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Chapter 82

ผู้เขียน: A.M Wynter.
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Adrian paced the length of his penthouse, his every step echoing through the vast space. The floor-to-ceiling windows framed the sprawling cityscape, a glittering expanse of lights stretching far beyond his reach. Normally, he found solace in this view, in the power it represented—the empire he had built with precision and control.

But tonight, none of it mattered.

His fingers curled into fists at his sides. His mind was a battlefield, sharp and calculating, dissecting every possibility, every angle. He had faced powerful adversaries before—rivals, traitors, men who underestimated him and paid the price. But this was different.

This wasn’t business.

This was Elena.

And someone had dared to threaten her.

Across the room, Elena sat curled up on the sleek leather couch, her arms wrapped around herself as if warding off a chill that had nothing to do with the temperature. She hadn’t spoken much since they arrived, hadn’t argued when he insisted she stay here. The weight of it all pressed
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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 83

    Adrian barely slept. His mind refused to shut down, replaying every detail, every clue, every unanswered question about the stalker.By morning, he was already making calls, issuing orders, tightening security even further. Whoever was behind this was slipping through cracks he hadn’t even realized existed. And that meant they weren’t just skilled.They were dangerous.Elena, on the other hand, tried to go about her morning as normally as possible. She refused to be locked in fear, even as the weight of the past few days settled heavy on her chest.But the tension never left.Every time her phone buzzed, her stomach twisted. Every time she stepped outside, she felt watched.Paranoia or reality? She didn’t know anymore.By midday, Adrian had arranged for her to meet with his private investigator. She didn’t like being escorted everywhere, but after last night, she wasn’t arguing.She was halfway through reviewing a file when a sharp knock at her office door made her tense.“Elena?” Sop

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 84

    The room felt suffocating, the walls pressing in with the weight of something unseen yet powerful. Elena’s heart pounded, the sound almost deafening in her ears. The man standing before her had just spoken words that sent an icy chill through her veins."It’s about your family."The moment those words left his mouth, the atmosphere in the room changed.Adrian stepped closer, his entire body tensed like a coiled spring, his presence both reassuring and intimidating. He positioned himself slightly in front of Elena, his protective instincts taking over. His eyes, dark and calculating, locked onto the man with a deadly intensity."Start talking," Adrian commanded, his voice low, sharp. There was no room for negotiation in his tone.The man held his gaze for a moment before exhaling, his expression unreadable. He wasn’t in a hurry to explain, which only made Elena more anxious."Your father made an enemy years ago," the man finally said, his voice measured, careful. "A powerful man. Someo

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 85

    He paused, but didn’t turn around. "Let’s just say I owe you one, and I know what it’s like to be where you are."And then, without another word, he walked out.Elena stared at the door long after he was gone, her mind racing with everything she had just heard.Her father had unknowingly made an enemy.Adrian had unknowingly crossed the same man.And now, she was caught in the middle of a storm that had been brewing for years.She turned to Adrian, her voice barely above a whisper."What do we do now?"Adrian’s expression was unreadable, but his voice was firm."We don’t wait for him to make the first move."===Later on, Adrian stood at the floor-to-ceiling window, his gaze locked on the sprawling city skyline. The towering buildings, the shifting lights, the rhythmic pulse of life below—it was all so familiar, yet tonight, it felt distant. Like a battlefield waiting for the next move.The room was eerily silent, save for the faint ticking of the wall clock. Normally, he thrived in t

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 86

    The morning was unnervingly quiet. Too quiet.Elena stood in the kitchen, a steaming cup of coffee in her hands, but she wasn’t drinking it. The rich aroma filled the space, but she barely noticed. Instead, her gaze was fixed outside the large glass windows, watching the sun slowly rise over the city skyline.Normally, she found comfort in the way the first golden rays of daylight touched the rooftops, spreading warmth and life over the streets below.But today, it felt different.Today, there was an unease curling around her like an unseen fog.The weight of the previous revelation still sat heavy in her chest. Someone from Adrian’s past—an enemy—had resurfaced, bringing with him a grudge that had survived over a decade. And worse, it wasn’t just about Adrian. Her father was involved in this, too.A slow, anxious sigh escaped her lips.Was this revenge for something her father had done? Or something Adrian had done? Or both?She tightened her grip on the cup, as if it could anchor he

