Chapter 94

Chapter 94:

He had already picked up on something strange in the way Sadie interacted with Noah before.

Now, with Alex in the picture, his suspicions deepened, urging him to probe further.

A heavy weight settled in Sadie’s chest as she registered the sharp edge in Roy’s voice, an ominous premonition blooming within her.

She opened her mouth to clarify, but Alex was quicker.

“We’re close friends,” Alex said smoothly, his smile easy and demeanor untroubled as if he were discussing the weather. “If there’s one thing about Sadie, it’s that she delivers. Her business proposals speak for themselves. Mr. Dominguez, I assure you, listening to her pitch would be worth your time.”

His voice carried a barely detectable note of protectiveness, and his eyes flickered to Sadie with a fleeting look of concern.

Roy’s attention snapped back to Alex, his expression hardening. “You’ve gone to such lengths—hosting a banquet, even threatening my niece—and you expect me to believe you are just friends?”

Roy was hardly the type to take someone at face

long understood that in the cutthroat world of business, deceit was more common than sincerity, and

as he sensed the

need for middlemen,” Roy stated, his voice laced with disdain. He continued, his tone sharpening, “Miss Hudson, making connections is fine, but your attention should go toward more

grip on her champagne flute intensified, her knuckles blanching with the strain. She inhaled deeply, a practiced smile masking her brewing storm. Alex’s face clouded with panic, and he stepped

with the conversation. He turned on his heel to leave when Sadie’s voice, crisp and resonant, cut through the hum of the crowded banquet hall. “Everyone praises your business acumen, Mr. Dominguez, but it appears

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his features. He was accustomed to admiration, and the sting of public rebuke ignited a

slowly, his eyes narrowing, a dangerous edge to his voice. “Excuse

pulling on Sadie’s sleeve, Alex whispered urgently,

all too well how Roy preferred to handle things—with diplomacy rather

his touch, her lips curling into a sarcastic smile. “What’s the issue? Isn’t business all about using networks and leveraging connections? Don’t tell me you’ve never leveraged

tone, there was a sharpness to

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