Chapter 169 Sara's Point of View As soon as Eva's footsteps faded down the hallway, I collapsed back into my chair, my heart pounding against my ribs. Mother's laughter filled the room that rich, triumphant sound I'd heard so many times before. "Did you see her face?" Mother poured herself a glas
Chapter 170 Max's Point of View My hands shook as Clara entered my office with a manila envelope. After weeks of wondering and sleepless nights, the moment I'd been waiting for was here. "The DNA results have arrived, Mr. Graves," Clara said quietly, setting the envelope on my desk. Her face show
Chapter 171 Max's Point of View The DNA results trembled in my hand as I watched Eva's face change from shock to anger. The warm evening air suddenly felt thick with tension. The paper between us felt like it weighed a thousand pounds, carrying the weight of all our past mistakes and future battle
Chapter 172 EVA POINT OF VIEW I couldn't stop my hands from shaking as I called Mia. Max had just left, but I could still hear him threatening to take my children. The house felt too quiet, too empty. "Mia, I need tickets to Paris." My voice was barely steady. "Six first-class seats for tomorrow
Chapter 173 Max's Point of View I was going through another boring report when Clara burst into my office, looking like she'd seen a ghost. "Mr. Graves!" She was practically shaking. "Someone's hacked our entire system! Everything's down, emails, servers, trading platforms, everything!" I rubbed
The words hit me like a punch to the gut. Eva, crying because of me. Our son, smart enough to notice, brave enough to try to fix it. Clara's phone rang. Her face fell as she listened. "Sir," she said after hanging up, "there's an emergency board meeting at Brown Enterprise. They're voting to remov
Chapter 174 Eva's Point of View The Brown Enterprises boardroom felt smaller than I remembered. These walls had witnessed decades of decisions that shaped our company's future, my father's legacy, my mother's dreams, our family's history. Now, the familiar mahogany paneling and floor-to-ceiling wi
Chapter 175 Eva's Point of View The voice belonged to Marcus Thompson. My father's lawyer and more importantly, his friend of thirty years strode into the boardroom with Max at his side. Something was different about Marcus. His usually pristine appearance showed signs of strain, his silver hair s
Chapter 212 Louis point of view I watched Eva leave early again through the glass walls of my office, her heels clicking against the marble floor with determined strides. Always rushing home to those children. Always putting family before business. Just like her father, too soft, too sentimental.
Chapter 211 Eva's point of view The front door hadn't even fully opened when four small bodies collided with mine, nearly knocking me backward. Small arms wrapped around my waist and legs, excited voices calling out "Mommy!" in a chaotic chorus that made my heart swell. "Careful, you'll knock Mo
Chapter 210 Eva's Point of View I'd been staring at the same paragraph for the past ten minutes, my mind refusing to focus on the merger details that should have been my priority. "Mrs. Brown?" Mia's voice pulled me from my thoughts. She stood in the doorway, holding an elaborate arrangement of r
Chapter 209 Max's Point of View I stared at the stack of papers Clara had just dropped on my desk, my jaw clenching in frustration. Two weeks of intensive background checks on Louis Brown, and still nothing. Not a single red flag. Not one questionable transaction. Nothing. "I'm sorry, Mr. Graves,
Chapter 208 Eva's Point of View The familiar scent of coffee and leather fills the boardroom as I present our latest expansion plans. Uncle Louis sits to my right, just as he used to when he was running the company with Dad, and the similarity makes my heart squeeze with both grief and gratitude.
Chapter 207: Emily’s Point of View The soft clink of crystal glasses filled the quiet room as Louis and I toasted to his newest victory. His face, so often calm and unreadable, now wore a sly smile that reminded me of why I trusted him to help me with this plan. The firelight flickered across his
Chapter 206 Eva's Point of View My heels click against the marble floor as I walk toward the boardroom, Uncle Louis beside me. Despite the confidence in my stride, my heart is racing. Ten pairs of eyes will be waiting behind those mahogany doors, ten board members who've known me since I was a lit
I type back: "Stuck in meetings, sorry. Have fun! Give my best to everyone." Setting the phone down, I pull up Brown Industries' old financial records. If Louis has any hidden motives, maybe there's a clue here. He was on the board before he disappeared, after all. Hours pass as I dig through repo
Chapter 205 Max's Point of View Something doesn't feel right. I sit in my office, staring out at the city skyline through the floor-to-ceiling windows, but my mind is elsewhere. Last night's family dinner keeps replaying in my head, Eva's uncle Louis, appearing out of nowhere after ten years, hol