SIMON THE ZILLIONAIRE FROM NOWHERE

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Eddie had always believed that his return to New York would be quiet, a simple reacquaintance with the city he once called home. But as he stepped off the plane and inhaled the familiar, gritty air of the metropolis, he knew that peace was something he could never truly grasp, not in this city, and not with the kind of past he had.

New York was as he remembered—chaotic, alive, and full of the kind of people who were always looking for a way out, a way up, or a way to survive. Eddie was no different. He had left the city years ago, hoping to find something better, something that wouldn't constantly remind him of what he was running from. But like so many others before him, Eddie found that no matter where he went, the ghosts of his past followed closely, whispering in his ear, pulling him back to the place where it all began.

It was no surprise then, that within hours of arriving, Eddie found himself face-to-face with one of those very ghosts—Axton.

Axton was a man Eddie had hoped nev