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A plan

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Chapter 79: A plan

GREG EVANS

I should have known better.

I should have seen it coming.

Ryan played me like a damn fool, and now, here I was stripped of everything that should have been mine yet again. The company, the power, the influence—all gone because I was stupid enough to think Ryan would actually be loyal to me.

I scoffed, swirling the whiskey in my glass as I leaned back in my chair. I thought the burn of the liquor would do something to soothe the anger bubbling inside me but boy was I wrong.

I'm sure I was red as boiling lava

I had trusted Ryan, received his assistance with the thought that he just wanted revenge against John but boy was I wrong. He went behind my back and snatched everything.

And the worst part?

John was right.

The thought made my stomach churn with disgust. That last family meeting had been a disaster, the moment I admitted to John and Cecilia what Ryan had done.

I clenched my jaw as the memory played out in my head.

The way John lunged at me
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