Chapter 1397:

With his jaw clenched and eyes blazing, he stared up at the towering facade and muttered under his breath, “Daniela, one day you’ll beg me to stay. On your knees.”

Across the street, high behind tinted glass, Hamilton watched with an unreadable expression as Alexander seethed like a man unraveling. He murmured, “What a worthless fool.”

Resorting to violence to control women was the mark of a man who had truly run out of worth.

“Alexander might be beyond saving at this point,” his assistant observed.

Hamilton said nothing, drawing deeply on his cigar and letting the smoke curl around his head like a storm cloud.

“Nikolas is now living under Daniela’s roof. He and Cedric bear a certain resemblance. Since you’ve already decided to pass your legacy to Cedric, why not give Nikolas a chance?” the assistant pressed.

Nikolas can really win Daniela’s heart.” Hope

Most days he sank into a couch, scrolling through his phone without purpose, his eyes glazed with disinterest. If food arrived, he ate. When work ended, he rode home in Carol’s car in

routine was not living – it

afternoon, Nikolas accompanied Carol to the company and crossed paths with Hamilton. Head lowered and steps dragging, he walked into the building like a ghost –

The next time they met, he slapped Nikolas hard across the face and

had become a joke. Across Oliscoll, people whispered that he’d been cast out of the

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said broke through his wall. He had already tuned the

new company launch consumed Daniela and Cedric. Their days blurred together with meetings, spreadsheets, and backtoback social

on the other hand, spent his days idling. His responsibilities were minimal—sometimes he’d deliver a document across the building; other times he’d reappear with coffee. One afternoon, Hamilton dropped by and found him

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