediately, trying to eliminate every threat before it had the chance to grow. But something had changed.Alexander was no longer fighting like the man Andrew remembered. He was not chasing every threat. He was not allowing
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Andrew Kingston received the report just before noon. He was standing beside the floor-to-ceiling windows of his office when the message came through, his attention fixed on the city below rather than the screen in his hand. Victor Moretti had requested contact with federal prosecutors. Andrew's expression barely changed, but the news was dangerous. Andrew placed the phone on the desk. “What exactly did he tell them?” The man across from him hesitated. “We don't know.” Andrew looked up. “You don't know?” “We know he met with his attorney. We know he requested contact with prosecutors afterward. We know the request was entered through the proper channels.” “And the contents of the conversation?” “Protected.” Andrew stared at him for several seconds. That answer irritated him because it was the correct one. Victor's attorney was not his man. There was no hidden access to the file, no convenient leak waiting to be exploited. Whatever Victor had told his lawyer remained betwee
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By ten in the morning, Regina had rejected three nursery designs. Maya stood beside the dining table, holding the fourth sample board patiently. "This one?" "No." "The previous one?" "Too bright." "The one before that?" "Too serious." Maya lowered the board. "You are designing a nursery, not a corporate headquarters." Regina smiled. "Our daughter deserves better than beige walls and furniture that looks like it belongs in a hotel." "Your daughter has not been born yet, and she already has expensive taste." "She gets that from her father." Maya laughed. Regina looked down at the sketches spread across the table. Designing the nursery had become impossible to resist. Every choice made the baby feel more real. The little crib. The reading chair. The shelves waiting for books nobody had bought yet. She touched one of the drawings. "I want the room to grow with her." Maya leaned closer. "So no childish decorations?" "Not too many. Something she won't outgrow in two years.
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