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(Judy)

I built this empire from the ground up. Brennan Industries is mine again, and I'll be damned if I let it slip through my fingers. Gabriel's sisters... they've got shares, but they don't have the backbone to hold onto them.

I'll buy them out, take majority ownership.

I sit in my office, looking out at the city skyline, and my mind spins with possibilities. Gus labeled a traitor? It doesn't make sense. Not him. Gus has been involved in all sorts of shit over the years, but at traitor? No. I know him better than anyone knows him. One thing is for sure, the only person who knows exactly what's going on is Gus.

Still, it's all over the news. Brennan Industries is connected to this mess because of Jayden, And Jayden... my son, has walked away from everything. From me, from this business.

It's like he doesn't care about the life I built for him, the sacrifices I made, or the hell I went through with Greg.

And Gus... I shake my head, trying to tamp down the anger bubbling up inside me.

I love him. I always have. But he never chose me. Not once. He always chose his business, his all- important empire. Instead, I married his brother.

Lived in misery with Greg, all the while building up Brennan Industries so Jayden would have something- so we'd have something.

But now Jayden's gone. And Gus... Gus is going to jail, branded a traitor to this country and half the rest of the damn world. It's a fucking nightmare.

I can't let this stand. I need to see him. I need answers. And if anyone's going to get them from him, it's

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been smarter than everyone around him, always one

I see him sitting there, looking as calm as ever. Like nothing's changed. Like his whole world isn't about

my voice as I sit down across from him." Gus Brennan, traitor to the United States, Europe and God knows where else? Are you fucking

looks up at me, those damn eyes of his, calm and calculating as always.

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the hell is going on? This is a

leans back, his hands resting on the

"Complicated? Complicated is when you forget an anniversary or miss a board meeting. This... this is treason.

he says, his voice infuriatingly even. "What I

my temper in check. "You've been playing games for years, always juggling your business and your little side projects. But

a moment, and I know I've hit a

Jayden." he asks,

He hasn't got what it takes,

go

and run Nexus Global."

would be remiss of

none of your business anyway, Judy. Why are

about the business. This is about you. About us. I married your goddamn brother, Gus. Greg. You knew how miserable I was, but you didn't care. You let me stay in that hell because you couldn't

didn't. But you

eyes locking onto mine. "You made that choice to punish me.

my nails digging into my palms. "It was always the damn business with you. Always." For the first time, I see something in his eyes that looks like regret. But it's too little, too late. "I'm sorry," he says, and the

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