Chapter 915

Avery felt like he was being roasted over an open flame, every inch of his body searing with pain.

"Sorry, but please, rest assured, sir. I'll handle all the troubles in Elmsworth," he insisted.

"Sounds better than a Broadway show," Alexia mocked with cold laughter. "Since you've been appointed as the CEO of Chambers Group, you haven't solved a single issue. Instead, you've been outplayed by Thaddeus and Evadne at every turn."

Avery closed his reddened eyes, filled with a mix of hatred and frustration, biting his gums until they hurt.

"Mr. Chambers, don't say I didn't warn you. You better handle the Wayne situation properly. This is your last chance from him," the woman's voice was as cold as ice. "Another failure, and you know the consequences."

Avery barely got a word out before the call was brutally cut off.

Staring at the dark screen, he felt a chilling abyss surrounding him.

Then, a knock on the door.

Shaking off his daze, Avery answered, and Harvey, beaming in a brand new suit, stepped in.

and she

face barely showed any emotion. "Really?

invitation on his desk: "I've set the date and place.

at the invite, his voice cool: "Harvey, I'm afraid I can't make it to

Chambers, is there something going on? If there's

been with me for a decade. I might not trust others, but I trust you," Avery said, a rare warmth in his eyes. "But with all that's happening, especially with Wayne, I'm in

word, Mr. Chambers, what

Lawyer Lee meet with Wayne sometime this week," Avery said, standing by the window, casting a shadow, "Once we have his wife as our

the dark logic. After all, taking someone's family hostage was an age-old, effective

blood on his hands, and the cops are closing in. He's a dead man

his voice, "But Mr. Chambers, once Wayne's gone, what about his wife? You promised to keep her

promises?" Avery scoffed, a sinister light in his eyes. "Besides, he dared to contact Thaddeus behind my back. Loyalty? He's dreaming if he thinks I'd

"Fair point," Harvey agreed.

a sleek stainless

a syringe filled with

come in handy

the interrogation room when Thaddeus and Aaron rushed to her

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