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Ashes Of Love; The Billionaire's Payback

Chapter 5 Ghosts Don't Knock

Word Count: 755    |    Released on: 11/06/2025

g like breath against the steel. Kael stood at the edge of the Langston Foundation's parking structure,

been her

he night he

ys return to th

don't come back to heal, Kael. You come ba

n't. God,

chest tighten. The last time he stood under this sky, he was nineteen, bleedin

Arden was dead. The man standing here now? He was a ghost with a b

ff the ledge, turned, and

-

too cold. He remembered polishing those floors for pocket change. Now he owns

One empire at a time.

esk looked up. "Sir, do

t his real name, of course. A borrowed alias. Jus

blinked. "Mr. Weston. Right

" Kael replied. "Giv

vator. "Mr. Langston's on the top f

a flicker. "That w

-

pened. His office was sleek, modern-sharp edg

tors group?" Elias ask

in. His voice was lower now. Controlled. Not t

glan

oz

e blood left his face? Ka

Elias b

glittered.

-

nst her palm. She wasn't sure why she'd come-maybe to apologize, maybe to scre

apped into the phone. "Virellin estate is ours. Get the

. Sil

. And she won't-unless you plan on

breath

careful not to ma

ing things fr

ls pressing in tighter now. She wanted

he opened

blurred through the mist. Somewhere out there, Kael was ei

and whispered, "Plea

-

r behind them. "What the

the bar shelf like he owned the

int? Or just trying

supposed t

f the shelf, poured two fingers

rpr

idn't t

y? What is thi

ve already taken enough of your f

n wh

's about debt. And balance. An

suddenly paler. "If

er," Kael said, voi

uched, and walked out

lias

t had c

, it wanted m

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