The Cherished Wife

"Oh, and one more thing." The voice chuckled. "I've cooked up a new concoction of that virus from three years back. It's way more potent than the original."

"What did you do?" Jack's face twisted in anger. "Who did you test it on?"

"Your foes are my foes," came the flat reply. "It's in your stepson."

"You... He's just a kid!" Jack's voice was a growl. "Why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Isn't this me telling you? You said you were going to handle that Peter brat, right? You were on board when I gave Peter's wife the virus three years ago," the voice was calm. "Besides, if it weren't for you, that kid would've gotten the virus a year ago. Thanks to you, the virus is now top-notch after a year of perfecting it."

"Hand over the antidote!" Jack demanded, his anger palpable. "I'll settle my scores with Peter and the Lennon family on my own terms. Tania and Brandon shouldn't be dragged into this."

have any ties to the Hoffman family, they're far from innocent!" The voice on the other end of the line was losing patience. "Chill out. The virus won't kick in just yet. It's still incubating. I'm only telling you because you've been slacking off lately. I've waited years for this, and I'm not about to let it all

phone so hard that his knuckles turned white. "You're really cold-blooded. How could you do this

cut from the same

screen faded to black, his expression

the wildcards in his life he did not account for. He was ready to walk away, but Peter had to drag them into the mess.

Gared's adopted son, was the mastermind behind Nexus Group, Steven had managed Naylor family's empire well until vanished abroad years ago. Then, out

knew

for several days. She had barely stepped through the door when Arya swooped in

"Looks like you've put on a few pounds. Did you go on a