Chapter 153 End The Contract

• In Reginald's mind, that single grudging sentence was already the grandest olive branch he could ever extend. Not once, even during the boy's stormy adolescence, had Asher made him worry. Yet for this one woman, the heir of Fullerton Group had dared to overturn the house tables.
• Asher did not bother to argue. A cool, almost indifferent, "I'm boarding now," was all he gave before cutting the line. On the flight back, he sat wordless, obsidian eyes fixed on the passing runway lights. The air around him felt frozen, impenetrable; no one could guess where his thoughts had gone.
• Barely had Fullerton Group's public notice lit up the company's intranet when the HR department dialed Amelia's number without hesitation.