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My Ex-Husband's Regret: The Billionaire's Return

Chapter 5 5

Word Count: 997    |    Released on: Today at 16:28

sweat and perfume and someth

ion through his palm. The train screamed into the station, brakes shrie

man's briefcase knocked against his knee. The air was thick, unbreathabl

sed hi

VESTIGATE

nto desperation. What had she been afraid of? Who had she been running from

umbled onto the platform, gas

look expensive. Anderson pushed through the revolving doors, nodded to the r

st's voice followed him. "You

't break stride

any voices, too many eyes tracking his progress toward his desk. He kept his

z was sit

n computer, his own carefully organized client files. Luca had them s

ff my

ad been waiting for this moment. "Anderson. Rough night? You look like

ut, snatched the files from Luca's grip. Pape

aid, "and I'll have you in front of

messenger. Raven's looking for you. Something about the Spence account." He leaned for

ed from clenching.

a weapon, invading personal space, forcing retreat. "Because from where I'm standing, you don't look like

s ground. "Get.

stepped aside, but his shoulder caught Anderson's as he passed, a

led by three," Luca called over h

were shaking again. He sat down, ha

ulled out his phone. A missed call and a voicemail from an unknown number sat in his notifications. The message was brief, professional. Kasper H

." A woman's voice, p

d to speak with Kasper Hayes reg

. Hayes has a cancellation at

es

en minutes early for

ne wen

emails, each one demanding attention, each one representing a problem someone exp

Raven Stein's of

rough the ambient noise lik

s, curious and predatory. Luca stood near the water coole

Straightened his

She stood behind her desk, arms crossed, a tabloid newspa

ain t

distance, but unmistakable. Hailee Spence's husband, emerging from

is hit?" And

inutes. She's threatening to terminate our contract, Anderson. She'

d w

this doesn't become a story about our incompetence." She rubbed her temples, manicured nails digg

le

rk of a response. Hailee Spence was a businesswoman first, a wife second. She cared abou

work wi

lee Spence stepped through, sunglasses covering half her

ened his spine an

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“I had just been brutally fired from my corporate firm, stripped of my career and dignity in a matter of minutes. Before I could even process the loss, I was handed a brown envelope that shattered my reality. My billionaire sister, who had ruthlessly cut me out of her life fifteen years ago, had committed suicide. She left behind a fifteen-year-old son I never knew existed, a $300 million trust, and a $3 million stipend for me to act as his guardian. But her suicide note contained a terrifying, desperate warning scrawled in tearing ink. "DO NOT INVESTIGATE MY DEATH. Accept what I've given you. Protect my son. Forget I existed." I met the boy, Elon. He crashed his bike into me on the street, bleeding and crying, begging me not to abandon him. Pity and fifteen years of guilt overwhelmed me. I sat in the sprawling office of her elite estate lawyer and signed my life away to protect this innocent, grieving child. Why did my sister suddenly reach out after a decade and a half of cold silence? What kind of monster was she running from that drove her to such a desperate end? I thought I was honoring her final wish by taking the boy in. But as the elevator doors were closing, I caught their reflection in the polished steel. My terrified, weeping nephew stopped crying instantly. He turned and exchanged a chilling, imperceptible nod with the lawyer. That silent look said everything. The first move was complete. I hadn't just inherited a child. I had walked straight into a meticulously planned trap.”
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