Chapter 34
The storage facility erupted into chaos.
Heavy footsteps thundered through the corridors.
Metal doors slammed open one after another.
Voices echoed from every direction.
Armed men.
Too many of them.
And somewhere among them—
Him.
The man Catherine feared.
The man who had just arrived.
Evelyn's pulse hammered in her ears.
She had never seen Catherine Monroe afraid before.
Not truly afraid.
The woman had faced Damian's anger, Richard Bennett's empire, and fifteen years of guilt without breaking.
Yet now her face was completely drained of color.
"Who is he?" Evelyn asked.
Catherine didn't answer immediately.
Her eyes remained fixed on the entrance.
Watching.
Listening.
Waiting.
As if she already knew what was coming.
Then she whispered:
"The only person Rich
