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Chapter 12 – The Loyal Man
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2026-03-23 16:41:07
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For a long moment, Ivy couldn’t breathe.The photograph trembled slightly in Sebastian’s hand.Rain slid down the tall glass windows behind Marcus, streaking the grey skyline of London, but Ivy barely noticed it.Her eyes stayed locked on the face in the photo.A woman standing between the dark vineyard rows.Watching.Waiting.Elena Blackwood.Julian’s younger sister.Sebastian’s sister.The quiet one.The grieving one.The one who cried the loudest at the funeral.Ivy looked up slowly.“This… has to be fake.”Marcus didn’t respond immediately.Instead, he leaned against the wall again, studying them.“You recognize her,” he said calmly.Sebastian’s jaw tightened.“That proves nothing.”Marcus nodded.“You’re right.”Then he added softly—“But it proves she was there.”The words hung in the air like smoke.Ivy turned toward Sebastian.“You didn’t know she was at the vineyard?”Sebastian’s voice was controlled, but the tension in it was obvious.“No.”Marcus tilted his head.“That’s i
WICKED INHERITANCE Chapter 12 – The Loyal Man
For a moment, no one spoke.The name on Julian’s phone sat between them like a loaded weapon.Daniel Kessler.Ivy felt the world tilt slightly.Daniel had been with Blackwood Global for over a decade. He was the quiet financial genius who stabilized the company after Julian’s early expansion disasters.He attended every board meeting.Every charity gala.Every holiday dinner.He was practically family.Sebastian stared at the screen longer than Ivy expected.Then he said one word.“No.”Marcus raised an eyebrow.“Denial is healthy. For about five minutes.”Sebastian looked up slowly, something dangerous flickering behind his eyes.“Daniel Kessler helped build this company.”Marcus shrugged.“That’s usually how betrayal works.”Ivy’s thoughts raced.“But if Daniel sent the message,” she said, “why lure Julian to the vineyard?”Marcus slid Julian’s phone back into his coat.“That depends on what Daniel wanted.”Sebastian’s voice hardened.“Control.”Marcus gave a small approving nod.“Y
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Rain struck the glass walls of the tower like impatient fingers.London stretched below them—grey water, grey sky, grey buildings stacked like secrets—but inside the twenty-first-floor hallway, the air had turned heavy.Marcus Halberg didn’t look like a man cornered.That bothered Ivy more than anything.Sebastian stood between Marcus and the elevator, tall enough to block the entire hallway if he chose. His shoulders were loose, but Ivy knew that posture.It meant he was seconds away from violence.Marcus noticed it too.
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The jet took off at 2:40 a.m.Ivy didn’t sleep.She sat by the oval window of the Blackwood private jet, watching Los Angeles disappear beneath the clouds while the quiet hum of the engines filled the cabin.Across from her, Sebastian Blackwood sat with his long legs stretched out, reading something on his tablet like they were flying to a routine business meeting.Not chasing a man who might know who murdered his brother.Not running toward a truth that could destroy both of them.Ivy hated how calm he looked.“You planned this,” she said.Sebastian didn’t look up.“Planned what?”“You already knew Marcus was in London before we spoke last night.”He finally raised his eyes.“Yes.”“And you didn’t tell me.”“You would’ve gone anyway.”“That’s not the point.”“No,” Sebastian replied quietly.“It’s exactly the point.”Ivy leaned back in her seat, crossing her arms.“You don’t trust me.”Sebastian gave a small humorless smile.“I trust you exactly as much as you trust me.”Which meant—
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