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 87

    The city stretched out before Adrian, a glittering maze of glass and steel, bathed in the golden hues of the late morning sun. From his office’s floor-to-ceiling windows, he could see everything—the bustling streets below, the towering skyscrapers, the illusion of control that came with standing above it all.But today, the view held no meaning.His mind was elsewhere.His fingers tapped rhythmically against the polished office desk, his jaw set in a grim line. The events from earlier played on repeat in his mind, each detail sharpened to precision.A bullet. A note. A silent promise of revenge.Adrian wasn’t a man easily rattled. He had built an empire with his own hands, outmaneuvered rivals, crushed threats before they could materialize into real danger. But something about this—the patience, the precision, the personal nature of the warning—unsettled him.Whoever was behind this wasn’t just sending a message. They were playing a game.A game he hadn’t realized he was part of.A sh

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 88

    The man who saved Adrain from the car accident sat forward, locking eyes with Adrian and Elena as the room thickened with tension, the air so heavy it seemed to press against their chests. His voice came low, deliberate. “The enemy you’ve been dealing with… it’s Victor Langley.”Adrian’s brows furrowed instantly, a sharp glint flashing through his eyes. The name scratched at the edges of his memory, elusive yet disturbingly familiar, like a ghost lurking in forgotten corners of his past.“Victor Langley?” Elena repeated, her voice laced with confusion. “I don’t recognize the name.”The man nodded solemnly. “You wouldn’t. Victor has always worked in the shadows, orchestrating chaos without showing his face. He’s the kind who lets others crumble while he pulls the strings behind the curtain. But this... this is personal. I have every reason to believe he holds a grudge against both of you, and it runs deep.”Adrian’s eyes narrowed as his entire demeanor shifted into controlled steel. “W

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 89

    The room settled into a heavy, almost suffocating silence after the man left, leaving Adrian and Elena alone with the staggering truth. The quiet wasn’t peaceful—it was dense, charged, like the calm before a storm. The name Victor Langley echoed in their minds, a name neither of them could now forget.Elena paced the room, her heels tapping nervously against the floor. Her fingers tangled in her hair as she murmured, half to herself, half to Adrian. “All this time… we’ve been chasing shadows, thinking it was just corporate sabotage, competitors trying to unsettle us. But it was always him. Always Victor.”Adrian stood unmoving by the window, staring out at the city skyline, though his thoughts were miles away. His reflection in the glass looked colder, harder, as realization sunk deeper. Slowly, he turned to face her, arms folding tightly across his chest, his expression unreadable.“It explains the precision,” Adrian said quietly, voice edged with steel. “The timing. The familiarity.

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 90

    The atmosphere inside Adrian's boardroom was thick with tension, the kind that could be sliced clean with a knife. The early morning sun barely pierced through the half-drawn blinds, casting sharp lines of light and shadow across the faces of everyone seated around the table.Adrian sat at the head of the long table, flanked by his most trusted executives, eyes fixed on the screen projecting the details of the deal that could make or break the next quarter.It wasn't just any deal. This one was personal.For days, Adrian had been fighting off unseen attacks — rival bidders offering sudden undercuts, people who had been loyal to him for years suddenly hesitating, foreign officials becoming unusually strict with requirements. Every step had been laced with obstacles as if someone had been laying traps behind the scenes.And he knew exactly who was pulling the strings.Victor Langley.Adrian's jaw tightened as he noticed a familiar name pop up on the latest update. Lang Holdings — Victor

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  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 122

