The Winter Knows No Frost Novel

Chapter 10 Chapter 10 +25 Bonus "Give me one more chance, even if it's just to stay by your side and make it right," Neal said bitterly. His plea was cut short by a cold gun barrel. Kirk stepped out of the shadows, aiming at Neal's forehead. "This isn't the Winters Mansion," Kirk warned. "You don't get to make a scene here. One more step, and the bullet won't care who you are. Neal froze, the light in his eyes fading. Liam grabbed his arm. "Let's go." My assistant came back with the flash drive. "The tech team says the financial records are solid.

Enough to put Richard behind bars." I traced the ice-crack pattern on a painting's frame. "Hold off. Olive loves being the center of attention. I want her to watch everything she cherishes crumble." Half a month later, the Winters Group's stock crashed. Through my mother's offshore company, I anonymously leaked evidence of Richard's embezzlement. Soon, old scandals resurfaced, banks withdrew loans, partners abandoned ship, and reporters besieged the mansion. Kirk updated me. "Richard blames it all on Olive, saying she colluded with outsiders to drain the company.

Liam and Neal have cut ties with the Winters and are being hunted by Richard's enemies." I paused on a page-an equity certificate for a biotech company my mother owned. In my past life, Richard had obsessed over it but couldn't unlock its technological secrets. I closed the file. "Time to let him know what it feels like to lose everything." Three days later, the Winters Group declared bankruptcy. The police arrested Richard at a shareholder meeting. Olive tried fleeing with the last of the funds but was intercepted by Neal at the airport.

Word was that she screamed curses at him in the terminal, calling him ungrateful. Neal tossed a DNA test in her face, proof from the dying boss of the black market that Olive wasn't Richard's daughter. Rather, she was a pawn planted by his enemies. Neal's voice was chillingly calm. "Like us, you are someone's chess piece. You simply wanted too much." Olive was extradited for fraud. Liam and Neal, after handing all the evidence to Interpol, vanished from public view. I stood by a lake, holding my recovered silver bookmark.

Wallace sent word that Richard, before prison, ranted my mother's name, saying he'd failed her. Behind me, Kirk heaved a sigh of relief. "Miss, it's over." I tucked the bookmark into my pocket, next to my mother's photo. "Yeah, it's over." 1/2 Chapter 10 +25 Bonus The debts of my past life were settled. Love, hate, obsession, and entanglement were all swept away by time's current. As the sun sank below the horizon, I knew my new life was just beginning.

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