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“Not yet,” Doug replied.

Thomas’s thin lips curved faintly, satisfaction flickering across his face.

He asked again, “What about Johanna and Kelly? How are things on their end?”

“Per your instructions,” Doug said, “I’ve already let it slip to Johanna that Kelly was the one who leaked the photos. As for Johanna…”

He paused briefly, his voice lowering. “She appears to have been coerced into leaking the Walton Group’s trade secrets. But in truth, it seems she did it out of resentment toward Jamie. She never even bothered to investigate who was supposedly threatening her.

“However, Jamie isn’t one to be easily fooled. I suspect he’s already discovered that Johanna has been secretly stealing company information, and he’s sent people to keep an eye on her.”

Thomas’s gaze sharpened. “Have you found out who was behind Johanna’s kidnapping?”

“The perpetrators were thorough,” Doug said. “They covered their tracks well–too well. No solid evidence yet.” This was, after all, Marcentine. Even Thomas’s reach had its limits.

banquet, when Thomas had first ordered

Thomas said. “Carter and Xavier wouldn’t

Jamie far too much. I’m afraid he’s going to pay dearly

studied Thomas’s striking, detached profile. For the first time, he sensed something different–Thomas’s aura wasn’t quite as violent as before. At the very least, he no longer

billion was the price of keeping Thomas emotionally steady, Doug thought, then perhaps it

a cautious glance toward the door, he lowered his voice. “Miss McKinzie accepted the investment rather easily. She didn’t… suspect


that she was willing to take the risk proves I wasn’t wrong about her. That money–it’s

smiled in agreement, though inwardly

Thomas would no doubt have said something else entirely–praising her caution and shrewdness, her unwillingness to fall

fifty billion would’ve found their way into

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these days was so wealthy that money was practically all they

long after,

smoothly–so much so that it felt almost unreal. Even as she left the private suite, a faint daze lingered over her, as though she’d stepped into

that, the

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