登入Liliana Patrick, a twenty three years old timid and clumsy lady who lost everything in a blink of an eye. Suffer was an understatement in her case, she had nothing, no shelter, no friends, no family. But when she steps her leg in to Kings Company, she was introduced to another world she never knew about. Nicholas King, an example of rude and arrogant, cold, dominant, commanding and heartless. The thirty years took over his late father's property after he passed away, he shows no mercy to his workers, he can fire you with just a little mistake. But when his eyes roam her body as she walks into his office, he claimed her as his. I took a seat in front of him. "Good morning Sir-" I greeted but he cuts me off. "Did I ask you to seat?" His voice, so raspy, so deep, so sensual, so husky and so......British? I never knew the Kings were British. But what took my attention were those words he said. "Uhh....." I stood up immediately. "I'm sorry" I apologize but he looks angry or something. "You came sixteen minutes late, left my door opened, sat on the chair like you own the place" he snarled at me..... okay, Mr rude. "I.....I said I was sorry" I look away from him, he shuffle and his cologne filled my nostrils, sandalwood and lavender oil. "You are not to talk back till I ask you to. Sit" he ordered and I did. He grabs what looks like my resumè, he looks at me in an instant. His blue orbs holds no emotions in his eyes as he stares at me, but what was so intriguing was the fact that he's intimidating me really bad.
查看更多NICHOLAS POVJames called before I'd even finished my morning coffee, his voice carrying an urgency that immediately put me on edge. "I found out whose account Tatiana's been sending money to.""Tell me" I said, setting my cup down."A woman named Rosalind Mbeki. Lives modestly, works as a part-time nurse. No obvious connection to Reed, Vance, or anything related to the operation on paper." James paused. "But I kept digging, and found a birth certificate filed eleven years ago. Rosalind Mbeki is listed as the mother. The father's name is redacted in the public record, but the hospital billing records weren't redacted quite as carefully."My stomach tightened. "Whose name was on the billing records?""Aldous Reed" James said quietly.I sat back, the implication settling slowly into place. "Tatiana's been supporting Reed's child.""That's my read on it" James confirmed. "A daughter, based on the certificate. Would be about eleven years old now. Tatiana's payments started roughly around
NICHOLAS POVThree days passed in a blur of preparation, James verifying names, Tatiana providing additional context whenever we hit a gap in our understanding, and Lily keeping the household steady despite the tension thick enough to taste in every room. When the morning of the second meeting finally arrived, I felt more prepared than I had walking into the warehouse the first time, armed now with knowledge instead of simply reacting to Vance's demands.We chose a public location this time, a busy restaurant where witnesses and cameras made certain kinds of threats impractical. Vance arrived precisely on time, dressed as impeccably as before, though something in his expression shifted slightly when he saw the folder I'd brought with me."Mr. King" he said, taking the seat across from me. "I trust you've made progress on the four million.""We need to discuss the actual number" I said, sliding the folder slightly forward on the table without fully opening it. "I've done my own researc
NICHOLAS POVTatiana kept her promise the next morning, arriving in the study with another stack of documents, this time accompanied by a folder she handled with visible reluctance, like it cost her something physical to hand it over."This is everything" she said, setting the folder on my desk. "Reed's contingency plans, the ones I mentioned last night. If something ever went wrong with the operation, this is what he intended to use as leverage against anyone who threatened it."I opened the folder carefully, scanning through pages of handwritten notes, account numbers, names I didn't recognize mixed with ones that were becoming painfully familiar. "What exactly am I looking at?""Insurance" Tatiana said simply. "Reed was paranoid, always planning for betrayal, always keeping something in reserve to protect himself if the people he worked with ever turned on him. This includes evidence tying several prominent businessmen to the operation, men who are still active in this city's finan
NICHOLAS POVThe board meeting I'd been dreading arrived faster than I wanted. I sat at the head of the table, flanked by executives who'd known my father far longer than they'd known me, watching their faces carefully as I presented a restructuring plan designed to free up capital without explaining exactly why I suddenly needed four million dollars in liquid assets."This divestment from the shipping subsidiary" one of the older board members said, flipping through the proposal I'd prepared, "seems sudden. Is there a reason we're moving on this now rather than waiting for the next fiscal quarter?""Market conditions" I said smoothly, a lie I'd rehearsed enough times that it came out without hesitation. "Better to capitalize now before valuations shift."A few skeptical glances passed around the table, but nobody pushed further, my father's reputation for occasionally impulsive decisions apparently providing enough cover for my own uncharacteristic urgency. The meeting continued, num












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