#176 “Get Out!”

Alexander sat across from his father at the dining table, the air thick with tension as they exchanged wary glances. His father slid a stack of documents across the table towards Alexander, his expression unreadable.

“What’s this?” Alexander asked, eyeing the papers warily.

“Take a look,” his father replied, his voice cold and calculating.

As Alexander flipped through the documents, his eyes widened in shock and disbelief. The papers revealed a web of deals and agreements between his own grandfather and Sophia’s, detailing the exchange of secrets and favors that had led to the engagement between Alexander and Sophia.

“So, this is why…” Alexander’s voice trailed off, his mind reeling with the implications of what he was reading.

leaned in close, a

that need to be honored. And if you’re not willing to cooperate,

of his father’s manipulation. “You’re blackmailing me,” he spat, his voice laced with

“Call it what you will. But rest assured, if you don’t hand over what I want willingly, I’ll have no qualms about exposing everything and destroying your precious business. I am now close enough to uncovering the deals your grandfather made with your dear Sophia’s grandfather. There is nothing you can do to stop

fists clenched in fury. “Get out,” he

father chuckled darkly as he stood, collecting the documents and tucking them into his briefcase. “Remember, son, you have until I return

left the apartment, leaving Alexander seething with anger and

reality of his father’s threat sank in, Alexander’s thoughts turned to Sophia. She was directly connected to the secrets his father was so eager to exploit, and he couldn’t bear the thought

at all costs, Alexander knew he had to act fast. Without hesitation, he reached for his phone and dialed his mother’s number, his mind racing with the urgency of the situation. He needed answers, and

*

raced with anticipation as she carefully removed the folder labeled “Stone Enterprise” from the safe. With trembling hands, she opened it, revealing a trove of documents that promised to unravel the mysteries surrounding her family’s

detailed secret transactions and agreements dating back to the establishment of Stone Enterprise, implicating her own grandfather, Christopher, in dealings that went far

sifted through the documents, her eyes scanning each page for clues. Among the papers, she found evidence that sent

and agreements, meticulously documented and hidden away for decades. But

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