All Chapters of Claimed By The MC President After One Night Stand: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

Chapter 82The office fell silent.Jade replayed the final five seconds of the recording for what had to be the eighth time.Clang...A brief pause.Clang...Then silence.Freya closed her eyes."There."Jade stopped the recording."You heard something?""No... I almost remembered something."She frowned in frustration before shaking her head."It's like hearing a song you know but can't remember the lyrics to."Luca remained standing beside Jade's desk, one hand resting on the back of the chair."Play it again."The sound echoed through the office once more.Luca listened carefully, his attention fixed not on the voices but on everything surrounding them.Wind.A faint hum.Metal striking metal.He opened his eyes."The victim wasn't inside a building."Freya looked at him."You don't think so?"He shook his head."Listen to the echo."Jade replayed the recording."The sound disperses.""It doesn't bounce."Freya leaned closer to the speaker."So...""An open area.""Exactly."Jade s

Chapter 84The following morning began with an unexpected interruption.Freya had barely settled into her chair when Jade appeared at her office door carrying a cardboard tray with three coffees."Peace offering?"Freya looked up from her notes."What did you do?"Jade looked offended."Nothing.""You only bring coffee when you've done something."He placed one cup on her desk."I choose not to answer on legal advice."Before Freya could press him further, Luca walked into the office.He looked from Jade......to the coffee......then back to Jade."What happened?"Freya folded her arms triumphantly."See? Even he knows."Jade sighed."I accidentally sent the draft financial report to the parking enforcement department."Silence.Freya blinked."...How?""I clicked the wrong email.""And?""They replied."Luca raised an eyebrow."What did they say?"Jade rubbed the back of his neck."They thanked me for my detailed report and wished me luck with the investigation."Freya burst into la

Chapter 86The conference room was unusually quiet the following morning.No one had slept much.The progress briefing with the Attorney General's office was less than an hour away, and every member of the NorthStar task force was determined to walk in with something more substantial than theories.Freya stood before the evidence board, her notebook tucked beneath one arm as she carefully rearranged several photographs.She took a step back.Then another."No..."She murmured to herself before moving one of the shipping routes to the opposite side of the board.Luca looked up from the stack of financial reports he had been reviewing."You've changed that map three times."Freya tilted her head."I know.""You don't sound convinced.""I'm not."She walked closer to the board again, studying every photograph until her eyes settled on the image of the white delivery van."It still feels incomplete."Jade leaned back in his chair."You're beginning to sound like the boss."Freya looked ov

Chapter 88The next morning, the NorthStar task force gathered earlier than usual.The conference room lights had barely flickered on before Jade wheeled in a whiteboard covered with fresh printouts."I have good news," he announced as he dropped a thick folder onto the table.Freya looked up from her notebook."That smile worries me.""It should.""I finally found something the shell companies forgot to erase."Luca, who had just walked in carrying his customary black coffee, set the cup on the table before taking his seat."Let's hear it."Jade connected his laptop to the projector, and within seconds a spreadsheet filled the screen."Last night I stopped looking at the companies."He clicked to the next slide."I started looking at their insurance policies."Gina's eyebrows lifted with interest."Insurance?""Think about it," Jade replied. "A fake company can disappear overnight, but warehouses, vehicles, and cargo still need insurance. Somebody has to pay those premiums."Freya le

Chapter 90Friday afternoons had a peculiar effect on the prosecutor's office.The frantic pace that usually defined the workweek softened ever so slightly as people hurried to wrap up pending files before the weekend. Phones rang less frequently, secretaries chatted a little longer by the coffee machine, and even the sternest prosecutors looked as though they could finally see the finish line.Inside the NorthStar conference room, however, nothing had changed.Case files still covered half the table.Maps still occupied the whiteboard.The same photographs stared back at them from the evidence wall.Jade dropped his pen onto the table with an exaggerated groan before dramatically leaning back in his chair."I have an important announcement."No one looked up.Freya continued typing.Luca turned another page in the shipping manifest.Gina highlighted a paragraph in one of the financial reports.Jade cleared his throat."Ahem."Still nothing.He slapped the table."I said, I have an i