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Chapter 136: Against the Clock
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Ernest BrooksWhat if the real enemy was never outside the walls… but sleeping right beside them all along? Things are only going to get more intense from here. Stay with me! Please Like , Share, Comment , and Subscribe.
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The atmosphere in the press hall was electric and buzzing with reporters, flashing cameras, and the low hum of speculation. Every seat was filled. Every lens pointed toward the mahogany podium where Damon Thorne was set to speak.The announcement had come just hours earlier, — an unplanned public address from the embattled CEO of Thorne International. After weeks of scandal, betrayal, and eerie silence, the world was ready to pounce.Juliette stood just offstage, arms folded tightly, heart hammering. Damon had made this decision without her input. No rehearsed statement. No strategic filter. Just fire in his veins and too many enemies in the shadows.“Do you think he’ll say too much?” Isabelle asked beside her. She was back to her duty after being cleared of any wrong doing Juliette’s voice was low. “I think he’s about to light the fuse.”Then Damon stepped into the light.He wore a navy suit, crisp and flawless, but his face showed the cost of sleepless nights and hard decisions. A
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The fluorescent hum of the Thorne Enterprises basement archive was the only sound surrounding Juliette as she flipped through a worn folder marked “Internal Acquisitions: Confidential.”Her fingers trembled not from fear, but from the deep frustration of knowing she was close to something big… and surrounded by lies.The insider had told her this was where the next breadcrumb would be. But something felt wrong.Too quiet. Too calculated.Footsteps echoed down the corridor.“Right on time,” said the smooth voice of Brandon Voss — senior analyst, charming manipulator, and the man who had been feeding her drips of Intel for the past week. He stepped into the room, crisp and calm, dressed far too cleanly for someone claiming to work in shadows.Juliette faced him squarely. “You said the net was tightening. That you had something urgent.”Brandon leaned against a filing cabinet, his smile thin. “I do. But first, let’s stop pretending. You owe me some truth.”Juliette narrowed her gaze. “I
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The boardroom of Thorne International had never felt colder.Damon stood at the head of the obsidian conference table, a place he once commanded with certainty. Now, even the glint of the overhead lights felt like mockery. Spread before him were files, fresh Intel, and one ominous flash drive that had arrived anonymously that morning.Juliette leaned silently against the doorway, arms crossed, shadows of exhaustion beneath her eyes. She had just returned from infiltrating Thorne International’s HR division: a near-exposure that brought her dangerously close to Evelyn’s watchful eye. She was here now not as a partner, but as a warning: they were out of time.Damon plugged in the flash drive. Rows of data surged across the screen: wire transfers, offshore accounts, and falsified invoices. But it wasn’t just about Evelyn or Celeste.This was rot at the core.The files named the executives he had mentored. Friends he had toasted with on IPO nights. Advisors he had brought into his circle
The Billionaire’s Forgotten Wife Chapter 142: Undercover Moves
The soft click of the elevator echoed in the dim hallway as Juliette stepped into the lower floors of Thorne’s Global secondary headquarters: a building off-record, reserved for classified ops and internal investigations.Clad in a conservative navy-blue suit, her hair pinned into a sleek twist, and armed with falsified credentials, she wasn’t Juliette Rowe today.She was Elena Park, a discreet compliance consultant hired to conduct a top-level audit.This mission was dangerous and reckless. But if they were going to expose the last layer of corruption inside Thorne Global, she had to go to the root herself.The security scanner beeped. Her forged ID passed.She exhaled.And walked into the lion’s den.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Inside the Wolf’s DenThe floor buzzed with quiet urgency, analysts hunched over terminals, screens blinking with firewalled encryption, and executives passing coded documents between
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The war had taken many forms: lawsuits, media onslaughts, digital espionage, and betrayals stitched into boardroom smiles but Damon never imagined he’d find himself face-to-face with Logan Vance again.Once the COO of Thorne Global, Logan was one of Damon’s fiercest rivals, ousted years ago after a failed coup. His exit nearly shattered the company and left a scar on Damon’s leadership. Their fallout had been public, brutal, and definitive.And yet, here he was, seated in the Thorne penthouse as if nothing had happened, sipping coffee with arrogant ease.“I’m not here to gloat,” Logan said finally, breaking the thick silence. “I’m here because you have a leak. And I have your plug.”Damon didn’t move. “You have a reputation for selling what people need. Usually right before you stab them in the back.”Logan smirked. “Still good with words, I see.”He leaned forward and slid a thin folder across the glass table. “Celeste has a mole in your legal advisory team. That’s how she knew about
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The skyline of Manhattan glowed faintly in the hours before dawn. The city never slept but for once, Damon Thorne did.Exhaustion had finally dragged him under after days of unrelenting war, press conferences and betrayals. Juliette stood wrapped in a cashmere throw on the penthouse balcony, the breeze tugging at her hair as she stared out at the city below.She hadn’t slept. Not since the scandal broke. Not since Mason’s eyes fluttered open in the hospital, whispering “Mom” through cracked lips. Not since the anonymous video revealed a past she couldn’t explain.Too many wounds. Too much left unspoken.Behind her, Damon stirred. Moments later, his arms slipped around her waist from behind, his chin resting on her shoulder.“You’re up early,” he murmured.“Didn’t sleep”.He held her tighter. “We’ll get through this”.Juliette didn’t answer. Because she wasn’t sure “getting through” would ever be enough again.----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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