Chapter 137 The Partner's Downfall

• “I didn’t think you had it in you, Jasmine, my partner drawled, his voice low and laced with amusement as he leaned against the edge of his massive desk.
• The opulence of his office, with its floor-to-ceiling windows and polished mahogany accents, seemed to mock the impending doom he didn’t yet fully comprehend. I stood in the center of the room, my new ally, Lucas Kane, at my side. His calm, calculating presence was a sharp contrast to the storm raging inside me.
• “This was never about whether I could do it, I replied coolly. “It was about when.”