A Woman Worth Billions Dated the Wrong Brother novel Chapter 204

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Collapse

Samuel White announced the merger less than a week later.

Publicly, it was described as visionary.

A strategic consolidation between the White company, the real estate branch Adrian had stabilized, and White Lotus Construction-Samuel White’s personal construction empire.

On paper, it looked perfect.

The media praised it relentlessly.

Financial analysts called it “a generational restructuring.”

Investors celebrated the possibility of centralized leadership under the White family.

Business channels spoke about recovery, legacy, and stability.

And most importantly-

It gave Samuel White complete control.

Exactly as intended.

Jason watched the live announcement beside me from the office lounge, one arm resting behind my chair while Samuel White smiled confidently from every financial screen in the country.

“My family has worked tirelessly to restore confidence in the company,” Samuel White declared smoothly during the press conference. “And now it is time for us to move forward as a united enterprise.”

I almost laughed.

United.

After selling one son.

Manipulating another.

And allowing Oscar White-the official heir of the White family-to stand proudly beside him without understanding the true state of the empire he was inheriting.

Jason remained silent beside me, but I felt the tension in him immediately.

Not fear.

Anticipation.

Because now Samuel White stood at the center of everything.

There would be no board to hide behind anymore.

No fragmented ownership.

No excuses.

Only him.

The collapse took two months.

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Two long, strangely quiet months.

And somehow…

The silence felt worse than open conflict.

Jason and I prepared for every possible scenario during that time.

Every contingency.

Every escape route.

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The fairy house transformed slowly beneath the surface.

What had once been hidden security systems became something far more extensive.

We expanded the underground passages.

Reinforced the hidden walls.

Built an entirely new escape tunnel connecting every room directly to the outer cliffside.

The tunnel led beneath the property and opened near the private beach below.

Hidden there-concealed inside the natural rock formations and reinforced beneath the cliffs-

Was a second stronghold.

Completely independent from the house.

It had supplies.

Medical equipment.

Satellite communication systems.

Secure transportation routes.

Enough resources to disappear for weeks if necessary.

Jason personally supervised most of the construction at night.

The workers believed they were reinforcing coastal foundations.

Only a handful of people knew the truth.

Meanwhile, life above ground continued almost normally.

Or at least… as normally as possible.

The children adapted surprisingly quickly to the new routines.

Security escorts disguised as staff.

Rotating school routes.

Emergency drills hidden beneath games.

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Alex treated everything like a classified mission.

Alice treated it like an adventure movie.

Rose and Iris, however, understood the truth.

And because they understood it-

Jason trained them personally.

Not aggressively.

Not like soldiers. 1

But carefully.

How to recognize surveillance.

How to memorize exits. 1

How to move quietly through the hidden passages.

How to react if separated from adults.

At first, watching it hurt me.

Seeing children learn survival before they fully learned safety felt fundamentally wrong.

Then one night I found Rose helping Alice navigate one of the underground passages while Iris timed their response speed with complete seriousness.

And Alice-

Alice laughed the entire time.

Somehow, despite everything…

They were still children.

That realization nearly broke me.

The happiest moment during those two months came unexpectedly.

Rose and Iris celebrated their first real birthday party.

Not survival anniversaries.

Not forgotten dates whispered quietly in hidden rooms.

A real birthday.

The fairy house transformed completely for the occasion.

Alice insisted on decorating everything herself.

Which resulted in excessive glitter, crooked banners, and balloons absolutely everywhere.

Alex built a ridiculous “security schedule” for the cake.

Jason pretended not to be emotionally affected watching Rose stare at her birthday candles like she didn’t fully

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understand they belonged to her.

s cried when everyone sang to her.

Quietly.

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