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Charles lounged casually on the bed, his slender, graceful fingers reaching for a cigarette. Remembering something, he changed his mind and put it back.

Yolanda lay back, clearly still unsettled by what had just happened. “Did you catch them?” Yolanda asked.

“Yeah. Wanna come take a look?” Charles replied.

“Sure,” Yolanda said.

Charles expected her to refuse, but to his surprise, Yolanda sat up. ‘Guess I got her all wrong, he thought.

Charles had houses everywhere–no matter which city you named, he probably owned a place there. Right now, that bunch of guys was kneeling in his local villa, looking totally pathetic.

Their hands were tied behind their backs and their legs were bound like prisoners. Surrounded by Charles’s black–clad bodyguards, they instantly realized they’d seriously messed with someone way out of their league.

The guy with the crew cut stuck out his neck, his voice shaky. “We swear we had no idea who that woman was! Somebody just threw cash at us! If we’d known she was untouchable, we wouldn’t have laid a finger on her- no matter how gutsy we thought we were.”

They were all a mess, battered and bruised, faces swollen and bloodied—a clear sign they’d gotten the beating of their lives.

Charles walked in slowly and settled into a nearby chair, his every move full of unforced grace and calm assurance that came naturally to him.

The crew cut guy’s eyes contracted in fright when he saw Charles, and his whole body started trembling.

Charles found the sight amusing, propping his chin up with one hand. “Who sent you?” he asked.

The crew cut guy’s face turned ghostly white, a cold chill crawling up his spine until his scalp prickled.

Even though Charles hadn’t uttered a single threat, the guy felt as if a blade was quietly suspended right above his head.

His lips quivered and he started bowing his head frantically. “It was Cedric! We were just following orders and taking money, that’s all! Please, don’t hold it against us!”

Charles looked completely indifferent, lowering his gaze.

He and Cedric definitely had bad blood, but Cedric wouldn’t go out of his way to make trouble for him like

this.

‘Was this aimed at Yolanda?‘ Charles wondered.

That slap she’d given Vivian was ages ago—no way Cedric would suddenly come after her now, and travel all

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face grew cold. He took the dagger Jack handed over and traced the blade with his thumb, his movements slow and deliberate. His words came out quiet but carried a deadly chill. “Make sure they’re barely

crew cut guy banged his head on the floor even harder, scrambling to

guy stiffened, instantly too terrified to bow again. Not

bit scared now and then, clutching her sleeve and

forehead, and whispered for her to get some

to strategize with Jack, already planning his next

challenge to his authority–he made

Yolanda was lying in bed, her phone buzzed with a message

a loving

but the jealous undertone was so obvious, it almost made her laugh

his jealousy and

arm at the villa, Yolanda heard raised

treated this project as a partnership–our families working together. And now you’re ditching me to sign a government contract

a choice on this deal: either sign straight with the government or

were basically the same, though going with the government meant payment

dropped the Andrade family right at the finish line, choosing the government instead–and Vivian stormed in to demand

in his eyes barely noticeable. “As long as there’s no signature, Vivian, you have

from pale to flushed, her eyes instantly red. “I dragged so many of the

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now you turn around and sign with someone else? How do you expect

businessman. Your reputation isn’t even on my

shaking all over, her nails digging deep into her palms. She’d actually fallen for his bedtime sweet nothings, thought he might care for her a little. Turns out, he was cold

bit her lip so hard she tasted

turn this into a mess? You break the contract now, and there’ll

“So?” Charles replied.

couldn’t care less about losing

laughed–it just hit her how ridiculous it was, all that running around she did to get that shipping line set up

that woman say something to you?” Vivian shot back, her tone sharp

her head. ‘This’ll only make Charles think even less of her,’ she

Charles’s face grew tense. “What does she have

Mrs. Sinclair spot, you’d never treat me like this!

that, she slid straight onto his lap, trying

saw what

unable to

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