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Chapter 256: Shadows We Carry.
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*********************************Liz's POV************************ I hadn’t expected the quiet to feel this loud. For days it had been nothing but war rooms, screens flashing with satellite feeds, radios buzzing with updates, voices overlapping in a constant hum of strategy and worry. And then, suddenly, here in the Agyis Hotel, silence. Not absolute silence—there was still the faint sound of water pipes groaning somewhere behind the walls, the low murmur of guards stationed in the hallway—but compared to the chaos, it felt like stepping into another world. Claire sat across from me on the small sofa, legs tucked beneath her, a blanket draped loosely around her shoulders. She looked smaller than I remembered—fragile, almost, though there was a sharpness in her eyes that said otherwise. It struck me then, like it always did when I let myself really look at her: she wasn’t just the girl we were all trying to save. She was my friend, my anchor, even if I had failed her in more ways th
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 259: Shadows of Return.
******************************Mack’s POV************************* I had always believed I was done with England. For years, I carried its soil in my bones like a disease, its memories dragging at my heels like chains. Leaving had been my way of breathing again, of choosing life instead of living inside the coffin my sister’s death built for me. And yet, here I was, packing for a return I swore would never come. The irony was that the return wasn’t mine alone. Claire would be beside me. Claire—whose presence was like a scalpel pressed to every old scar, cutting me open and healing me in ways I hadn’t thought possible. I stood by the suite’s broad window inside the newly opened Agyis Hotel, watching the city lights bleed against the glass. The hum of muted laughter, the rhythm of footsteps in distant hallways, the faint smell of polished oak—all of it belonged to the sanctuary Henry had helped me build after everything crumbled. Yet my chest felt heavy. Because no matter how pristin
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 258: The Weight of England
***********************************Claire's **************************Claire’sPOV**************************** The night inside Agyis Hotel carried a strange hush, like the walls themselves understood that none of us were ready to speak too loud, to break the fragile calm after days of storms. I had never seen Mack like this before—so composed on the surface, so carefully gathered, yet I could feel the weight pressing on him, heavier than the bandages still binding his side. It wasn’t the pain of healing wounds that tightened his jaw. It was something older, something far more brutal. England. The word itself had shifted the air in the room the moment it slipped from Laura’s lips. She had been gentle, maternal even, but I caught the tremor in her voice. It wasn’t a suggestion; it was a reckoning. Mack hadn’t protested. He hadn’t lashed out or raised his voice. He’d only gone quiet, a silence that felt like an ocean swallowing him whole. Now, as I sat curled on the edge of the hotel
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 257: Shadows of England.
--- *******************************Mack's POV************************ I had grown used to living with ghosts. Some men buried theirs, pretending they were gone. Mine followed me everywhere—brushing against me when I closed my eyes, sitting silently in rooms where no sound belonged, whispering when the world fell quiet. My sister had been gone for years, yet tonight, in the hushed corridors of Agyis Hotel, it felt as if she had just slipped from the room and might return at any second. The place smelled faintly of cedarwood and new beginnings. Henry had insisted we open the hotel here, in the heart of the city, as a symbol of Agyis Dynamics reaching beyond steel and blood. A place of safety, of reputation, of elegance. Now it was less a monument and more a cage—every wall pressing on me, every corner holding the weight of unspoken truths. Claire was here too. She was never far from me anymore, not after what she’d endured, not after I nearly lost her. When she had curled beside me
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 256: Shadows We Carry.
****************************Laura's POV*********************** I always thought grief would dull with years, that the edges would soften the way rocks smoothed under restless water. But some griefs were jagged by nature. No matter how much time passed, I could still cut myself on the memory of my daughter. That evening, the hotel felt far too alive for the heaviness in my chest. The staff moved gracefully through the halls, the hum of Agyis Hotel’s grand opening still lingering in the air, and yet I found myself seated in one of the quieter lounges, staring at a half-finished cup of tea that had gone cold. I wasn’t waiting for anyone, not exactly, though I knew Henry would find me. He always did. The door opened, and sure enough, there he was. His tall frame filled the doorway, his expression carved with that same quiet authority he carried everywhere. Yet tonight, I caught the weariness beneath it, the lines deepened around his eyes. We had shared decades of life, loyalty, and los
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 255: The Last Secret.
*********************************Laura's pov********************** I had never been fond of hotels, not even the finest ones with polished marble floors and chandeliers that glowed like captured stars. They always felt transient, temporary—where people passed through without leaving their roots behind. Yet Agyis Hotel, the crown jewel Mack had recently opened, carried something different. Perhaps it was because my son’s name now ran through its walls, or perhaps because it had become more than a business; it was a sanctuary. And in this season of turbulence, sanctuary was all I could hope for. Mack was here now. Alive. Breathing. Resting in one of the suites reserved for our family. That single truth should have been enough to let me breathe freely, but peace never lingered long in my chest. It never had—not since the day I buried my daughter. I watched from the balcony of my own suite, high above the city lights, where the glass windows of the hotel reflected fragments of night li
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