The contrast was jarring. One day, Noel was tracing patterns in wood chips for his daughter; the next, he was in a towering glass office, signing off on multi-million dollar deals. He had to shed the scent of the sea and the quiet warmth of fatherhood and re-don the impenetrable armor of the Iron CEO.
But the armor was now a tool of deception. Noel was no longer working for Henry's legacy; he was operating a sophisticated sabotage mission against it. His presence in the Anderson Global headquarters was purely strategic: a shield, providing him access to the network, the files, and the key players in Operation Lighthouse.
His focus was absolute, but the energy behind it had changed. Before, his coldness was born of grief; now, it was born of hatred and necessity. He attacked his worklo
