Chapter 20 - The Final Ascent to the Top of the World and the Undisputed Reign of the Syndicate Queen
The massive and incredibly luxurious private penthouse at the absolute top of the Whitmore Industries skyscraper offered a completely breathtaking and entirely unobstructed view of the entire sprawling city.
I stood completely silently by the massive and crystal clear floor to ceiling glass windows,
holding a warm and highly delicate crystal glass of incredibly expensive vintage champagne,
watching the millions of tiny and bright city lights slowly begin to completely illuminate the dark and freezing winter night.
I was absolutely no longer just a struggling,
overworked,
and highly underpaid accounts payable specialist drowning hopelessly in massive student loan debt.
I was now the absolute,
undisputed,
and highly feared Chief Financial Officer of one of the most incredibly powerful and massively wealthy legitimate corporations in the entire world.
More importantly,
I was the completely protected,
highly respected,
and deeply loved partner of the most incredibly dangerous and absolutely powerful man in the entire city of Chicago.
Ethan stepped completely silently up closely behind me,
his large,
strong,
and incredibly warm arms wrapping gently and securely around my small waist,
pulling my back firmly and highly affectionately against his broad and muscular chest.
"Are you finally completely happy in your brand new and highly demanding role,
my beautiful queen?"
he asked softly and deeply,
gently pressing a warm,
tender,
and incredibly romantic kiss completely against the sensitive skin of my bare neck.
I leaned completely and heavily back into his incredibly strong and highly comforting embrace,
a profound,
absolute,
and completely undeniable sense of total peace and total security washing completely over my entire soul.
"I am completely and utterly terrified absolutely every single day,
Ethan,"
I admitted honestly and quietly,
my fingers gently and softly tracing the incredibly strong and highly calloused hands that were holding me so incredibly tightly.
"But I am also absolutely and completely in love with the incredibly dangerous,
brilliant,
and completely unstoppable man who completely trusts me to entirely rule his massive world."
He slowly and gently turned me completely around in his strong arms,
carefully taking the fragile crystal glass out of my shaking hand and placing it completely gently onto a nearby polished marble table.
"You completely rule my entire massive corporate empire,
Claire,
and you completely and entirely rule my dark and highly guarded heart,"
he vowed passionately and fiercely,
his dark and incredibly intense eyes completely blazing with an absolute,
undeniable,
and totally eternal love.
He leaned down slowly and deliberately,
capturing my lips completely in a deeply passionate,
incredibly fierce,
and entirely breathtaking kiss that completely erased any remaining shadows of fear from my completely changed life.
We stood together completely silently at the absolute top of the dark and glittering world,
a brilliant corporate accountant and a completely reformed underworld king,
ready to entirely face whatever massive and dangerous challenges the hidden future might ever dare to bring.
The quiet janitor had successfully and completely reclaimed his massive corporate throne,
but he had absolutely not done it entirely alone,
because he had successfully found his absolute equal in the exact place he had absolutely least expected to look.
The numbers were finally completely and perfectly balanced,
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the dangerous enemies were completely and entirely vanquished,
and the absolute and complete reign of the brand new Chicago syndicate queen had only just beautifully begun.
