All Chapters of I DATED HIS HALF-BROTHER: REVENGE ON MY EX-HUSBAND : Chapter 31 - Chapter 40

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CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

As if the clouds knew what was going on today, it was still and quiet. Everyone was in a strangely somber mood.In a boardroom, Alpha Mane sat at the head of the long mahogany table, checking his watch for the tenth time in just two minutes. He was sweating under his sharp suit, but on the surface, he projected the image of a calm, collected leader.To his right sat North, his son, who wasn't doing nearly as good a job at hiding his panic. North kept tapping his foot against the table."Stop it." His father hissed under his breath."Where is he?" North whispered back, his eyes darting to the door. "Where is your brother? He should be here by now." "I don't know. He will be soon." As if on cue, Easton strolled in through the door. Mane glared at his son. He was about to give him a piece of his mind when North said. "The meeting was supposed to start five minutes ago. If Cane doesn't show up, the board is going to eat us alive."Again, the double doors swung open.Cane Marcom walked i

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO

If one dropped a pin at that moment that followed Cassie's words, they would have heard it. In fact, one of the board members could hear his breakfast digest in his stomach. It was that silent. They all waited with tense breath as they anticipated how the Alpha would respond. "Fired?" Mane repeated the word, a slow, ugly grin spreading across his face. He didn't look like a man who was just about to lose his company. He looked like a man who was about to enjoy crushing a bug. "You think you can walk in here, wearing a costume and a borrowed suit, and fire me? In my own building?""It’s not your building anymore, Alpha Mane," Cassie said, her voice calm, though her heart hammered against her ribs. She tapped the table. "I hold fifty-one percent. The math is simple.""The math is irrelevant." Cane interrupted once he had gotten over his shock. He stood up to stand behind Mane’s chair, desperately trying to sell a united front to the other board members. Cane looked at the board member

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE

The elevator ride down to the lobby felt like it took a lifetime, at least it felt that way to her.Cassie stood in the center of the steel box, her back straight, her chin up, staring at her reflection in the elevator. Her guards stood in the corners, but Cassie wasn't looking at them. She was looking at the woman in the reflection. She looked like she belonged in the white suit and pretty heels and calm facade, but deep inside, she felt like she was about to vomit.The minute the elevator slid open in the underground garage, her mask slipped, making her knees buckle a bit."Ms. Stone?" The nearest guard quickly reached out to steady her."I'm fine," she breathed out, though her voice lacked the boom it had upstairs. "Just... get me to the car."They moved quickly toward the convoy of black SUVs waiting for her. As Cassie approached the middle vehicle, the back door opened from the inside. She climbed in, sinking into the comfortable leather seat. The door slammed shut, effectively s

CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR

On getting back to the house, the first thing Cassie did was kick off her Louboutins. She groaned as her feet hit the cool marble floor. "Remind me to ban heels when I officially take over the company." She muttered, limping toward the massive sofa in the center of the living room. Aser chuckled from behind her, locking the door with a biometric scan. "I think you looked dangerous in them. Like you could crush a man with one stomp. I bet you'd enjoy it, too." "I thought about it," Cassie admitted, flopping onto the couch and burying her face in the cushion. "When North tried to grab me, for a split second there, I wanted to let the guard break his arm." "He deserves it," Aser shrugged, walking into the kitchen. "But you were right to stop it. If we get violent, we lose the moral high ground." He walked back into the living room carrying two glasses of wine. He set one on the coffee table and sat down on the edge of the sofa near her feet. Without asking, he lifted her legs onto h

CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE

On a normal day, Mane Enterprises' lobby was usually calm and composed, everything was usually business as usual, but not the next morning after Alpha Mane was exposed. Today, it was chaos. Phones were ringing off the hook at the reception desk, unanswered. They had been instructed not to talk to anyone, as they could be journalists looking for a quote. The employees did nothing but chatter anxiously among each other. They wondered what their fate would be now that the company was going under. On the forty-fifth floor, the chaos was even more pronounced. North and Easton, Cassie’s stepbrothers, were not handling the crisis well. "Shred it! Just shred everything!" North yelled, dumping a stack of files onto the floor of Mane’s executive office. Easton, the younger of the two, fumbled with the industrial shredder in the corner. "It’s jammed! You put too much paper in at once." "Then fix it, you idiot." North screamed, kicking a box nearby. "If they find these files, Dad will be in m

