ld feel through the leather seats. Before the driver could put the ca
. He was gasping for breath, holding a leather-bound checkbook and a gol
t Vance. He simply pressed a button on the armres
ing Aspen completely. "The capital injection for the merger. Our corporate accounts are ready t
posit the money directly into the Hog
ad to look at Elias Mercer, who was standin
ended two
p, rectangular piece of paper. It was a cashier's check, already sig
e read: Hogan
dy light ignited in his pupils. He reached his hand ou
s index and middle fingers. But instead of handing it
dn't speak, but the question hung heavily in the
t her ribs. She kept her face perfectly still, but she
croscopic smirk touched
ipped the edges of the fifteen
ii
er tearing in half was dea
ed in absolute horror, as if Deron had
indow. They fluttered down, landing on the gravel o
ance stammered, his k
et pocket and pulled out a heavy, encrypted
echoing with absolute, terrifying authority. "Initiate an immedia
ooked a
ce of paper and handed it to him. It contained the routing num
he long string of numbers into
now," Dero
ker. "Yes, sir. Emergency wire protocol i
n hu
l driveway. He fell to his knees, staring blankly at
doors, dragging three heavy suitcases. Elias and the bodyguards int
at his driv
's pathetic sobbing. The Maybach accelerated smoothl
al minutes. The streetlights flashed across
's phone vibrat
n automated SMS from the Swiss bank. A
ight. The first real piece of her revenge was secured. Sh
yes closed, his head resting against the leather seat, looking completely
pered, the words tastin
. His chest rose and fell
is voice a low rumble that vibrated in the quiet
tightened. She stared at his sharp profile, wondering ex
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