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KANE'S POVI did not go home after Anya left. I returned to my office, locked the door, and told my assistant I was not to be disturbed. Jonathan was standing beside my desk when I gave the instruction.He nodded. “Of course, sir.” Then he walked out, closing the door behind him.I opened the bottom drawer of my desk and took out the records Daniel had copied two weeks earlier. There were Rook Capital’s incorporation papers, records of nine purchases of Ross Empire debt, and notes about the loans I had blocked. I found the trading records beneath them. At the bottom of the stack lay a black folder with a label I had typed myself, back when I still thought revenge made me clever.PROJECT RUIN: ROSS.I placed it on the desk and stared at it. I had once stood over a fireplace with a lighter in one hand and this folder in the other, ready to burn it. A phone call about a stapler had interrupted me, and I had let myself believe I would do it another time. I told myself I was waiting until

KANE'S POVCassie’s call had ended, but I could still hear the worry in her voice. Anya had taken the keycard to my penthouse. I stared at my phone, my thoughts returning to the black folder I had left in the bottom drawer of my study.Daniel stood on the other side of my desk. “What did Cassie say?”“Anya left in a taxi. She took my keycard.”Daniel studied my face. “So she’s gone to the penthouse.”“Probably.” I dragged a hand over my face. “I swear, I can’t catch a break these past few days. First, Liam turns out to be alive, then Paige’s situation, and now Anya has decided to look for answers herself. Every time I think I’m getting somewhere, something else happens.”“Then call her before you start imagining the worst.”I picked up my phone and dialled Anya’s number. It rang until the call ended. I tried again, but she still didn’t answer.I pushed my chair back and reached for my jacket.“Kane.” Daniel’s voice stopped me. “You need to think about what you’re going to say when you