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Back then, Ken had seen the determination of a man fighting for someone who mattered to him. What he saw sitting across from him now was the determination of a man fighting for the woman he truly loved, and for the future he wanted to build with her, live with her, and grow old together in.
And Ken knew enough about men like Damien to understand the difference.
Love had given him something far more powerful to protect, and anyone foolish enough to threaten it would discover just how dangerous that could make him.
Damien Blackwood was not a man anyone should make the mistake of crossing, especially when it involved someone he considered his own.
Ken had been genuinely impressed by the man he had become.
And looking at him now, seeing that unwavering determination in his eyes, Ken knew the decision had already been made.
Viktor Volkov’s time in Damien’s life was coming to an end.
Ken lifted his glass and took another sip of his whiskey.
“Hmm.”
He studied Damien thoughtfully over the rim before lowering the glass.
“And how exactly are you planning to do that?” he asked, genuinely curious.
Damien answered without hesitation.
“Slowly, but surely,” he answered calmly and confidently.
He paused, raising the glass Ken had handed him and taking a measured sip before continuing.
“I’m going to dismantle his so–called empire piece by piece. I don’t want to take everything from him at once. I want him to watch it disappear slowly, knowing there’s nothing he can do to stop it.”
His expression hardened.
“I’ll cripple him financially first. Take away his businesses, his connections, his influence Everything he spent years building. But more importantly, I want to cripple him mentally”
Damien leaned back in his chair, his voice remaining eerily calm.
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“I want him paranoid. I want him questioning everyone around him, wondering who betrayed him and what I’m going to take from him next. I want him looking over his shoulder every fucking day until he realizes there’s nowhere left for him to run.”
His eyes turned cold.
“And when he’s paranoid enough that he thinks he knows where the next attack is coming fifrom, that’s when I’ll come from somewhere he never expected.”
AA chilling finality settled over his expression.
“And I’ll be the one who puts the bullet in his head.”
KKen gave a slow nod, seemingly unsurprised by what he had just heard.
““Hmm. That explains the explosion.”
AA flicker of surprise crossed Damien’s face, but it disappeared almost immediately. The Ccorner of his mouth lifted into a faint smirk.
“Nothing really gets past you, does it, Mr. Takahashi?”
KKen simply shrugged before raising his glass toward him. Damien lifted his own in response, a a silent acknowledgment passing between the two men before they both took another sip.
KKen placed his glass down and leaned back in his chair.
“I’t see Harper has developed a very close relationship with Maya, and she clearly considers yyou amally as well,” he began.
His expression softened slightly.
“AAnd considering the circumstances that brought them together, I still owe you my gratitude. Thank you for protecting my daughter.”
DDamien gave a slight shake of his head.
“I“dididn’t protect her. She protected herself.”
“Ubdder your roof.”
Kke passed before letting out a short laugh and shaking his head.
“UubbletievableCCareless, but clever.”
“From AAdaint smirk touched Damien’s lips. “She managed to hide under my ra Claesemadedd”
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Ken couldn’t argue with that.
He fell quiet briefly, his thoughts returning to his daughter and the future that was rapidly approaching.
“As you know, Harper will soon be taking my place as Oyabun.”
He paused, and a faint look of disbelief crossed his face before he shook his head.
“And now, apparently, the Ashcrofts may eventually become our in–laws.”
Despite the seriousness of the conversation, Damien almost smiled.
Ken continued before he could respond.
“The point is, you have the Takahashis, the Ashcrofts, and the strength of Maya’s own family behind you. Whatever uncertainty still surrounds her situation with the Lockwoods, her bloodline alone carries an influence that cannot simply be dismissed.”
Ken leaned forward slightly.
“If this were only about power, money, and influence, Viktor Volkov wouldn’t stand a chance aagainst what you have behind you now.”
His expression hardened.
“But that man has never survived on power alone. He survives because he’s cunning. He lies, manipulates, betrays, and strikes where people least expect it. That makes him dangerous eeven when the odds are against him.”
“know,” Damien replied. “Eliminating him would be doing the world a favor.”
He drained the remaining amber liquid from his glass in one gulp and set it down, the brief ddistraction fading as his attention returned to the question that had been lingering in the blaack of his mind ever since Ken brought up the accident.
Hilis eyes narrowed.
But what does any of that have to do with why you brought me here and asked about an aaccident that happened seven years ago?”
Keemheld his eyes.
“FiBecause I found something that might give you an even greater reason to erase Wokkov from this world for good.”
Dannnier seexpression immediately hardened.
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