Alpha Hayley's Destined Mate by Andrea Townsend

Chapter 592 Stay at Home

Hayley’s POV:

I gently squeezed Benjamin’s hand, trying to offer him some reassurance.

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Turning to the room full of Southwell family members, I broke the silence with my first words of the day.

“You’ll soon see the consequences of today–two highly valuable assets lost.”

The room simmered with resentment as they shot angry glances our way. Despite the hostility, Benjamin and I kept our hands tightly interlocked as we turned to leave.

“Benjamin!” Henry, who had remained silent up to this point, quickly approached us. His voice firm, “I’m coming with you.

“I’ve had enough of this greed, all the scheming and manipulation,” he added.

Benjamin gave him a calm but firm look, placing a reassuring hand on his shoulder. “Stay at home.”

“But-” Henry hesitated, but upon seeing Benjamin’s unwavering expression, he sighed and gave in. “Fine.”

took my hand, and we

left, I had Thomas assign people to keep an eye on

we were gone, the Southwell family situation became even more disordered than

Group was little more than an

the news broke, their stock prices would drop sharply,

to fix the situation, while some started

the more astute family members had already contacted their brokers, selling off their Southwell Group shares and moving them into

didn’t realize was that everything unfolding was part of a

were going exactly as we had intended…

Virginia’s POV:

of Hayley’s absence, I quietly

when he saw

Hayley,” he explained, disappointment

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Stay

Carson, I greeted him politely.

for you?” Bill asked, his

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hesitated, unsure of how to approach the conversation. After a long pause, I finally found the courage to speak. “I… I was wondering if I could borrow

didn’t seem overly surprised.

might be casier for you to