Ace Kane’s original intention had never been to destroy Emily Sunford.
Quite the opposite—he knew that if he truly struck back, if he launched even a fraction of his actual ability at her, she wouldn’t survive the blow.
She wasn’t built for real confrontation.
She was fragile, impulsive, and blinded by greed.
But even with all that, he still never expected her to hang up on him.
How deep did greed have to sink its claws into someone for her to cut off the only lifeline she had left?
He didn’t know.
And he no longer cared enough to guess.
He had given her her last chance.
If she chose to tear it apart, he wasn’t going to patch it for her.
With that thought, he headed toward the company building where chaos continued to escalate.
When he reached the police zone, Lora Hale was in t