    “No. Don’t lock the leak. Keep the route open. We’re baiting them.”Another pause. Adrain’s fingers tapped the edge of the desk lightly.“They bypassed surface-level security. That wasn’t random. Someone’s been inside—knows our system language. I want full trace protocols on the backend. Key mirroring. Subtle algorithm shifts. Anything they’ve left behind.”He listened, eyes never leaving Elena.“Yes. Remote only. Do not alert IT. Don’t even breathe a word in our system channels. If anyone asks, say we’re on routine maintenance.”He ended the call.Elena came beside him, her fingers grazing the back of his hand. “You’re setting a trap.”“We’re giving them a stage,” he corrected. “Let them feel safe. Let them perform.”She tilted her head, her voice soft. “And then?”He turned to her, eyes gleaming in the low light. “Then the curtain falls.”He moved to the liquor cabinet and poured two glasses—one for him, one for her. He handed hers with a subtle grin, the tension between them meltin

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 121

    Elena was already rising, hurrying toward his seat with her tablet. “Look. Look at this! There’s been an unauthorized transaction—massive funds have just been moved out of one of the company’s sub-accounts.”Adrain snatched the device and scanned the screen. His breath caught. “Twenty-five million dollars... gone?”“It’s real. It just happened,” she said. “Our system just flagged it as an anomaly because of the destination account—it’s masked.”“Get the tech team on the line. Now!” Adrain ordered, already heading toward his office with Elena right behind him.Within minutes, the company’s head of cybersecurity, appeared on the large screen in the home office, his face pale.“Sir, we just noticed it as well. The system flagged it seconds after the funds moved.”“Who the hell did this?” Adrain’s voice was laced with ice.“We’re still tracing it. The hacker covered their tracks with precision. This wasn’t amateur work—this was planned. The account used was buried deep under layers of hid

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 120

    The warehouse was cold, shadowed by rusted iron beams and buzzing with dim overhead lights. A thick air of tension filled the room as Elias Wolfe paced back and forth, his jaw clenched, his hands fisted at his sides.His men stood before him—four in total—each with their heads slightly lowered, avoiding the furious gaze of the man they feared more than death itself.“So,” Elias finally said, his voice cold and slow like a blade being drawn. “You mean to tell me… even after planning this for over a week, with the timing perfect, the positioning flawless… you still couldn’t cause one simple accident?”Silence.One of the men, lean and dark-haired, cleared his throat and stepped forward hesitantly. “Boss, we—we almost had it. It was so close. The car exited on schedule, we followed the pattern, and everything was on track—”“And yet,” Elias cut in, glaring, “she’s alive. Again.”“They out did us and crossed before the train did, they used the train to their advantage, boss,” another spok

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 119

    She smiled at him—actually smiled. “Adrian, it was like something out of an action movie. I swear, my heart hasn’t stopped pounding.”Adrian’s jaw clenched. “That’s not funny.”“I know, I know,” she said quickly, putting her hands up in surrender. “But we’re alive, right? Safe. You should have seen my driver—he pulled the craziest move. Those guys almost caught up to us, but then the train—oh my God, Adrian—the train!”She broke into a laugh, the tension of adrenaline still unraveling from her bones.“We were being chased, and then out of nowhere, a train’s approaching, full speed. My driver saw it, gauged the timing and boom—we made it across just seconds before it passed. The attackers got stuck on the other side. I think I screamed.”“You think you screamed?” Adrian stared at her, eyes blazing. “Elena, you were nearly killed. Again.”She reached out and cupped his face, softening her tone. “I know, Adrian. I know it was real. I was scared out of my mind. But I'm also grateful to be

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 118

    The black SUV sat idling across the street, blending into the row of parked cars. Inside, Elias Wolfe’s men sat silently, watching the entrance of Elena’s office building through tinted windows.A call came in.Elias’s voice cut through like a blade. “She’s coming out soon. I want her in the hospital. Hit them so hard, or chase them toward an accident. Adrian will be weak. And then,” his voice darkened, “we strike him badly.”“Yes, sir,” one of the men answered. “We’ll make it look like an accident.”Elias ended the call with a smirk and stared at the city skyline from his penthouse. “Let’s see how much strength you still have, Adrian.”The day had been oddly quiet—too quiet.Elena stepped out of the building, phone in hand, bag on her shoulder. Her special driver, a combat-trained chauffeur Adrian had handpicked, opened the door for her. He noticed something off but kept calm.“Everything okay, ma’am?” he asked as she settled into the backseat.Elena smiled. “Yes. Let’s head home.”T

