CHAPTER 44-DEAL

Damien Roth paced restlessly, his eyes blazing with a cold fury. He had been wronged, he believed, by the late Richard Wellington, who had stolen his brilliant business idea and had built a multi-billion-dollar empire upon it.

Now, with Richard Wellington dead, his daughter Margaret had inherited the company and was reaping the benefits of her father's ill-gotten gains.

Damien had sought the help of a powerful ally, former Senator Abigail Harrison. While she had been deceived by a man who had posed as George Thompson, only to later discover that his true identity was Henry Constantine.

"Senator Harrison, I have a proposition for you." Damien entered the senator' private office.

"Go on," she said, her eyebrows raise and lips curving into a sly smile.

"I intend to make Margaret Wellington pay for her father's crime," Damien declared. "I will demand a massive refund for the idea that was stolen from me."

"And why would I help you?" Harrison's eyes narrowed.

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