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Chapter 188 - MEETING THE COLE GROUP
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Over the next two weeks, the penthouse became two completely separate worlds.During the day, Henry went to the office to finalize the Crestview contracts. Andrea stayed home with Sophie. In the evenings, when Henry came back, he would check on the baby, gently kiss Andrea if she let him, and then retreat to his study to give her space. Andrea would disappear into the nursery or the bedroom. They were living under the same roof, but they were miles apart.Tonight was no different. It was almost eleven o'clock, and the apartment was dead silent. Sophie had been asleep for hours. Henry sat at his desk, the light from his laptop screen the only illumination in the dark study as he cleared out a stack of unread emails.He didn’t hear Andrea approach until a soft, hesitant knock sounded against the door.Henry looked up, surprised. Andrea hadn't come to his study in months."Come in," he said quickly, closing his laptop.The door opened slowly. Andrea stood in the doorway, wearing an old s
Her Only Exception CHAPTER 189 - THE VERDICT
Henry walked back into the boardroom, his father stepping in right behind him. The atmosphere in the room had completely shifted. The casual, dismissive looks from the board members were gone. Now, the table was filled with tense posture, whispered arguments, and furious typing on laptops.Brent, the Hanson Group CEO, was still standing at the head of the table, his face red as he turned on Kingsley."This is a joke," Brent said, his voice rising. "Are you really going to let a desperate competitor stall a major merger with unverified bank notes? Our bonds are completely secure, Kingsley. This is a blatant delay tactic because Crestview knows they can't match our capital.""They aren't unverified, Brent," Kingsley said. His voice was flat and cold. He didn't look up from a thick stack of printed sheets in front of him. "Our compliance team just ran a live audit on the serial numbers Henry provided. Your European real estate portfolio just dropped another point on the London exchange f
Her Only Exception Chapter 188 - MEETING THE COLE GROUP
Henry stood by the window in his office, staring at his reflection in the dark glass. It was barely seven in the morning. He hadn't slept a wink, but he didn't feel tired. His mind was entirely focused on the meeting ahead. He adjusted his tie, making sure his expression looked completely calm.The door opened, and Richard Moore walked in. He carried a single leather briefcase."The underwriters finalized the reports an hour ago," Richard said, setting the briefcase on the desk. "Everything Marcus found is verified. Hanson is floating on bad debt."Henry turned around. On his desk, his tablet screen lit up with a secure call from London. Marcus’s voice came through the speaker. "I'm ready on my end, Henry. The second you give me the word, I’ll pull up the live tracking data for their European portfolio."Richard looked at his son and gave a short, firm nod. "You're walking into a hostile room, Henry. Don't waste your breath arguing with Hanson's CEO. Focus entirely on the board member
Her Only Exception Chapter 187 - YOU NEED HELP
Andrea startled slightly, her shoulders jerking as she turned to look at the older woman, her defenses still completely raised. "Miss Carrie. I... I'm sorry. I just... I have everything under control.""Are you?" Miss Carrie asked, her voice rich with compassion. "Are you really fine, Andrea?"Andrea didn't answer. She just turned her gaze instantly back to Sophie's chest, watching it rise and fall.Miss Carrie studied her carefully—taking in the deep, dark circles under her eyes, the unnatural paleness of her skin, and the way her fingers trembled as they tightly gripped the wooden arms of the rocking chair."Andrea, I want to tell you something," Miss Carrie said quietly, her tone conversational but deeply tender. "Something I haven't talked about in a very long time. It’s about my sister."Andrea’s gaze flickered, glancing sideways at her."My sister had postpartum anxiety after her first baby was born," Miss Carrie continued. "She couldn't sleep a wink. She was constantly standing
Her Only Exception Chapter 186 - BOTH SINKING
Henry Moore rubbed his eyes, the harsh fluorescent lighting overhead burning directly into his skull. Across the table sat Richard Moore, his suit jacket off, his tie loosened just a fraction, looking like a monolith carved of granite. On the massive display wall, Marcus’s video feed from London flickered, his face pale under the low light of his apartment.They had been tearing apart Hanson Group’s corporate structure for five hours."Look at the tertiary funding," Richard said, his blunt finger tapping a column on a leaked financial disclosure sheet. His voice was steady, carrying the weight of a man who had survived three market crashes. "Hanson is flashing a massive upfront cash return to Cole Group to make our deal look obsolete. But look at what's backing the capital injection. It’s junk bonds, Henry. They’re highly volatile, over-leveraged, and tied to a fluctuating European real estate portfolio."Marcus leaned closer to his camera in London, squinting at his own monitor. "He'
Her Only Exception Chapter 185 - TWO WORLDS APART
Henry woke before the sun could even touch the city skyline. Sleep was a luxury he couldn't afford anymore. Slipping out from under the covers, he dressed in the dark, his eyes lingering on the quiet silhouette of Andrea. She was curled tightly on her side, her arm locked protectively around Sophie’s small form in the middle of the bed.He didn't wake her. He couldn't face another argument about the wall she had built between them.By 5:47 AM, Henry was sitting at his desk at Crestview. The executive floor was dead silent, the lights turned off except for the harsh glow of his laptop screen. He stared at the spreadsheet detailing the Cole Group file.$120,000,000.00. The zeroes blurred together.He tried to restructure the terms in his head. Faster liquidation, higher initial returns, slashing Crestview’s own margins to absorb their risk—nothing worked. Hanson Group’s offer was a chokehold.At 9:15 AM, his phone finally buzzed. Marcus."Henry, I just saw the emergency brief," Marcus s
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Andrea had been staring at the same training slide for almost ten minutes. Something about workplace compliance policies or data structure or maybe cybersecurity. At this point, she honestly had no idea anymore because every time she tried to focus, her mind drifted straight back to the man from t
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The elevator doors opened with a soft chime and Andrea stepped out onto the fiftieth floor, clutching the orientation papers against her chest. The atmosphere upstairs felt completely different from the rest of the company. The lower floors had been busy and noisy, filled with ringing phones and ca
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Andrea woke with a sharp inhale, her body jolting upright before her mind fully caught up. For a brief second, everything felt still, almost peaceful… until reality crashed back in. Her phone lit up beside her. 7:37 AM. “Shit.” The word slipped out under her breath as her heart kicked hard a
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