บททั้งหมดของ Her Fierce Revenge : บทที่ 51 - บทที่ 60

A Familiar Name Sebastian’s POV Ariana set the napkin on the hospital tray table in front of me, and the two words written there stopped every other thought in my head. Victor Ashworth. I stared at that name while a cold weight settled deep in my chest that had nothing to do with the medication still dulling the pain in my shoulder. “You know him,” she said.It was not a question. Yes, I do. He served as my father’s attorney before the man died,” I answered, pushing myself higher against the pillows even though the movement pulled hard at the wound. “Ashworth handled the will and the full transfer of company control.” Kylan remained near the window with his arms folded. “What became of him after your father passed?” He stayed on for a couple of years and then stepped away. My mother managed the changeover and told me he simply wanted distance from corporate work.” Memories flashed through my head slower than I needed them to. I never challenged any of it. I was twent

Watched From The Start Ariana’s POV I could not get enough air into my lungs. The hospital room shrank around me. The walls seemed closer than before it was. The monitors beeped too loudly against the noise rising in my head. “That cannot be true, right?” I said, even though the words already felt hollow. Some part of me had accepted the truth the second Skylar spoke. “Kylan, we built SinTech from nothing. From a tiny apartment with a broken air conditioner and a business plan I scribbled on hotel stationery.” “I know.” His voice stayed even, but the same shock moved across his face. He was fighting to keep it locked down. “I remember every investor meeting. Every pitch. I checked each person myself.” “Then how does a shell company linked to Ashworth end up in our first round?” “I do not know yet.” He crossed the room and sat on the edge of the bed near Sebastian’s feet. He pulled out his laptop. “But we are going to learn right now.” My hands shook too hard to type, s

The Nice ManAriana's POVThe drive home felt so endless; even if it took less than twenty-five minutes, it still felt like we drove for an hour-plus.Kylan sat beside me in the back seat, his jaw tight, his phone already in his hand as he called ahead to the mansion's security team just to make sure the security was in place. Sebastian, still looking weak from the surgery, had insisted on coming despite every protest from both of us; he propped against the door with his arm in a sling, his face pale but his eyes sharp with the same fury I felt burning through my own chest."Skylar's pulling the footage now," Kylan said, ending his call. "All of it. School pickup, the park, the house perimeter.""How long has this been happening?"I asked, trying to stay controlled; that's the only way I could keep myself from falling apart in front of the driver. "Weeks, Jason said. Like seriously, weeks, and nobody noticed.""We'll know soon," Sebastian said quietly. "Don't spiral before we have th

Cracks In The BoardSebastian’s POVSleep never came that night.I remained in my study, the board member roster spread across my desk, twelve names staring back at me beneath the narrow pool of light from the desk lamp.Each one felt like a question I should have asked years ago. Pierce’s warning kept running through my mind, quiet andrelentless. Some decisions were made before you were even CEO.I started with the members who had joined during my father’s tenure, the ones who knew him personally and had access to whatever machinery Ashworth had built long before I inherited any of it.Whitmore first. Nothing unusual in his file beyond decades of clean board service, and his genuine shock during the vote had felt real in a way I trusted. Margaret Chen came next, her record equally clean, her support for the freeze immediate and unhesitating. Then there was Robert Callahan. My father's closest friend on the board, the man who had taught me how to read a balance sheet when I was sev

Isabelle's AssistantAriana's POVThe meeting with Marcus didn't happen again It was already nine at night; the encrypted channel showed no activity, and Kylan's urgent messages got no response.By morning, Kylan's witness protection handler confirmed that someone had moved Marcus to a secure location.After some people tried to access his safe house address through a reliable database while using fake credentials.I became so speechless.The information also saidhe wass still alive but wouldn't be able to speak to anyone for his safety's sake.I think they were faster than us this time."So we lost him," Sebastian said flatly, standing in my kitchen, dark circles carved deep beneath his eyes. " He Said Right when he had the name.""We haven't lost him," I said, though my own exhaustion made the words feel thinner than I wanted. "We've lost access to him temporarily. There's a difference.""A difference that doesn't help us right now." He rubbed a hand across his face. "We need anot