Collateral Damage นิยาย & เรื่องราว

The headline spread like wildfire: **VALE BOARD KNEW OF LANE’S FATHER—AND DID NOTHING** Attached were excerpts. Cold. Clinical. Devastating. > *‘Collateral damage is regrettable but unavoidable.’* > *‘The consultant’s family exposure is acceptable.’* > *‘Ensure silence.’* Aria’s father wasn’t an accident. He was a calculation. Damian’s chest tightened painfully. “That meeting,” he said hoarsely. “I wasn’t there.” Elena nodded. “I know.”

A man I didn't even know existed until five minutes ago. "You destroyed my home," I choke out, my voice trembling with fury. "You traumatized my children. You almost killed us." "Collateral damage," he says, shrugging it off like it bores him. "What are you planning to do with me now?" I bite out, hating how my voice cracks. “Kill me?"

“Enough to help you dismantle parts of his empire strategically. Enough to hurt the right people without collapsing the entire skyline on innocent tenants. In the process, we both get what we want.” “What you want is my father dead in the water,” she says. “And what you want,” he says quietly, “is him stopped. Don’t pretend those aren’t variations of the same thesis.” “Collateral damage matters,” she says. “You drop that thing without aim. It’s not just Vince who falls.” “That’s why I haven’t dropped it,” he says. “Yet.” Yet, he hangs between them like a guillotine. “You trust me to aim?” she asks.

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“You always thought love was something you could walk away from.” “I walked away from something that was hurting me,” he said. “And now you’re going to let it hurt you,” she said. “Unless you come back.” “Not happening,” he said. “Then enjoy watching your perfect life crumble,” she said. “And tell your girlfriend I’m sorry she had to be collateral damage.” The call ended. I felt like I had been punched. “Collateral damage,” I whispered. Lake looked at me. “You are not collateral damage.”