Adam G Sevani Step Up Novels & Stories

##Chapter 27: Cassidy Book One: Stay Meet me downstairs ASAP with your hockey bag. I stare at the phone in my hand before typing out a response. Are you serious? Just do it. Bossy much? The eye roll emoji pops up on the screen. Fine. I'll be down in 5.

They called me in a panic, telling me to come pick them up from the station. Instead of driving, I called a cab and went to meet them. We'd kept in touch with video calls over the years, but no screen could ever compare to seeing them in person. It hit me for the first time that my parents were really getting old. Maybe it was time for me to think about settling down. That thought was still bouncing around in my head when an unexpected—and obnoxiously confident—visitor showed up at the door. Jason Strickland. He was my overseas business partner. He was a young and successful CEO, and on top of that, he had a very wealthy father.

“This is three hundred thousand dollars. Keep the change. “The extra? Consider it my way of repaying you for raising me.” Their eyes were glued to the check, wide with greed. All other emotions evaporated. I placed another file on the table. It was a document my lawyer had prepared in advance. “This is the severance-of-relationship agreement. “Sign it, and from now on, we have nothing to do with each other.” Finally, my father reacted. He trembled with rage, jabbing a finger at me. “You… you brat! Are you trying to kill us? We raised you for eighteen years!”

I nodded, keeping my posture straight and my expression neutral. The first exercise began immediately. One of the advisors, a woman named Selene, presented a scenario involving a potential partnership with a high-profile investor. Her questions were precise, probing for weaknesses, assumptions, and lapses in judgment. I responded with careful thought, balancing honesty and discretion, careful to provide enough information without revealing vulnerability. Adrian observed silently, his gaze unwavering. I felt the pressure of being watched, but it also sharpened my focus. Each word, each gesture, each nuance of tone mattered. Selene pressed further, testing my ability to anticipate motives and

“Ready to try it, or do you want to see it again?” Seeing it again wouldn’t do him any good. Adam needed to get on with it. “I’ll try it.” He imagined himself ruining the bike before he even got out of Judea. Seth switched the engine off and put the stand down. Adam walked the few steps over to where he’d parked. He noticed a few people standing around the perimeters of the open space, watching Seth and his house guest intently. Adam couldn’t let that make him lose focus. He needed to give every ounce of attention he could muster to what he was about to do.

POV : Sloane I stood at the entrance of the grand hall, greeting guests as they stepped inside. They approached me with polite smiles, offering formal handshakes before moving further into the celebration. I focused on maintaining calm control, determined to ensure the evening unfolded without a single flaw. Adrian appeared suddenly among the elegantly dressed crowd. He walked toward me with a desperate kind of certainty, his eyes fixed on mine. When he stopped in front of me, his voice trembled slightly as he said, “Please, let’s talk.”

Sevi abandoned the LEGO the moment he heard his aunt's voice, bouncing past me to greet them. “Papa-Nix! Auntie!” Nexus scooped up my son and tossed him playfully in the air. "He's going to fall," Stephanie scolded her fiancé. Instead of getting scared, Sevi just kept laughing. He even asked Nix to put him up on his shoulders, which the man did right away. Stephanie hugged me tightly once we got inside the house. Before I could even talk to Nexus, Sevi had already dragged him upstairs to play chess. "You have to come home three days before my wedding. You still need to fit your dress."

he never imagined such a simple girl would be part of the Vastav family. "We will zip our mouths...even if this idiot Gary doesn't I will zip his mouth too.", Stephany said as everyone smiled. "Okay...Gary guess your coding is strong enough...Aditi itself took 40 seconds that means it's pretty stable. You don't have to bother changing it.", Dharma said as he walked in. "What kind of monster are you that he's praising you like that...?", Gary whispered. "You'll see in future...", She smiled mysteriously.

Slowly but surely, one by one, the investors nodded, their doubts melting in the face of Adam’s unrelenting drive. “I’ll draft initial agreements,” Adam concluded with a satisfied smile. “Together, we’ll bring Khalidan its gold haven. This is just the beginning.” As the meeting adjourned, Adam stayed back, basking in the silent triumph of gaining their commitment. The Kavanaugh name would soon leave a mark not just in Khalidan but on the global stage, and it would be indelible.

Napatingin naman ako sa kanilang nagtataka at agad nagtama ulit ang tingin namin ni Mathew na nakangiti na ngayon at fuckshit mga bai, he look so fucking damn hot kapag nakangiti siya, para siyang pinabatang version ni Christian Grey na may halong Sebastian Stan. "Kaya pala kupal karin J***l kasi pareho kayo ng kapatid mo," sabi ni Jamie matapos tumawa saka ako inakbayan. "Welcome to our friends, lil buddy, kahit bakla ka pa, wala kaming paki rito, magiging prinsesa ka namin." Sabi pa nito na mas lalong ikinakunot pa ng noo ko.