LOGINShare
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND THREE
publish date:
2026-07-31 16:15:18
Latest chapter
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEEN"I need you both on this call," Whitefield said immediately he picked up. "Something happened at Hale Industries yesterday that you need to know about, and it connects directly to what we've been investigating."Dom put him on speaker, setting the phone on the kitchen table between them, both of them going still.“Speak.”"Apparently, Marcus tried to walk into a board meeting yesterday morning," Whitfield said. "The security stopped him as regards to the suspension, and things escalated. He had to be physically removed from the building.”“How bad?” Cassie asked with a frown on her face. “Very bad actually. And I am quite certain because the compliance monitoring firm we retained as part of the settlement flagged it, they track his movements around any Hale-affiliated property as a condition of the agreement."“If he's trespassing how do we know he has even changed? We should have just locked him up.”“No… we shouldn't have. We did the right thing, Do
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENMarcus straightened his tie in the elevator's reflective panel, watching the floor numbers climb, and told himself the tightness in his chest was anticipation and not nerves. He had every right to be in this building. He'd built half of what stood inside these walls, long before anyone decided a suspension letter could erase that.The doors opened onto the fortieth floor, and for a moment everything looked exactly as it always had, the same glass conference room at the end of the hall, the same assistants moving briskly between desks, the same view of the city he'd once believed would always belong to him.He walked toward the boardroom with confidence because he had never for once doubted his welcome in a room. Not even when the staff were whispering among themselves and pretending they didn't see him walk in. "Mr. Hale?” A voice stopped him ten feet from the door. There were two security men positioned like they'd been waiting specifically for this
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN Vanessa sent a folder two days later, delivered by a courier to the office instead of the house, per Dom's insistence that nothing connected to this touch their home directly. "She's thorough," Dom admitted, flipping through the pages spread across his desk that evening, Cassie beside him with her own stack, Dom still in his work clothes hours after everyone else had gone home for the night, the office quiet except for the hum of the ventilation system. "I'll give her that much credit, at least.""She had a lot of time to pay attention," Cassie said, sliding another page toward the growing pile between them. "Sitting in rooms he thought she was too pretty to actually listen in on. His mistake, apparently, and now ours to benefit from.""Marcus always makes mistakes," Dom agreed, not looking up from the ledger in front of him.They worked in mostly comfortable silence for a while, cross-referencing dates against public records, Dom occasionally readi
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN The Ashford Foundation gala was held at the museum downtown. It's the kind of event where every surface gleamed under perfect lighting and every conversation carried the faint undertone of business being conducted beneath the small talk, fortunes and favors traded behind champagne flutes.Cassie had been holding her own for the better part of two hours, navigating introductions with Leo steady at her side, deflecting a handful of pointed questions about Marcus with the same practiced grace Dom had spent months teaching her, redirecting every barbed comment toward the company instead. She was finally taking a breath in the quiet of the ladies' room, splashing a little cool water on her wrists, when the door opened behind her."Cassie."She turned, and her whole body went rigid at the sight of Vanessa standing there, dressed elegantly in deep green silk, her eyes already red-rimmed like she'd been crying somewhere before finding her way in here, mascara
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN The Ashford Foundation gala was held at the museum downtown. It's the kind of event where every surface gleamed under perfect lighting and every conversation carried the faint undertone of business being conducted beneath the small talk, fortunes and favors traded behind champagne flutes.Cassie had been holding her own for the better part of two hours, navigating introductions with Leo steady at her side, deflecting a handful of pointed questions about Marcus with the same practiced grace Dom had spent months teaching her, redirecting every barbed comment toward the company instead. She was finally taking a breath in the quiet of the ladies' room, splashing a little cool water on her wrists, when the door opened behind her."Cassie."She turned, and her whole body went rigid at the sight of Vanessa standing there, dressed elegantly in deep green silk, her eyes already red-rimmed like she'd been crying somewhere before finding her way in here, mascara
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN "Absolutely not," Margaret said, setting down her wine glass with more force than the moment strictly required, the stem clinking sharply against the counter. "You are not putting garlic in a proper pot roast, Eleanor. That's not a pot roast anymore, that's an assault on the meat.""I've made this exact recipe for thirty years," Eleanor said, entirely unbothered, continuing to season the roast on the counter like Margaret hadn't spoken at all, her hands moving with the confidence of an old habit habit. "Nobody's complained yet.""Nobody has complained to your face."Cassie stood at the kitchen island, wine glass in hand, watching the two women who used to occupy opposite, careful corners of her life now bickering over a roast like old friends who'd known each other for decades, something she still hadn't fully adjusted to no matter how many times it happened these past weeks."I feel like I should be taking notes," Leo said from his stool at the counte
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER SIX
Cassie woke up in the massive guest bed, momentarily forgetting the chaos until sunlight hit her face, clearing the sleep from her eyes. For one blissful second, everything was normal.She was just a girl waking up on a sunny morning, but as she took in the sight of the room through her sleepy eyes
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER FIVE
They pulled up to a high-rise building in Tribeca. It was made of glass and steel and had modern architecture. A valet appeared immediately, and Dom tossed him the keys without looking."Mr. Hale," the valet said with a nod."Jeremy." Dom came around to open Cassie's door, offering his hand again. S
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER FOUR
The coat room suddenly felt smaller with both of them standing, Cassie still in her rumpled engagement dress and Dom in his perfectly tailored tux. She was still holding his hand, she realized. His grip was warm and firm and nothing like Marcus's carefully measured touches.She dropped it."So," Ca
Dumped by the Heir, Claimed by his Brother CHAPTER THREE
Cassie blinked and suddenly burst into a sharp and disbelieving laugh. "What?""You heard me.""This is insane, you're insane.""Probably." Dom shifted, still crouched at her level, his expression serious despite the absurdity of what he was proposing. "But think about it. Marcus wanted you for the
You may also like
Pursuing My Ex-Wife Isn't Easy
Inked Snow3.3M viewsOn My Professor's Bed
Xee write858.4K viewsSIN
MercyCrown1.1M viewsCEO's Tears Over Pregnancy Test Discovery
Faith Shaw740.5K viewsPREGNANT WITH THE CEO'S TWINS
Chris Klever27 viewsDaddy Made Me Bad
Chrystal B.105 viewsSHADOWED DESIRES — 50 Acts of Pure Forbidden Pleasure
SUGÅR WRITES34 viewsRejected by my Husband, Desired by his Father
Wealth💅57 views