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

The next two days were a blur of lawyers, press releases, and damage control. Cassie barely slept, running on caffeine and pure adrenaline. She spent her days purging Mane’s loyal employees from the company and her nights strategizing with Aser. By Friday afternoon, she was down on adrenaline, and Aser could not stand to see her that way anymore. "Get up." Aser ordered, walking into the room she had turned into her temporary office, the living room was covered in whiteboards and various files. Cassie groaned, her face buried in a stack of foreclosure notices she was preparing for Mane’s other properties. "I'm running out of time. I have to find the original receipts for the construction materials before the auditors arrive on Monday." "The auditors can wait. The gala starts in four hours." Aser said, pulling the papers out of her hand. "And you currently look like an overworked and underpaid accountant." Cassie glared at him, though she knew he was right. She was wearing sweatpan

CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN

As if nothing happened, the music slowly picked back up, and the people went back to dancing and drinking. They were all deeply curious about the woman that was with Aser. There had been a strange rumor that Cane's dead wife was back, but that was all it remained until now. They were all curious, but they couldn't say anything or do anything about it, not with Aser with her. "I wonder what's going on." A woman mused. She was sure that everything would come to light soon, they just had to be patient. Aser placed his hand on the small of Cassie’s back, directly on the exposed skin. His touch was so warm and possessive that Cassie wished she could glue his hands there permanently. "Eyes on me, baby. No one else deserves your attention." Aser murmured as he swept her into the dance. "They're pretending not to look, but they are. You are the star tonight." Cassie followed his lead, moving along with the steps she had had to learn quickly during her time in England. Her father only

CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT

The ride back to their house was quiet, but the air inside the SUV was thick with something Cassie couldn't put her hands on. Aser knew what he was feeling; it was irritation and anger that he didn't get to snap that bastard's neck.Cassie sat staring out the window, watching the city of Brooklyn blur by. She seemed calm, but her body was buzzing with adrenaline. Aser was quiet beside her, too. He hadn't spoken a word since they left the hotel, but the low, vibrating growl in his chest had been constant, a background noise that only a werewolf could hear. Eventually, they reached their house, and by then, he could no longer control himself. His body was wound tight by emotion.He reached out to grab her waist gently but firmly enough to let her know that he meant business. He pulled her to sit on the couch. He immediately reached for her upper arm to examine the spot where Cane had grabbed her."Let me see." Aser commanded softly.Cassie looked down at the bruise. It had already darke

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

The morning after the gala, the headlines were brutal. If Cane thought he could charm his way out of the scandal, he was dead wrong. The press was having a field day.“Marcom Meltdown: Alpha Cane Loses Cool at Pierre Hotel.”“The Return of the Dead: Cassie Stone Takes the Throne.”“Stocks Plummet as Mane Enterprises Faces Federal Probe.”Each headline was even juicier than the last. Cane threw the tablet onto his desk in frustration, making it the fifth gadget he had smashed that morning alone. He told himself not to care about public opinion. The time for playing the nice, misunderstood son-in-law was over."Get the legal team on the line." He barked at his new assistant, a terrified girl who looked like she wanted to be anywhere else than in his presence. "And tell security to sweep the house for bugs again. If I find one more bug, heads will roll.""Yes, Alpha." She scurried out of his office gratefully.Cane leaned back in his chair, rubbing his throbbing temples. He had a sligh

CHAPTER FORTY

It was past midnight, and Cane Marcom was still in his home office. Ordinarily, by this time, he would either be in bed or he would be in one of his mistress' houses. Some days, he would be at a bar, and on some rare occasions, he would be working in his office, but he was never at home.Those days had become a thing of the past for him ever since Cassie miraculously resurfaced with his brother almost a month ago.Presently, Cane Marcom sat in the high-backed leather chair of his private study, a crystal glass of scotch resting on the desk in front of him. It was a fifty-year-old scotch, a bottle reserved for victories. That was what he chose to drink tonight because he was sure he had won.His extraction team in London would have breached the safe house ten minutes ago. By now, they should be securing the child, and by the time the sun rose in the sky, his once useless daughter would be on a private jet heading to a secure location known only to him in Russia. He would wait a few hou

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