ANMELDENThe Zurich FilesThe moment Damian mentioned Zurich, something changed in Alexander’s expression so quickly that I almost missed it entirely, but after everything I had witnessed tonight, I was beginning to understand the Hart family well enough to recognize what silence looked like when it carried history behind it.Lucien noticed too.His posture straightened slightly near the observation glass while the surgeon standing beside Damian’s monitor looked increasingly concerned that the patient recovering from cardiac arrest was somehow leading a corporate counterattack from an operating bed.“The Zurich files still exist?” Lucien asked carefully.Alexander held Damian’s gaze for several long seconds before answering.“They were never supposed to become relevant.”“That means yes.”The room grew quieter after that exchange because even without understanding what the files actually were yet, I could feel the weight attached to them immediately.Damian shifted slightly against the elevate
Gregory Didn’t Know Damian AnymoreThe room fell into a quieter rhythm after Damian spoke, although the tension never truly disappeared from the operating suite because every monitor surrounding his bed still served as a reminder that his body remained dangerously unstable despite the calm returning gradually to his expression. Nurses continued moving carefully around him beneath the surgical lights while Lucien coordinated updates from Hart Global through his phone near the observation glass, and somewhere deeper inside the underground facility, security teams prepared for the possibility that Gregory’s reach might eventually extend beyond the boardroom.But for the first time all night, Damian no longer looked like a man barely surviving.He looked focused.Which somehow worried me more.“When this is over, I am taking you somewhere Gregory cannot reach.”The words lingered between us while I studied him carefully from beside the elevated hospital bed, because despite the steadiness
The Man Gregory CreatedThe operating room grew quieter after Damian spoke, though the silence no longer carried fear alone. Something heavier had settled into the space now, something sharp enough to make even the surgical staff move more carefully around him while monitors continued their steady rhythm beneath the overhead lights.Damian looked exhausted.Not weak.Exhausted in the way someone looked after surviving too much for one night.His dark hair still lay damp against his forehead from the river despite the nurses' attempts to clean him up earlier, and the bruising beginning to form along the side of his face had become more visible beneath the bright surgical lighting. The fresh bandages wrapped tightly around his chest disappeared beneath the hospital blankets covering him, but every controlled breath reminded the room that the damage underneath remained serious.And still, none of it seemed capable of slowing his mind anymore.Lucien unlocked his phone again while scannin
Gregory’s Biggest MistakeDamian’s smile appeared so faintly that another person might have missed it completely, but inside the operating room, where exhaustion, fear, and adrenaline had already stretched everyone thin, the expression unsettled the atmosphere immediately because it did not belong on the face of a man who had nearly died less than two hours earlier.Lucien lowered the phone slightly after reading Gregory’s latest statement while one of the cardiac nurses adjusted the monitors beside Damian’s bed with visible unease.“Psychiatric authority?” I repeated, trying to process the insanity of it. “He cannot actually do that.”“He can try.”Lucien’s voice remained calm, though the sharpness beneath it made the danger obvious. “Gregory is building a legal narrative that Damian became emotionally unstable after the divorce and the recent board pressure. If he convinces enough shareholders, he can force a temporary medical suspension until an evaluation clears him.”The room fel
Damian Woke Up AngryThe first thing Damian did after opening his eyes was try sitting up.The movement happened so suddenly that two nurses immediately grabbed his shoulders while the cardiac monitor beside him spiked sharply beneath the harsh surgical lights, because despite the exhaustion still weighing visibly across his body and the fresh surgical dressings wrapped tightly around his chest, instinct drove him before awareness fully caught up.“Do not move.”The lead surgeon stepped forward instantly while another nurse adjusted the oxygen support near Damian’s face.Pain flashed violently across Damian’s expression the second his body shifted against the stitches near his chest, though he barely reacted to it outwardly beyond the slight tightening of his jaw.Typical.Even half-conscious after cardiac arrest, Damian still treated pain like an inconvenience instead of a warning.His eyes moved across the operating room slowly at first, unfocused beneath the bright lights overhead
“Wake Him Up”The words settled through the operating room with enough force to silence everyone inside it completely, because even beneath the constant beeping of medical monitors and the low mechanical hum of surgical equipment surrounding Damian’s body, Alexander Hart’s decision sounded absolute.“We wake Damian up before the vote happens.”One of the cardiac surgeons immediately looked toward him in disbelief.“That would be medically reckless.”Alexander did not even blink.“So is letting Gregory seize the company while my son is unconscious.”The surgeon removed his gloves sharply before stepping away from the operating table.“Mr. Hart nearly died less than an hour ago. His body is still recovering from severe hypothermia, blood loss, cardiac arrest, and emergency extraction near the ventricle. Waking him prematurely could destabilize everything we just repaired.”The warning hung heavily through the operating room.Real.Serious.And terrifying.Because the surgeon was not exa







