The Almighty Dominance

Chapter 87

At one of Vancouver's most renowned salons, Cathy Black reclined beneath

gentle hands, savoring the soothing rhythm of a facial massage.

The air was sweet with lavender and rosewater, calming her senses, until her smartwatch buzzed insistently, yanking her from blissful repose.

She opened her eyes, annoyance already sparking beneath her lids.

"Yes?" she snapped, answering the call.

"Madame Black, it's Jacqueline, Mr. Charles's secretary," came the crisp voice on the other end.

Cathy exhaled, impatience bleeding into every word. "Well?"

"Mr. Charles has invited Sophia Lancaster to his office and ordered me away from my desk," Jacqueline said.

Cathy's face went cold at the mention of that name.

"Sophia Lancaster," she repeated, as if testing the flavor of it on her tongue.

The esthetician, still smoothing delicate creams over Cathy's face, tried to soften the moment.

"She's the most celebrated beauty in Vancouver," she offered quietly.

"A famous model, back in the day."

Cathy's body tensed as if struck by a live wire.

In a sudden rage, she bolted upright, knocking the esthetician off balance.

Her open palm connected sharply with the woman's cheek, sending the poor girl sprawling onto the floor.

A collective gasp choked the air.

The manager hurried forward, bowing deeply.

"Please, Madame Black," he pleaded, voice trembling.

"She meant no harm."

"Just clean my face," Cathy ordered coldly.

Then, turning her attention to the bodyguard stationed in the corner, she barked, "Bernard, ready the car. We're going to my husband's office immediately-no excuses, no delays."

Bernard inclined his head and reached for his phone.

"Yes, madame."

voice, he added into the receiver, "The madame

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Inside Charles Cole's office.

at his desk, heart hammering in

been a charming young man

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met Cathy Black. Everything changed the day

woman; she was the younger sister of

fingertips, Cathy served

had charmed Cathy into channeling millions from the

demanded marriage, he tried to refuse. She gave him a cool

later, he dangled upside down over a river, with

choices," Bernard had said, voice devoid of emotion. "Marry her,

on, Charles's life was

beyond measure, yet

Cathy was not an

protest, he ended up with both arms and a leg broken

old saying haunted him like a cruel joke: Happy

muttered

startled by

a quick smile, shaking

fast.

across from him

beauty was legendary and

Sophia closely, noting the subtle signs that the sleeping drug

hold.

pupils would soon grow heavy, her voice would slow,

of his desk, reminding himself to

marriage to Cathy Black had turned him into a trapped animal, pacing a cage

or divorce-neither word belonged in his

near another woman without

pent-up desire had hardened inside him, pressed into a dark corner where the only solace he found was in his own hand, caressing his

once admired from afar- admired so

had her here, in the

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wildly, 'today I can have what I've only ever dared to imagine.' Sophia's voice, still steady, pulled him

My company is liable. Now that we've partnered with

Charles nodded too eagerly.

he said, surprising

her face as

Mr. Cole," she said, warmth and gratitude casing

as she took a step,