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The question seemed to pierce through Sloane’s delusions. She squeezed her eyes shut, her fists clenching tight.
I don’t care anymore!”
She slumped onto the floor, kneeling at his feet as she looked up at him with eyes full of shattered glass. “Even if you hate me, it’s better than this. It’s better than you completely forgetting I exist.”
To her, hate meant there was still love once. It meant their lives were still tangled together.
But forgetting? Forgetting was the ultimate erasure.
Sloane leaned down and kissed Rowan’s arm. “Don’t be afraid. It won’t hurt. You’ll remember everything soon.”
The needle touched his skin.
ust as she was about to plunge it in, the door was kicked open with a thunderous crash.
Sloane was tackled to the ground instantly, the syringe flying out of her hand and shattering on the floor.
Rowan let out a long breath of relief as he looked toward the door. Maeve rushed into the room and immediately began untying the opes binding him.
Are you okay? What did she do to you?”
Rowan looked at the broken syringe on the ground, his heart still hammering against his ribs. “If you were one second later, I would have been finished.”
Maeve’s eyes turned stone-cold, burning with a rage that was impossible to suppress.
t was the first time Rowan had ever seen her this angry. She turned to Sloane, who was being pinned to the floor. “Kidnapping, alse imprisonment, and threatening my husband’s life. My lawyers will be here within ten minutes. Get ready to spend the rest of our life in a prison cell.”
With that, she scooped Rowan up in her arms and strode toward the exit.
As they reached the door, Rowan suddenly stopped. He turned back to look at the basement apartment.
Maeve’s heart skipped a beat. “What is it?”
Rowan frowned and pointed at the basement apartment. “Smash it.”
Maeve let out a breath she hadn’t realized she was holding. “Okay.”
Soon, the sounds of Sloane’s roars and the sound of the place being trashed echoed from behind them.
To Sloane, that basement apartment was a shrine to three years of memories. But to Corbin Vance, it was a tomb built on three rears of deception and betrayal.
And to Rowan Mercer, it was a place he never wanted to see again.
[wo weeks later, Rowan was finally discharged from the hospital.
Sloane’s former assistant appeared in his hospital room, carrying a basket of fruit and a bouquet of flowers.
Rowan didn’t recognize her, but he noticed how she addressed Maeve with deep respect, calling her “Ms. Gallagher.”
Through their conversation, Rowan learned that Sterling Enterprises was now under the assistant’s control.
Long before Sloane had kidnapped him, Maeve had reached out to the assistant, orchestrating a plan to hollow out Sloane’s power and force her out of the company. After the kidnapping incident, Sloane was locked away, making the transition of power even
smoother.
As for Brynn Sterling, since she was still a minor and had no legal guardians left, she had been sent to an orphanage.
This major problem was finally resolved. Rowan could finally go back to his quiet courtyard and live his life in peace.
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On the drive home, Rowan couldn’t hold it in anymore. He looked at Maeve.
“Why was that assistant calling you ‘Ms. Gallagher’?”
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Maeve blinked, looking slightly sheepish. Well, probably because Gallagher Holdings belongs to my family.”
Rowan’s jaw dropped. The Gallagher Holdings? The nationally renowned Gallagher Group. That’s several times larger than Sterling Enterprises?”
Maeve smiled.
‘My brother is the one running things now. I’m just the idle one in the family who doesn’t attend to our business.”
Rowan let out a stunned whistle.
You should have told me sooner. Why am I even running a coffee shop? I should have just held onto your leg and become your
kept man.”
Maeve laughed, leaning in close.
You aren’t a kept man. You’re the love of my life.”
Outside the window, a plane took off into the clear blue sky.
Waiting for them in the distance was a future filled with nothing but happiness.
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Sophia, the hidden partner of the Pack’s Head Warrior Jason, discovered her husband was cheating with a college student-he even
ook the girl on business trips and snuck her into the office.
But she didn’t crumble; instead, she tricked Jason into signing the Bonding Severance Agreement and negotiated a
en-million-dollar settlement with her mother-in-law.
And amid this mess, Xander, the future alpha of MoonCloud Pack, has quietly appeared by Sophia’s side…
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