"I was never really afraid of dying. When my cousin was forced to give up his shares, he lost it and stabbed me. It should have hurt, but I didn’t feel a thing. "At that moment, all I could think about… was you." …The parking garage was silent. Under the dim glow of the headlights, Liam shrugged off his suit jacket and slowly unbuttoned his dress shirt. One button at a time until the scar over his chest, dangerously close to his heart, was fully visible. "The Hughes family is a mess. It was never going to be easy to take control. But after tonight, Linda and the last of the people who backed her will fall."And the entire Hughes family, including me, can be yours." He leaned in, closer and closer, his gaze locked onto mine. For years, his eyes had been clouded, unfocused. Now, they burned, sharp and piercing, filled with the kind of brilliance that seemed to hold the entire universe. I swallowed hard, my voice barely above a whisper. "But you and Linda—" "I never
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