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CHAPTER 135

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last update Petsa ng paglalathala: 2026-03-17 23:46:27

STACY'S POV

The silence in the boardroom was thick enough to carve. My question hung in the air, a lit fuse. I watched their faces, my heart a cold, hard stone in my chest.

There. That’s the fear.

I could see it, clear as a signature. Eliza’s defiant gaze flickered, just for a second, before hardening again. Bronson, the older investor with the greedy eyes, went pale. His fingers tightened around his pen. A few others—Aris, a woman named Iris who’d always been quiet—looked at the table, at thei
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    STACY'S POVThe memory hit me like a physical slap, sharp and sudden, stealing the air from the glittering room.That office. Small, too warm, smelling of cheap coffee and ambition. My hands had been shaking as I laid out the business plan, my voice too bright, too eager. He’d sat behind a big desk, not saying a word, just watching me. His eyes—the same piercing, cold eyes now scanning the banquet hall—hadn’t looked at the charts. They’d traced the neckline of my thrift-store blouse, the curve of my hip in my only good skirt.“A compelling proposal, Stacy,” he’d said finally, leaning back. His voice was smooth, like oil. “You have passion. I like that in a partner.”He’d promised funding. A real investment. My heart had soared. Then his hand had covered mine on the desk. His thumb stroked my knuckles. “Of course, partnerships require… intimacy. Trust. A meeting of minds. And bodies.”The meaning had dripped, cold and slimy, into the space between us. I’d jerked my hand back. “I’m just

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    MIACHEL'S POVThe drive home felt longer than it should have. The city lights blurred past the car window, but I didn’t really see them. My mind was stuck in that grainy video feed, hearing those cold voices plot Stacy’s ruin.They see her as incompetent. The thought was a hot coal in my gut. After everything she’s built. After surviving Matt, the kidnapping, the boardroom… they just see a woman to be pushed aside.My hands tightened on the steering wheel. I’d told my assistant to keep digging, to track every shell corporation, every payment. But I was driving away from the operation. I needed to see her. I just didn’t know how to explain what I’d found.How do you tell the woman you love that a pack of vultures is circling, ready to pick apart the life she’s fought for? That my own blood might be funding it? She’d be heartbroken. And furious. The sadness would be worse—that deep, quiet hurt of betrayal.She worked so hard to get here. And someone just wants to take it.The anger boil

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    MIACHEL'S POVThe house was too quiet after Stacy left. I stood in the empty kitchen, my hands flat on the cool granite counter. The echo of her voice—I’ll handle it, Michael, just let me go—was still ringing in my head.She’d wanted to come. To follow Aris herself. To be part of the hunt.I told her no.It wasn’t about protection this time. It was about opportunity. My cousin had slithered out of every legal trap I’d set. Paper trails, witnesses, contracts—he had layers of insulation. The only way to catch him was to get him in the act, raw and unfiltered. And that required methods that weren’t exactly… corporate.Methods I didn’t want Stacy to see.Not because she couldn’t handle it. She’d proven she could. But because I wanted to keep that part of myself separate from her. The part that operated in shadows, that used fists and threats as tools. She’d seen glimpses, but the full picture… I wanted to shield her from that. Maybe that was selfish. Maybe it was stupid.But it’s my only

  • I AGREED TO MY HUSBAND'S OPEN MARRIAGE RULES   CHAPTER 135

    STACY'S POVThe silence in the boardroom was thick enough to carve. My question hung in the air, a lit fuse. I watched their faces, my heart a cold, hard stone in my chest.There. That’s the fear.I could see it, clear as a signature. Eliza’s defiant gaze flickered, just for a second, before hardening again. Bronson, the older investor with the greedy eyes, went pale. His fingers tightened around his pen. A few others—Aris, a woman named Iris who’d always been quiet—looked at the table, at their hands, anywhere but at me.The loyal ones, Benjamin Croft and Mr. Finley, stared back at me with open, steady concern. They were surprised, yes. But not guilty.“I’m waiting,” I said, my voice low. “Who has sold their stake?”Eliza broke first. She smoothed her already-sleek hair, a nervous gesture she tried to mask as arrogance. “This is an outrageous accusation, Stacy. We are shareholders, not children to be scolded. You have no proof.”“I will have the proof,” I said, not moving. “Lydia is

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  • I AGREED TO MY HUSBAND'S OPEN MARRIAGE RULES   Chapter 38

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  • I AGREED TO MY HUSBAND'S OPEN MARRIAGE RULES   Chapter 37

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