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Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 134
Christine’s POVThe next morning, I was sipping coffee as I scrolled through my phone when the doorbell rang, an insistent chime that cut through the quiet. I glanced up, my fingers pausing on the screen. The maid shuffled toward the door as she hurried steps returning. She appeared in the doorway, clutching a thick manila envelope stamped with a courthouse seal.“Miss Christine,” she said, “this just came. It’s… it’s for your grandfather.”I set my mug down, my pulse quickening as I took the envelope from her outstretched hand. The paper was heavy, looking official, the kind that carried bad news. “I’ll handle it,” I said, my tone calm. Clara nodded and retreated, leaving me alone with the envelope. I didn’t need to open it to know it was trouble, Francis’s name was practically screaming from the courthouse stamp. I stood and headed toward my grandfather's study.I pushed the door open without knocking. Grandfather sat behind his mahogany desk, his glasses perched on his nose as he
Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 133
Christine’s POVThe envelope from the blackmailer sat unopened in the center of my table. Everything was falling into place, exactly as I’d orchestrated. The meeting with him this afternoon wasn’t some chance encounter like I’d told Lisa, it was deliberate. I’d had one of my men tailing him for days, tracking his every move through the city’s grimy underbelly. When I got the call that he’d be near the bookstore, I made sure to be there. I leaned back in my chair, crossing one leg over the other, my silk pajama pants whispering against the leather. Lisa’s confrontation earlier had been delicious, her eyes filled with panic, her voice too as she demanded answers. Watching her feel this way, her paranoia eating her alive, was better than any high. She thought she could control me, telling me to stay away from the blackmailer? Pathetic. I’d almost laughed in her face when she stormed into my room, her arms crossed like a petulant child, her cheeks flushed with fury and fear. The way she
Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 132
Lisa’s POVI was curled up on the couch, staring blankly at the TV screen where some mindless reality show flickered without sound. My mind was a whirlwind, replaying the fight with Francis for the hundredth time. How could he be so blind to everything but that damn company? I sipped my tea, trying to push it all away, when my phone buzzed on the coffee table. The screen lit up with Francis’s name. I hesitated, my thumb hovering over the decline button. What could he possibly want now? But curiosity won out, and I swiped to answer.“Hello?” I said, not bothering to hide the irritation.“Lisa, thank God you picked up.” Francis sounded breathless, like he’d been running. “We need to talk. It’s important.”I sat up straighter, my grip tightening on the phone. “If this is about us or the company, I’m not in the mood, Francis. You made your priorities clear.”“No, no, it’s not that. Listen, I just saw something downtown. Christine… she was talking to him. The blackmailer. Right there on
Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 131
Francis’s POVI pushed open the door to the small law office tucked away in a nondescript building downtown. My heart was pounding as I stepped inside, this meeting could change everything. I’d been fighting for my share of the Harrington company for what felt like forever even though it’s not been less than 48 hours, and now it was down to the wire. The receptionist, a middle-aged woman with glasses perched on the end of her nose, glanced up from her computer.“Mr. Francis? Mr. Ellis is ready for you,” she said, gesturing toward a door at the back.I nodded, wiping my palms on my slacks before heading in. The lawyer, Mr. Ellis, was already seated behind a cluttered desk, flipping through a thick folder. He was in his late fifties. He stood up as I entered, extending a hand with a firm grip.“Francis, good to see you. Have a seat,” he said, his voice steady and reassuring. I sank into the chair opposite him.“Thanks for fitting me in so quickly,” I replied, trying to keep my tone eve
Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 130
Christine’s POVMy phone buzzed softly on the nightstand, pulling me from the edge of sleep. I reached for it, squinting at the bright screen in the dim room. It was an incoming message from one of my discreet contacts who I’d sent to monitor that man I found at that apartment. Attached was a photo of Lisa, wrapped in nothing but a sheet, stumbling out of the apartment with that sleazy blackmailer right behind her. His jeans were half-buttoned, hair tousled, and the look on her face was pure panic. I zoomed in, catching the flash of fear in her eyes.A quiet smile bubbled up from my lips, low and satisfied, like a secret I was sharing with myself. Oh, Lisa, you fool. Warning the b d of that lowlife? It was almost too perfect. My enemies were unraveling all on their own, handing me ammunition on a silver platter. Lisa’s recklessness, her desperation, it was a goldmine. I could already picture how I’d use this against her, a subtle leak here, a whisper there, and her pristine image woul
Second Chance At Rebirth: Beneath The Ashes Chapter 129
Lisa’s POVMy heart pounded in my chest. The flash of light from the window still burned in my mind, as if it had branded itself onto my retinas. I was scared, panicked, my breath coming in short, ragged gasps. The blackmailer, though I hated even thinking it stood beside me, his bare shoulder brushing against mine as we stumbled out of his dingy apartment and into the cool night air. The street was silent. My eyes darted across the empty environment, scanning the shadows cast by the flickering streetlamp, the overflowing dumpster, the rusted fire escape clinging to the building across the alley. Nobody was there. Not a single soul.I clutched the sheet I’d grabbed from his bed tighter around my body. My dress was still crumpled on his floor in that room, and I felt vulnerable, like the whole world could see the mess I’d made of myself. “Who’s there?” I called out, my voice trembling with a mix of fear and fury. I spun toward him. “Someone was there, I know it!”He leaned casually aga
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