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Chapter 9

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The Blackwood Global meeting room didn’t notice the quiet noise coming from a nursery thirty floors above. Inside, the air smelled like strong coffee and was cool from fancy air conditioning. The big mahogany table was like a battlefield, and for the first time in his career, Dante felt like he was defending a position with no backup.

Twelve men and women sat in tall chairs, their tablets glowing like small, watchful eyes. These were the main shareholders—the people who held the debt, the land, and the family’s history. They weren’t there to check the quarterly reports. They were there for the family line.

"The blind items are no longer blind, Dante," Elias Thorne said, tapping a pen against the wood. Thorne was eighty, a relic of Silas’s era who viewed the company as a holy see. "The Chronicle isn't naming her yet, but they’re talking about 'The Triplets in the Tower.' The market hates a vacuum, and right now, the vacuum is your personal life."

Dante didn’t look up from the folder in
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  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 12

    The hum of the laser printer was the only sound in the library, a rhythmic, mechanical pulse that felt like the heartbeat of a machine. Arthur Vance pulled the fresh pages from the tray with the reverence of a high priest handling scripture. He walked back to the table, laying the revised Section 14.2—The Silas Clause—on top of the growing stack of white paper.​Dante didn’t move. He remained anchored to the edge of his desk, his arms crossed over his chest. He was watching Bella, his gaze tracking the slight, sharp movements of her eyes as she scanned the new text. She wasn’t a woman reading a marriage contract; she was an auditor looking for a shell company, a hidden debt, a flaw in the foundation.​"The language is updated," Arthur said, his voice sounding raspy in the dry air. "Section 14.2 now stipulates that Silas Blackwood is barred from the thirty-fourth floor and any medical facility housing the heirs, contingent solely on the written authorization of the maternal guardian. I

  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 11

    ​The clock on the library wall didn’t tick; it pulsed with a soft, electronic glow that felt like a countdown. Dante stood by the window, his back to the room. He didn’t pace. He didn’t check his phone. He simply watched the reflection of the elevator doors in the glass, his hands clasped behind his back in a grip that turned his knuckles white. The city outside was a blur of steel and gray, indifferent to the fact that the Blackwood empire was currently balancing on the edge of a jagged cliff.​Arthur Vance sat at the long table, his fountain pen uncapped. He looked at his watch. "Five minutes to the board reconvene, Dante. If she doesn’t come down, I’ll have to call the secretary to delay the motion. Silas’s legal team is already filing the notice of arrival at the airport. They aren't just coming for a visit; they’re coming for the audit files and the children."​"Wait," Dante said. The word was a low, jagged command that vibrated through the silent room. He wasn't a man who waited

  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 10

    The velvet box sat on the marble table like a live wire. Neither of them touched it. Toby had gone back to his car, and Maya was busy trying to peel a stubborn sticker off her shoe, but the air in the room had changed. It was no longer a nursery; it was a negotiation suite."A contract," Bella said. Her voice was thin, but she didn’t let it shake. She sat down, not in the comfortable recliner, but in the hard-backed chair she usually used for the audit. "That’s what this is. You aren’t asking for a wife, Dante. You’re asking for a co-signatory."Dante remained standing. He had discarded his tie somewhere between the thirty-third floor and here, the top button of his shirt open, revealing the tension in his neck. He looked at the box, then back at her."I’m asking for a shield," Dante corrected. "The board doesn't respond to sentiment. They respond to structure. If I walk back down there with a verbal promise to 'protect' my children, they’ll vote for a Protector before the elevator hi

  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 9

    The Blackwood Global meeting room didn’t notice the quiet noise coming from a nursery thirty floors above. Inside, the air smelled like strong coffee and was cool from fancy air conditioning. The big mahogany table was like a battlefield, and for the first time in his career, Dante felt like he was defending a position with no backup.Twelve men and women sat in tall chairs, their tablets glowing like small, watchful eyes. These were the main shareholders—the people who held the debt, the land, and the family’s history. They weren’t there to check the quarterly reports. They were there for the family line."The blind items are no longer blind, Dante," Elias Thorne said, tapping a pen against the wood. Thorne was eighty, a relic of Silas’s era who viewed the company as a holy see. "The Chronicle isn't naming her yet, but they’re talking about 'The Triplets in the Tower.' The market hates a vacuum, and right now, the vacuum is your personal life."Dante didn’t look up from the folder in

  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 8

    The penthouse at the top of the Blackwood tower was a marvel of negative space. It was a cathedral of glass and shadow, designed to make the rest of the world feel small. On the lower level, the lights of Manhattan were a chaotic blur, but up here, everything was muted. Controlled.Bella stood in the center of the living room on the thirty-fourth floor—her floor. The movers had finished an hour ago, and the familiar clutter of her life sat in jarring contrast to the stark perfection of the suite. A bin of mismatched socks sat on a white marble countertop. A stack of frayed picture books rested on a sofa that cost more than her last three consulting contracts.The kids were down. It had taken two hours to convince Toby that the "sky lights" weren't going to fall on him, and another hour to get Maya to stop counting the floors. Leo had been the easiest; the new medical suite on this level was so quiet, so efficient, that he had drifted off before the nurse had even finished the first ch

  • The CEO’s Secret Triplets   Chapter 7

    The hospital pathway had been a blur of white walls and sterile whispers. Leo was back at the estate, tucked into the medical wing with the kind of high-grade equipment that made the small-town clinic look like a relic from the nineteenth century. Maya and Toby were in the solarium, distracted by a mountain of new toys that had appeared as if by magic, their laughter occasionally bouncing off the limestone walls.But the silence in the library was back.Dante sat at the head of the table, the inheritance outline pushed to the side. He hadn’t changed his clothes, but he looked different. The weight of the confirmation had settled into the lines around his eyes. He wasn't the shark from the boardroom anymore; he was a man trying to figure out how to navigate a house that was suddenly occupied by his own ghosts.Bella stood by the window, watching a hawk circle the perimeter of the Bedford grounds. She felt the invisible threads of the Blackwood machine tightening around her ankles. The

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