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9. Promise and Fail
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2023-12-11 17:14:38
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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
MY DOMINANT CEO 53. Reckoning
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
MY DOMINANT CEO 52: Full Disclosure
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
MY DOMINANT CEO 51. Numbers that don't add up
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
MY DOMINANT CEO 50. Neutral ground
NICHOLAS POVThe meeting point Vance chose was an old warehouse on the edge of the industrial district, the kind of place that existed in every city for exactly this purpose, empty enough to guarantee no witnesses, public enough to avoid looking suspicious to anyone passing by. I sat in the back of the car with Lily beside me, her hand gripping mine tighter than she probably realized, while James drove and Jacob sat up front, scanning the streets with a tension I hadn't seen in him since his release."Remember the plan" James said, glancing at us through the rearview mirror. "I stay with the car. You three go in together. If anything feels wrong, say the word 'contract' and we're gone, no questions, no hesitation.""Contract" Lily repeated quietly. "Got it."We pulled up outside the warehouse, the building looming gray and silent against the overcast sky. Two men stood near the entrance, neither of them Reeves, which immediately put me on edge. Vance liked changing variables, James ha
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