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 117

    The morning sun spilled into the office through floor-to-ceiling windows, casting a warm glow on the sleek, polished floors of the company. Despite the recent attempt on her life, Elena walked in with quiet confidence, her head held high. She wore a cream blazer over a silk blouse, paired with tailored pants that complimented her poise—unshaken and graceful.The secretaries greeted her with relief and admiration. Some even paused in their work to offer shy smiles or nods of encouragement. Everyone had heard whispers of the near-fatal accident. Everyone also knew she survived. And now she was back.Elena smiled, calm but fierce.She stepped into her office and took a deep breath. The scent of lavender still lingered in the air from her favorite diffuser. Her assistant, walked in seconds later, holding a cup of coffee.“You’re here,” she said with a breath of surprise. “After everything…”Elena accepted the coffee and smiled. “They want me to crawl back into hiding. But I won’t give the

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 116

    The screech of tires tore through the quiet afternoon, followed by the sickening sound of metal crunching against metal.A black SUV skidded violently off the road, slamming into a row of safety barriers just outside the quiet café district on the outskirts of the city. Smoke hissed from the crumpled hood as bystanders screamed and rushed toward the wreck.Inside the second vehicle—the intended target—no one was present except the driver. The passenger seat where Elena was supposed to sit... empty.She had stepped into a boutique moments before the crash.The driver, stunned and bloodied, tried to move, but his arm was pinned. Nearby, someone called emergency services. Another pulled open the crumpled door. But the damage had already been done—just not to the right person.Because Elena was safe.And the accident had failed.Adrian's phone rang as he was finishing a meeting. The words “It’s Elena” from his assistant had him tearing out of the building before the call even ended.When

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 115

    One of the other men, Mr. Crane raised a brow. “That’s bold. Even for you.”“I don’t have the luxury of waiting around,” Adrian said plainly. “I built my company to withstand storms—economic, corporate, even personal. And through every storm, we’ve delivered results, year after year.”He let that settle before continuing. “I know the others will come with flashy slides and empty promises. I came with proof. And with relationships that weren’t built yesterday.”Mr. Stan chuckled, leaning back. “You always did know when to strike. And you’re right—we go way back. We’ve seen how your company weathered chaos and came out on top every single time.”Crane exchanged a glance with the third executive, then nodded slowly. “So what are you offering today?”Adrian slid the folder toward them. “Everything you asked for—and more. With guarantees. No delays. No press. Just results.”The room went quiet again as they opened the folder and scanned the proposal. Minutes ticked by like seconds. Then ca

  • The Ruthless Billionaire's Revenge   Chapter 114

    The ride home from the board meeting was quiet, but it wasn’t silence filled with tension—it was the quiet before a storm. The kind of stillness that wrapped around a plan forming, a decision waiting to unfold.Inside the villa, Adrian discarded his blazer and sat at the head of the long mahogany dining table. Elena brought over a fresh cup of coffee and took the seat across from him, her eyes steady and calm.“We need to talk,” she said, folding her hands together.“I know,” Adrian nodded. “The deal.”She leaned in slightly. “You said it yourself—it’s one of the biggest we’ve ever aimed for. If we secure it, we bury Elias and any threat from within the board. But we’ve got problems.”Adrian rubbed his jaw. “The board knows about the deal. Which means our mole—Mr. Trent—knows too. Elias has his ears and likely already made moves to sabotage or outbid us.”“And other companies are in the race,” Elena added. “Bigger names, hungry to win, with no drama dragging them down.”Adrian’s eyes

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