Chapter 800 Chapter 800: Belle was trapped against the side of the car. Kaiden still clung to her torn dress, sobbing hysterically. Camera flashes fired directly into her face—so bright and rapid they burned her retinas. The extreme, suffocating pressure snapped the last remaining thread of her sanity. She looked

Chapter 799 Chapter 799: The boy was in a state of absolute, primal terror. The deafening shouts of the adults, the violent shoving of security guards, and the relentless camera flashes had shattered his sense of safety entirely. He was seven years old and his entire world was screaming. His

Chapter 798 Chapter 798: The red recording lights on every camera in the room blinked rapidly. The entire world was holding its breath, waiting for the Lancaster heir to explain the destruction of his own bloodline. Grayson leaned into the microphone. “Ladies and gentlemen,” he began, his voice low and

Chapter 797 Chapter 797: The truth, in its most ruthless and public form, was laid bare. The heir to the Lancaster dynasty had committed adultery. He had fathered an illegitimate son with his mistress and had his wife raise the child as her own for five years. The scandal, broadcast

Chapter 796 Chapter 796: The flashbulbs were a predatory storm, the whispers a venomous tide. They swirled not around Isolde but around the small, innocent figure in her arms. Dozens of cameras were aimed at Effie. The cruel murmurs questioned her legitimacy—her very right to exist. In that instant, the

Chapter 795 Chapter 795: A sharp-eyed reporter from Vanity Fair, sensing a new angle, immediately knelt down and thrust her microphone toward the boy. “Kaiden Lancaster, isn’t it?” she asked with predatory sweetness. “You must be so proud of your mother tonight p> It was a beautifully crafted trap. Kaiden,

Chapter 794 Chapter 794: Those doodles were the blueprints of a billion-dollar empire. A sharp, agonizing pain ripped through his chest—so acute he thought he was having a heart attack. The regret was a living thing, eating him hollow from the inside out. Alistair Lancaster pressed his eyes shut. The

Chapter 793 Chapter 793: The assistant moved with rapid precision. He pulled a heavy, encrypted titanium USB drive from his jacket and jammed it into the laptop connected to the ballroom’s massive presentation screen. The screen flickered violently. A complex user interface exploded into view—a dark blue background filled with

Chapter 792 Chapter 792: “Mr. Lancaster,” Warren said. His voice was conversational, but it carried the lethal weight of an interrogation. “As the former CEO of a ten-billion-dollar AI empire, I assume the name ‘Sophia’ is not unfamiliar to you p> Grayson’s throat constricted. He tried to swallow, but it

Chapter 791 Chapter 791: “So what if she works for the government?!” Belle screamed, her voice cracking into a hysterical sob. “My core code is completely original! I wrote it! I stayed awake for weeks, typing every single character myself p> She was trying to drag the war back to