Mated To My Obsessive Stepbrother

Chapter 223

Chapter 223

This time, I snatched the phone

"What the fu- I was halfway to unleashing the venom when I caught the name on

the screen.

Alfred.

I exhaled and answered the phone.

"Alfred."

There was a pause on the line. Then the voice came through, oily and very cautious.

Alpha. Good morning."

I leaned back in the chair, phone pressed to my ear, rubbing my temple again. "Yes?"

Alfred cleared his throat. "I have... updates."

I straightened slowly. Lance was still standing there, and I waved him off without looking. "We'll talk later."

He hesitated, then nodded and stepped out.

"Go on," I said into the phone.

Alfred paused again as though swallowing a lump the size of his conscience. Or maybe it was just fear. I hoped it was fear.

"It's done,” he finally said. "Just like you planned."

the edge of my mouth-somewhere between a smirk and a snarl.

the company's internal accounts were

hook. Hard."

into my bones like whiskey. Slow, warm,

"How hard?" I asked.

in a massive short last night-millions. His traders believe your firm will be bankrupt in under two quarters. He's expecting the announcement by the end of the week.

lips parted slightly, then pressed together as I

bid for Elvric Systems today. Full-on takeover. He's confident

it."

-one man

reflected my silhouette-c sitting in a high clan quietly

himself trying to steal from

Good.

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the silence linger a little longer before

too afraid of him to question the financial decisions he's making. And I've already deleted the trail linking it back to

nodded to myself. "You did

didn't reply immediately, like he wasn't sure if that was praise or the calm before his

stay between us," I added, "You breathe a word of this, even in your

"Yes, Alpha."

don't care if the walls around you start whispering-keep

"Yes, Alpha."

before speaking again. "The

Alpha. They're ready to

the corner of my mouth. "Make sure they

traces. Kex

pause breathed into the line, then added, "And