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Chapter 467
Chapter 467:
Miles away, in the back of his moving armored SUV, Crawford paid no attention to the colossal business deal he had just sabotaged.
He pulled out his personal, untraceable cell phone, scrolled to June’s name, and pressed call.
Crawford sat in the deep leather seat of his SUV, rubbing his thumb rhythmically against his platinum cufflink as the dial tone rang in his ear.
The phone rang five times. He was just about to hang up and check her GPS tracker when the line finally clicked open.
“Crawford? Is there an emergency p>
June’s voice came through the speaker — thick, raspy, and completely exhausted.
Crawford’s hand stilled. The muscles in his neck tightened instantly. He was a predator finely attuned to his target’s physical state, and he recognized immediately the sound of someone who had spent the entire night crying.
𝗗і𝘴𝘤o𝗏𝘦r 𝗁і𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝗀e𝘮𝘀 o𝗇 𝗀a𝗹ոo𝘃elѕ.𝗰𝗈𝘮
“You sound terrible,” he said, his corporate smoothness giving way to sharp, demanding concern. “What happened p>
June was in the back of a yellow cab, heading toward her office. She pressed her fingers against her throbbing temples.
“It was Snowball,” she said, her voice wavering at the memory. “Someone poisoned her last night. I spent the entire night at the emergency vet p>
She deliberately left Easton’s name out of the account. She did not want Crawford to know another man had been holding her while she cried.
A wave of pure, homicidal rage detonated in Crawford’s chest. Someone had bypassed her building’s security and attacked her pet.
He immediately pulled his encrypted tablet from his briefcase and typed a rapid command to his Ghost Team director: Breach the Tribeca building servers. Find the poisoner. Do not wait for authorization.
When he spoke into the phone, however, he forced his voice to remain soft and even.
“I am so sorry, June,” Crawford murmured. “Do you need me to send a security detail to your apartment p>
“No, it’s fine,” June sighed, staring blankly out the cab window. “I already filed a police report and the building management is upgrading the cameras. Snowball is stable now p>
Crawford took a slow breath. He needed to see her — needed to physically verify that she was unharmed. He reached for the bait he had already prepared.
“The compliance review for Apex Bio has hit a minor snag,” he said, the lie flowing out of him with flawless ease. “I’ve booked a private table at Le Bernardin for tonight. We should sit down and discuss the legal strategy p>
It was the perfect trap. June never ignored a threat to her company.
But June closed her eyes and leaned her head against the cold glass of the taxi window.
“I am so sorry, Crawford,” she said, her voice saturated with genuine exhaustion. “I have to go back to the hospital tonight to sit with Snowball. I simply don’t have the mental capacity to discuss compliance right now p>
The line went completely silent.
Crawford gripped his cell phone until the metal casing groaned under the pressure. His jaw locked. He was a man who commanded global media empires — he was never told no.