Chapter 286

LUKE

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I stood outside, listening to Nick as he worked on breaking ander down. The boy was good, too good for my liking. I never intended for those boys to be involved in myne of work. Keeping Nick behind was never meant to have him do this, it was meant to keep him away from Olivia. Being around her was slowly destroying him, and he couldn’t even see it. Or maybe he could, but simply didn’t care.

He was still my nephew, and no matter what, I couldn’t let him destroy himself over my daughter.

Elodie and I had been working on rebuilding our relationship, and if something were to happen to her son, ir would tear us apart beyond repair. But as I listened to Nick, began to wonder if it was already too late.

He seemed to relish the power, taking pleasure in breaking Kander, plece by piece. His face was cold, vold of emotion, as he spoke. He was a natural at this, like someone who had been doing it for years, a professional. Watching him behave like that scared the hell out of me, they said I was the heartless one, but what was Nick? He had always been a skilled businessman, but I never thought he would find this side of the work so easy. The detachment he displayed… it was chilling. The boy got shiver running down my spine and no one had ever been able to make me feel that way besides father.

Looking at Nick now, the boy looked exactly like his grandfather, whenever the man opened his mouth in front of his target, he made sure to make him imagine hell as if he was talking about a place he had been. His home. The

man was ruthless.

staining his clothes as he gasped for air. But Nick remained unaffected, unmoved by the sight. Exactly like father, it was like looking at the old man at work. Which scared the living daylight out

shrugged nonchalantly, a grim smirk tugging at the corner of his lips. The little devil! “Suit yourself. I am not the one who’s dying. And it’s not my son who won’t

by Nick’s words. I would be telling lies if I said I wasn’t affected as well. Did I sound and look like that when working? It hit him harder than I thought it

had studied Xander for years, understanding his deepest fears and vulnerabilities. That was Xander’s soft spot, and Nick was

up,” Xander gasped, his voice strained, “and then I will tell

the sound echoing in the otherwise silent room. chills! I found myself pulling my coat even closer to myself as if I were cold, “You do realize, don’t you, that

job himself and Xander looked like he feared him more than he could ever fear me, what the boy had towards me was not fear but anger. Yet with Nick,

and I could see the subtle shudder that

Nick continued, his voice now a chilling whisper. “I hope for your sake, and your son’s, that

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If you are not…” He let the threat hang in the air, his eyes

toward me. I followed him silently, my steps echoing on the cold concrete floor. When we were far enough from the door,

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