Chapter 15 — Lines That Cannot Be Crossed

The car moved smoothly through the sleeping

Inside, the silence was heavy.

Lady Shizuka sat with perfect posture, hands folded calmly on her lap. The streetlights slid across her face like passing thoughts—none of them staying long enough to matter.

Mr. Kaito broke the silence.

“Do you really think,” 

he said slowly, eyes fixed on the road ahead, 

“that Mekisa won’t find the unknown shareholders?”

Shizuka didn’t answer immediately.

Then she smiled.

“Never,” she said softly.

 “Confidence isn’t blindness, Kaito.”

She turned her head slightly toward him.

“There is only one person who could help her reach that level,” 

she continued.

 “Yukiro.”

Kaito’s jaw tightened.

 “And?”

Shizuka’s smile sharpened.

“And Yukiro won’t help her,”

  “Because I know exactly where to press.”

The car disappeared into the darkness.

Yukiro office 

Across the city, under harsh white lights, Yukiro stood alone in a quiet office.

Documents were spread neatly across the desk—far more organized than Mekisa’s chaos. Shareholder trees. Legal loopholes. Old acquisition trails.

Enough to change everything.

Yukiro’s fingers hovered above his laptop keyboard.

If I send this… she can win.

He exhaled slowly and picked up his phone.

Mekisa’s name glowed on the screen.

Just as he was about to attach the files

Buzz.

A message appeared.

Unknown number.

But he knew instantly who it was from.

Lady Shizuka.

He opened it.

His face went pale.

The message was short.

Too short.

And devastating.

Yukiro closed his eyes.

“…So that’s how it is,” he whispered.

His hand trembled as he looked back at the files—his way out, her way forward.

Slowly, painfully, he selected them.

Delete.

A confirmation box appeared.

He hesitated.

Then pressed Yes.

The screen went blank.

“I’m sorry, Mekisa,” 

he said quietly. 

“I can’t make things messier for you… not this way.”

He turned off the laptop.

And the room fell dark.

Back at the Kevi mansion.

The red dot still rested on Mekisa’s forehead.

Her arms were raised. Her breath steady—but her heartbeat was deafening.

The intruder didn’t rush.

Instead, they walked around the room slowly, boots crunching over shattered glass and scattered papers.

 They picked up a file, flipping through it casually.

“Financial reports,” the distorted voice said.

“Voting ratios.”

“Family leverage.”

A pause.

Then a low chuckle.

“…You’re looking for them.”

Mekisa’s eyes narrowed.

“Looking for who?” she asked calmly.

The figure stopped behind her.

The barrel of the weapon pressed lightly against her temple.

“The two unknown shareholders,”

“So,” the voice continued, almost conversational,

“tell me, Lioness…”

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