Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 168

Chapter 168

"We have a serious problem.

Our financial models project that if Wescor pulls out of Zamford and reinvests in Valor Lante, we'll lose nearly 40% of our stock value overnight.

That's overnight, Kester.

Long term? It gets worse. Wescor holds 28% of our market shares. If they pull out and others follow-which they will-our board will start looking for alternatives. You already know what that means.

They'll vote you out."

More emails came in:

"Valor Lante just secured two new government contracts-both of which we were also bidding for.

"We have a PR nightmare brewing. Journalists are sniffing around our Scotland branch

situation."

Every email, every fucking message, was like a hand tightening around my throat... Another shove toward the edge of a cliff I couldn't afford to fall from.

Wescor pulling out.

Belinzo shutting us out.

Valor Lante taking everything.

My fingers curled into fists, my temples pulsing as I ground my teeth together. This wasn't just competition. This was war. A well-calculated attempt to gut me from the

inside out.

Why?

Because I didn't let him get my sister's pussy?

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And the board-those spineless fucks-if the numbers took a sharp enough dip, they'd turn on me without hesitation. They'd vote me out and hand over everything I built to

some corporate puppet willing to play nice.

I exhaled slowly, pushing away from the bed where I sat. The very air I was breathing was thick with barely restrained fury.

to the table by the

vase perched at the

so close to falling off the

didn't move it. Neither did I steady it. Instead, I

on

crashing.

I left it there, letting

like I was about

jaw clenched as I reached for my phone, preparing to call Rhys in order to start. tearing through this mess, when the door slammed open with

time to look before it was

the room

the actual

June.

voice grated on my nerves, adding gasoline to the flames of fury already brewing inside

when did June learn to be this

still wearing yesterday's dress. Her arms were crossed tight over her chest, nails digging into her

was the lowest piece of shit in

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a second-a single

night!" She

shit. No wonder she still looked

looked up from my

snapped. "And when I woke up, I was still in the car! Alone! Do you have any idea how cold it got?

Silence.

care about whatever it is that's on that

She scoffed.

locked, to keep

let out a humorless laugh. "That's

I was quiet.

She yelled, a sob escaping

e storm

and freshen up, June," I said calmly, doing all I could to

on drawing it

disbelief, "You don't

strong, her presence too

just

of caring about

snap was instant. Explosive.

moved before I even realized it-my fingers curled around the vase

blind,