The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 84

Chapter 84: A Discussion

The new arrivals moved with military precision, laying down suppressing fire and advancing on the attackers' positions. In a matter of minutes, the tide of the battle had turned. One of the men in tactical gear approached Matthias. "Mr. Reeds? We're here to extract you. Come with us, now!'

Still in shock, Mathias nodded darkly when he realized Daniel already had his men there.

He and Tony were quickly ushered into one of the SUVs, which peeled away from the docks before Mathias could even catch his breath.

"Boss, what's happening?" Tony asked as they sped through the city streets. "Who are these guys?"

Mathias shook his head, still trying to process the events of the last few minutes. "They work

for Daniel Shaw. He... he wants to talk."

Tony's eyes widened. "Daniel Shaw? The Shaw heir? Boss, this is bad. Real bad."

"You think I don't know that?" Matthew snapped, "He shared our location and sabotaged the deal. I know this. Still, he could have let us die there, but he wants to talk. I will hear him out."

The rest of the ride passed in tense silence. Finally, the SUV pulled up to a towering skyscraper in the heart of the city.

The man in the front passenger seat turned to face them. "Mr. Reeds, you're to go to the roof. Mr. Shaw will meet you there."

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"Alone," he said, and Matthias paused. He had no choice. He and Tony were the only ones that escaped. The rest of his men were still back at the docks.

Mathias nodded, steeling himself for whatever was to come. As he stepped out of the vehicle, he turned to Tony. "Stay here. If... if I'm not back in an hour, you know what to do." Tony nodded grimly. "Be careful, boss."

The elevator ride to the roof felt like an eternity. When the doors finally opened, Mathias stepped out into the cool night air. The city sprawled out below him, a glittering tapestry of lights. Minutes ticked by. Then hours. Daniel didn't show.

Just as Matthew was considering making a break for it, the elevator dinged. He spun around, hand reaching for his gun, but it was just one of Daniel's men.

"Mr. Reeds," the man said, holding out a phone. "Call for you."

Mathias took the phone warily. "Hello?"

through, as calm as ever. "I trust you're

you?" Mathias demanded. "You

you understand. Can't be

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me here under false pretenses. I'm your hostage now, is that

cold. "Hostage is such an ugly word, Mathias. Let's call it... a forced

no idea who you're dealing with," Mathias growled. "I'm the

consequences of your actions

was a pause on the other end of the line. Then, to Mathias's surprise, Daniel began to laugh. Not a chuckle, but a full-bodied laugh that seemed

oh,

his voice filled with amusement. "We both know that's not true. You're not the true head of the

face.

rising and

change, Mom?" He asked, moving to stand at the foot

her head. "No, nothing yet. But the doctors say we should

could respond, a muffled thud echoed from somewhere down the hallway. His head snapped toward the sound, body

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Wendy asked, sitting up

for silence, straining to

Jason cursed, drawing his

quickly as

said as he looked out the door to the rows of men

was a crash on the other side of the door.

a deep breath and sat

behind his men, staring at the entrance of the ward. They had

Wendy called out. "Jason, be

Anya," Jason answered and stepped out. His aim was to make sure they do not get close enough

entirely on the

the lock gave way. The door

fired immediately, dropping the first man through the door. But more

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to dive for cover behind a medical

into the hall. Jason had been pushed back into

in pain but kept firing. "I'm

was not going anywhere. Jason locked

off about this fight. There were a lot of attackers but they were oddly inexperienced. This through Jason

to die down, and Jason returned to