Chapter 419

Lucas Ellis pinched the spot between his brows, trying to soothe the headache building up. His mother’s voice screeched through the phone loud enough to make him want to throw it across the room. He glanced at the stack of documents piled like a mountain in front of him and felt his nerves about to snap. "Hello? Lucas, are you listening or not?" Victoria Ellis’s voice rose again when she realized he hadn’t replied. Leaning back in his chair, Lucas tugged at his tie, loosening it as he muttered, “Dominic getting involved with gangsters? That doesn’t sound right. You sure about this?” “I’m sure! David saw it with his own eyes! The guy’s called Nine—something. Nine something!” Victoria rushed to explain when she heard the doubt in Lucas’s tone. Lucas froze at the name. Nine? Was she talking about *that* Nine? The one from the underground empire? How the hell had Dominic crossed paths with someone like him? “Son, I’m serious. I’m not making this up. That guy, Nine, he *took your kid!* Grac