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Chapter 54: The Careful Dance
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2026-02-19 17:15:11
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His Forbidden Guard Chapter 69: The Food poisoning
"Leonard, there were three people in this kitchen. If I go to the hospital for 'food poisoning' and I'm the only one sick…""So we'll say you have a sensitive stomach," Leonard interrupted. "Or allergies. Or anything else that explains why only you're affected. Daveson, you're twelve weeks pregnant and you can't keep anything down. That's not sustainable."Daveson's eyes filled with tears. "I'm scared.""I know," Leonard said softly, taking his hands. "But we're going to Dr. Chen. Right now. I'll drive you myself…""You can't," Daveson interrupted. "Your mother. She's already suspicious. If you personally drive me to a doctor after I was sick in front of staff, it'll look...""Like I care about my employee's wellbeing," Leonard finished. "Which I do. Which anyone would.""Leonard…""Or I'll send Victoria," Leonard conceded. "Would that be better? She can take you, stay with you, bring you back. No one will think twice about my fiancée being kind to staff."Daveson nodded weakly. "Okay
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 68: The Good Father
"And I appreciate the loyalty behind that impulse. But Mother, I'm trying to build a life that's not based on violence and fear.""How noble," Lissa said coldly. "And how naive. Leonard, you're about to become a father. That means making hard choices. Doing things you'd rather not do to protect your child.""I know," Leonard said quietly. "But I'd rather teach my child to find solutions that don't involve hurting people."Lissa stood, moving to her window. For a long moment, she was silent."Your forty-eight hours still stand," she said finally. "Morrison may be dealt with, but the core situation remains. In two days, we'll discuss my terms for helping you manage the pregnancy and everything that comes after.""And if we don't agree to your terms?" Daveson asked.Lissa turned to look at him, her expression unreadable. "Then you're on your own. No protection, no resources, no help. Just you, Leonard, and a baby the whole world will want to study like a science experiment. Is that reall
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 67: The Contract
Morrison laughed. "You want me to give up leverage worth millions for a corporate job?""We want you to trade a one-time payout for long-term stability," Daveson interjected. "You said yourself you're leaving the country. This way you leave with a legitimate career instead of looking over your shoulder for the rest of your life.""Plus," Leonard added, "if you sell that information, you burn every bridge you have. No one will hire you after you've proven you're willing to violate client confidentiality. This job offer expires the moment you sell to anyone else."Morrison was quiet, his expression calculating. Leonard could see him running the numbers, weighing options."Show me the contract," Morrison said finally.Leonard's phone buzzed. A text from Victoria: Contract attached. It's ready.He forwarded it to Morrison's number. "Check your email."Morrison pulled out his phone, opening the document. His eyes scanned the pages, and Leonard watched his expression shift from skepticism t
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 66: The Gambit
"You want to do what?" Daveson stared at Leonard like he'd lost his mind."Pay Morrison," Leonard repeated. "But not with money."They stood in the hallway, Morrison's thirty-minute deadline ticking away like a bomb. Through the drawing room door, Leonard could hear his mother making phone calls, probably arranging her "solution" to the Morrison problem."Explain," Daveson said."Morrison wants money because he thinks the information is valuable," Leonard said rapidly. "But what if we make it worthless? What if we give him something he wants more?""Like what?""A job," Leonard said. "A very lucrative, very quiet job that pays better than any blackmail scheme. Morrison's a mercenary. He doesn't care about us personally. He cares about profit. So we offer him more profit as our ally than he'd get as our enemy."Daveson shook his head. "You want to hire the man who's blackmailing us?""I want to neutralize him," Leonard corrected. "Victoria's family has security contracts all over the w
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 65: The Blackmailing
He left without another word, the door closing with an expensive click behind him.The three of them sat in silence, staring at the business card Morrison had left behind."We can't pay him," Daveson said finally. "Even if we do, there's no guarantee he won't just make copies and sell them anyway. Blackmailers always come back.""Agreed," Lissa said. "Which means we need to find another solution."Leonard looked at his mother warily. "What kind of solution?""The kind that ensures Mr. Morrison never sells that information to anyone." Lissa pulled out her phone. "I have contacts who specialize in making problems disappear.""You're talking about…" Leonard stopped, not quite able to say it."I'm talking about protecting my family," Lissa said coldly. "Morrison has made himself a threat. I'm eliminating that threat.""By having him killed?" Daveson's voice was incredulous. "You're talking about murder like it's a business decision.""Everything is a business decision," Lissa said. "And M
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 64: The Price of Silence
Inside the drawing room, Leonard felt like he couldn't breathe.Morrison sat across from him, that damned folder on the table between them, containing God knew what evidence of their relationship. Of the pregnancy. Of everything they'd been desperately trying to hide."You're making a mistake," Lissa said to Morrison, her voice deadly calm. "I hired you. You work for me. This information belongs to me.""I gathered it while working for you," Morrison corrected. "But ownership is debatable. And frankly, Mrs. Heyden, I've received offers that make your original payment look like pocket change.""From who?" Leonard demanded."That's confidential," Morrison said. "Client privilege. But I can tell you they're very interested in the medical aspect of the situation. Apparently unprecedented medical phenomena are worth quite a lot to certain research institutions."Daveson's hand moved unconsciously to his stomach. Leonard saw it, saw Morrison notice it, saw his mother's eyes track the gestur
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 63: The Regroup
Marcus's voice came through. "Mr. Heyden? Mrs. Heyden asked me to inform you that the Kanes have arrived early. They're waiting in the main drawing room.""Of course they are," Leonard muttered. Then louder: "Thank you, Marcus. We'll be right down."He looked at Daveson and Victoria. "Game faces on
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 62: The Negotiation
The silence in Lissa's office stretched until Victoria could hear her own heartbeat.Leonard stood frozen, Daveson's hand still clasped in his, both of them staring at the woman who'd just revealed she'd orchestrated everything. The surveillance. The investigation. The impossible choice they now fa
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 61: The breaking news
"Shit," Leonard muttered, starting the car.They drove back toward the estate in tense silence, both calculating how to explain their absences if anyone had noticed."Drop me at the service road," Daveson said when they were close. "I'll walk back through the woods. You go straight to the front ent
His Forbidden Guard Chapter 58: The Impossible Request
Victoria Kane rarely showed up unannounced.So when Leonard's assistant buzzed at 2:47 PM to say his fiancée was in the lobby demanding to see him, Leonard knew something was wrong."Send her up," he said, closing the financial reports he'd been reviewing.Victoria entered his office three minutes
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