Chapter 375
Chapter 375:
Asher looked back, his face like stone. “I’m telling you for the last time — she’s dead. That’s her lying right there p>
Colton’s gaze sharpened into something dangerous. “You have three days to produce her. If you don’t, our agreement is finished — and so is our partnership p>
Asher’s eyes narrowed, the veins in his hands standing out as his grip tightened.
Colton pressed further, unmoved by the rage building across from him. “Your brothers just closed a massive global deal, Asher. It would be a real shame if something happened to unravel all that progress now p>
Asher’s face went pale, his knuckles bloodless against the wheelchair. After a long, loaded silence, he looked Colton directly in the eye and said, very slowly, “Kristine is dead. Why is that so difficult for you to accept p>
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Colton straightened, looking down at him with a cold, knowing smirk. “Something tells me she might just come back to life in about three days.” Without another word, he turned and walked out.
The moment Colton disappeared, Danica rushed to Asher’s side. “Mr. Edwards — was he telling the truth? Is Kristine actually alive p>
Asher looked up at her, his eyes like ice. “What do you think p>
The words hit Danica like a bucket of freezing water, leaving her speechless.
Colton stepped out through the hospital’s main entrance. Warm sunlight fell across his face, softening, just slightly, the cold and unreachable air he carried. A faint, knowing smile touched his eyes. He wasn’t buying the death story. He knew Kristine better than that. The men he had seen in the water that night had been Asher’s people — sent to pull her out.
Bobby noticed Colton looked almost relaxed for the first time in days and seized the opening. “Mr. Yates, Lance Edwards has been requesting a meeting. He sent another invitation today. Will you see him p>
Ever since Colton had partnered with Asher, the other two Edwards brothers had been desperate to secure their own piece of the arrangement. But Colton had never been able to stomach them. They had the intelligence, certainly — but their greed was the kind that made men walk off cliffs without ever seeing the edge. In the past, he wouldn’t have given them a moment of his time.
But things were different now.
He squinted against the sun. “When p>
“Tomorrow night at the Stellaris Hotel,” Bobby replied, sounding cautiously hopeful. “One of the Edwards family’s flagship properties p>
Colton gave a single, cool nod and went quiet.
Bobby knew better than to say anything more. He reached for his phone to confirm with Lance.
Colton bypassed the hospital entirely and went straight back to his hotel. He had been gone only a day, but his desk was already buried under paperwork. He dropped into his chair and worked through the files on his computer, and hours passed before he even registered how late it had gotten.
When he finally looked up, Elyse was standing beside his desk. He hadn’t heard her come in.
He frowned. “Why are you here p>