i's

twisted in shock and anger. Axel's mother froze

he stammered, her voice

talk business, please," the agent interrupte

Nothing had changed. The curtains, the paintings, even the faint smell of lav

at kind of storms had passed t

in buying your son's house to rep

ened; their mo

? Why?" Alexa demanded, pani

lars from our bank. This house was the collateral, and he hasn't repaid

chest until Alexa steadied her. Her daughte

oss?" Alexa sn

k. "Dami is my boss. I'm her personal as

their faces w

buy this house! It's ours!" Mrs. St

and turned to the agent.

oke of my pen, I wrote fifteen millio

e legal owner of this house. Congratulations."

xa spat, fury tw

ou have two hours to leave my house."

house isn't yours. It belongs

, ma'am. It belongs to Dami

do this to us?" Mrs. Storm

u're a lawyer, aren't you? Then sue

her mother's ear. Their faces c

h the silence. "When someone rips away what matters most to

he weight of victory wrapp

be this ruthless," she sa

"They are evil. And I'll go to any l

ompany, which I had already paid for online, and the oth

to see the look on his face," I

like watching a movie. I

, he called me useless. His family mocked me, hu

, had been Axel's pride, a gift from his late father. For him to put both

o," Soph

a young redhead greeted u

her the bank's letter. Her eyes wid

tairs?" I asked.

ed steel doors looked calm, but inside, memories clawed a

vous," Soph

ing him would reopen wounds, but I forc

re his office. Sophia squeezed my

eyes widened, his fa

name trembling on his lips

rk curving my lips. "Show som

his once bright blue eyes dull with weariness. He wa

. talk?" h

stead at the receptionist

tfully, "this is your office,

?" Axel's voice cr

your debts," I said, my tone sharp as

e!" His voice rose,

lked toward him, my heels clicking like a

orror as he read. "No... no, this can't be happening. You can't do

ke, Axel? It's the same pain you gave me when you stripped away my wor

, I'm sorry, Dami. Please, don't take my company. It

with you. I'll take everything, piece by piec

ut his phone rang. He pick

eyes darted to me, panic flooding his f

staggered, falling h

d a beat. In that vulnerable moment, I

ove was weakness, and I