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57. The Question
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2026-10-24 21:46:43
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MY DOMINANT CEO 59. Coming Home
JACOB'S POVThe first thing I noticed when the car turned into the driveway was how small the estate looked after two weeks of rice paddies and river boats. Not small in a bad way. Small like a place you know so well that your eyes forget how to see it, and then suddenly remember. The gates, the long curve of the drive, the garden where Lily had planted her roses. It all looked softer than I remembered."You're doing it again" Jayden said from the seat beside me."Doing what?""Smiling at a driveway.""It's a good driveway."He laughed and slid his hand into mine, and I let him, and for once I didn't check the window to see who might be watching. That was one of the things Thailand had given me, a small, quiet freedom I hadn't known I was missing. I could hold someone's hand without bracing for a reaction.The front door flew open before we'd even stopped, and a small blur of dark curls and blue ribbon shot down the steps."You're back!" Amara skidded to a stop in front of the car, bo
MY DOMINANT CEO 58. Spring Colors
LILY'S POVNobody warns you that an engagement comes with homework.By the end of the first week, the kitchen table had disappeared under bridal magazines, fabric swatches, and a growing stack of business cards from florists who all promised to make my dream garden wedding come true. Maya had claimed the head of the table like a general planning a campaign. Tatiana sat at her right hand with a laptop and a spreadsheet, because of course she had made a spreadsheet. And Amara sat cross-legged on a chair between them, wearing her seashell bracelet and flipping through a magazine upside down because she insisted the pictures looked better that way."First decision" Maya announced, tapping the table. "Season.""Spring" I said without hesitation. "I want the garden in bloom. I want the roses Jacob keeps pretending he didn't help plant.""I heard that" Jacob called from the doorway, where he was leaning with a mug of tea and a smile he wasn't hiding well."Spring it is" Tatiana said, typing.
MY DOMINANT CEO 57. The Question
NICHOLAS POVI'd been carrying the ring around for nine days, and in that time I had hidden it in four different places and moved it three times. First in the study drawer, then inside a shoe in the closet, then in the glove compartment of my car, and finally, in a moment of pure panic, back in my jacket pocket where I could feel its small, square weight against my ribs every time I moved.I had bought it on an ordinary Thursday afternoon, after a board meeting that ran too long. I'd told my assistant I had a dentist appointment, which was a lie so clumsy I was embarrassed by it, and walked into a small jeweler's shop on a quiet street where nobody knew my name. The man behind the counter was old and patient. He laid out tray after tray of diamonds, each one flashing under the lights, and I felt more lost than I had in the warehouse facing Vance."Tell me about her" the old man said finally, seeing my face."She isn't flashy" I said. "She never asks for anything. She bakes when she's
MY DOMINANT CEO 56. Sunday Dinner
LILY'S POVNicholas told me about the dinner over breakfast, in the careful voice he used when he'd already made up his mind and was only waiting to see how I'd react."I've invited my parents on Sunday" he said, stirring his coffee though he hadn't added anything to it. "Jacob's been seeing them on his own for weeks. I think it's time I stopped letting him carry that alone."I set down my toast. "Are you sure?""No." He gave a short, honest laugh. "But I'm tired of avoiding a conversation I already know I need to have. If I wait until I feel ready, I'll be waiting forever.""Then I'll be right there" I said. "Tell me what you need.""Just stay close. I have a feeling I'll need someone steady in the room."The next three days felt like preparing for a storm that might or might not arrive. Maya planned a menu, scrapped it, and planned another. Jacob walked laps around the living room until Jayden gently steered him onto the sofa and made him drink water. I tried to keep busy, polishing
MY DOMINANT CEO 55. Final Payment
NICHOLAS POVThe confirmation email landed at 9:42 on a Tuesday morning, and I read it three times before I let myself believe it. Three million dollars, sent through the accounts James had checked and rechecked, received by Vance's lawyers, marked final. No conditions, no follow-up demands, no clause tucked in a corner waiting to ambush me later.I leaned back in my chair and stared at the ceiling. For almost two months I'd lived with a clock running at the back of my head. Every meeting, every dinner, every time Lily laughed at something in the kitchen, some part of me had been counting days. Now the clock was simply gone, and the silence where it used to be felt strange, almost uncomfortable, like taking off a heavy coat and not knowing what to do with my shoulders.James knocked on the open door and walked in without waiting. He looked like he'd slept properly for the first time in weeks, which probably meant he had."You've seen it" he said."Three times." I turned the laptop tow
MY DOMINANT CEO 54. Quiet Money
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
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