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Chapter 45: Board Meeting

ผู้เขียน: Sire Bliss
last update ปรับปรุงล่าสุด: 2025-05-21 11:56:39
My heart hammered against my ribs as Michael and I waited in the sleek black Bentley outside Halgate Group's headquarters. The towering glass building reflected the morning sunlight, almost blinding in its intensity. Eight years ago, I'd stood in this same spot as Michael's wife. Now I returned as his ally against the very people who'd torn us apart.

"They're already inside." Michael's voice was tight, his knuckles white as he gripped his leather portfolio. "Jessica and Miller have been meeting with board members individually for weeks."

I smoothed the lapel of my crimson power suit—a deliberate choice. Blood red. War colors.

"Austin's fever broke completely last night," I said, needing to ground myself in what mattered most. "He asked if we were going to 'take down the bad guys' today."

Michael's face softened, the worry lines around his eyes crinkling. "What did you tell him?"

"That his mom and dad were working together to protect what belongs to him and Alex." I met his ga
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    ~ Madeline Royce POV ~The coffee shop on Fifth Avenue smells like burnt espresso and desperation. Perfect. I slide into the corner booth, my recorder already running in my purse, and wait for the man who says he has a story worth my time.Marco Moretti looks exactly like what I'd expect from a washed-up art dealer. Expensive suit that's seen better days, manicured hands that shake slightly when he reaches for his coffee cup. The kind of desperation that makes sources either gold mines or complete wastes of my afternoon."Ms. Royce." His voice, probably cultivated for charm back when he could afford charm. "Thank you for meeting me.""You said you had information about Isabella Moretti." I lean forward, notepad ready. "The woman who's got both Walton twins wrapped around her finger."His jaw tightens. "She's my daughter."Bingo. The recorder in my purse practically hums with satisfaction. "And you're here because?""Because she's not who they think she is." He pulls out a worn manila

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    "Because you thought I'd just throw money at the problem?""Because I thought you'd want to help, and I couldn't let you get dragged into my family's mess.""But you could let Alex get dragged into it."The accusation hangs in the air, and I realize how it looks. How it must look to Austin, watching his brother handle my crisis while he's been kept in the dark."It's not like that," I say, but even to my own ears, it sounds weak."Then what is it like?" Austin's voice is getting quieter, more dangerous. "Because it looks like you went to him first. It looks like when you needed help, when you were scared and desperate, you chose Alex. Not me. Alex.""I didn't choose anyone. I tried to handle it myself.""But when you couldn't, when you finally broke down and accepted help, it was his shoulder you cried on. His resources you accepted. His protection you let yourself depend on."The truth of it hits me like a physical blow. He's right. When I finally cracked, when I finally let someone

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    "All of it. But Alex?" I catch his hand as he reaches for his phone. "I'm not choosing you because you're saving me. I'm choosing you because I love you. Because you're giving me the choice at all."The smile that spreads across his face is worth every moment of fear, every sleepless night, every tear I've shed over this nightmare."Then let's end this," he says, and I can hear the predator in his voice again. "Your father is about to learn what happens when someone threatens a Walton."He's already dialing Leo's number, and I know my father's reign of terror is about to come to a very abrupt end. But for the first time, I'm not afraid of what comes next.Because I'm not facing it alone anymore.—Austin pushes through the gallery doors with two cups of coffee and a smile that dies the moment he sees us. Alex and I spring apart like we've been burned, but it's too late. The intimacy of the moment, the way Alex's hands were cradling my face, the tears still drying on my cheeks, it's al

  • THE BILLIONAIRE SECRET TWIN HEIR    BOOK 3 - Chapter 26: Alex's Choice

    The silence after Alex hangs up with Leo stretches between us like a taut wire. I'm still staring at the computer screen, at the photos that feel like violations, at the story that would destroy everything I've built. But Alex is pacing now, his movements predatory and precise."How much does he want?" His voice is business-cold, but I can hear the rage simmering underneath."Alex, no. I can't let you—""How much, Isabella?"The command in his voice makes me flinch. This is the Alex the business world fears, the one who dismantles companies and destroys careers before lunch. "Two hundred thousand."He doesn't even blink. "That's it?""That's it?" I stare at him, incredulous. "Alex, that's more money than most people see in a lifetime.""It's pocket change." He stops pacing, turns to face me fully. "I spend more than that on art pieces for this gallery. The question is, what else does he want?"I know what he's asking. Know that my father's demands won't stop at money, they never do. "

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