Chapter 349

Jonathan Godfrey was momentarily speechless, his chest tightening at her words. Yeah, he regretted it now. Big time. Back then, he should’ve just done it clean and quick. No loose ends. But the second he saw Eleanor Carmody wiping her tears in secret over that old man being seriously ill, he just... snapped. His resolve cracked for that split second. He stopped the meds. And that pause—just that one tiny hiccup—gave the old man a sliver of a second wind. Then the old guy sensed something was off. Picked up on the fact that someone had accessed his study computer. Jonathan had no choice. He upped the dose, rushed to finish the job. But it was too late. The man was dead, sure, and Stellar Group was in his hands. But the real deal—the core tech secrets—were locked up tighter than ever. Hidden away before the old man went cold. He and Rosemary Miller had spent half their lives luring this in. All they needed was that final push, then they could’ve vanished overseas and built their own tech