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Chapter Eighteen

Author: TeeKay
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Declan’s POV

The news of the Genesis Logistics acquisition had hit the Williamson headquarters like a targeted missile. The energy in the building wasn’t just filled with panic, it was filled with a cold rage... the kind that fuelled long term corporate warfare. Damian hadn’t just made a move, he had started a personal challenge to the Williamson name.

I sat in my office, watching the market indicators flash red against the recent Richard Holdings activity. The cost of Damian’s decision was reckless, but the timing was devastating. It was just pure retaliation, an attack that wasn’t even profitable for him, and that made him incredibly dangerous. He wasn’t thinking, he was only acting out of anger.

I wasn’t even focusing on the numbers, it was on the woman who now occupied the center of this storm, Emmah. She had rushed back to her family, and I could feel her anger vibrating through the phone when we spoke.

“He’s insane, Declan. He used Grandpa’s legacy to declare war on my father,”
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