Tammy reached the study and knocked on the door.
"Come in." Solomon's voice came from outside.
Tammy walked in with a cup of hot water. She set it down in front of him, then stood there without moving, like she wanted to say something but was holding back.
Solomon noticed the look on her face and pulled her into his arms. "Something wrong?"
"Yes." Tammy looked at him, her eyes carrying a trace of something complicated.
Solomon's warm fingers brushed over hers, his manner as gentle and easy as ever. "Go ahead."
"Thank you," Tammy said.
Solomon raised a brow.
A soft warmth filled Tammy's eyes. "For letting me keep working."
Solomon asked, "What work?"
"My agent already told me, so you don't have to hide it anymore." Tammy said that on purpose. Her acting was excellent, and every tiny shift in her expression was under perfect control. "If it wasn't you, then who else would have gotten all my work released?"
Rather than living in fear afterward, she would rather bring it out into the open now. Either Solomon would block them again and she would avoid getting dragged online as well as going back to being a nobody actress, or he would have no way to stop it and her career would finally begin.
Solomon's hand stopped where it held her hand, and the gentleness in his eyes turned dark.
Tammy froze. "It wasn't you?"
"Your agent told you all your work is being released?" Solomon's tone gave nothing away.
"Yes..." Tammy said.
Solomon lifted her off his lap. "Go get some rest first. I still have something to deal with here."
Tammy looked like she wanted to say more, but in the end, she only nodded and said, "Alright."
If Solomon had not interfered, then the Jade City's project would have been hers after all of her effort and planning.
Solomon did not deny it. "There was a reason for that. I wasn't deliberately making things hard for her."
"I was," John said openly.
"John." Solomon's voice turned cold, and his anger was obvious. "Don't test my limits. You know neither of us wants this to turn ugly. If I really make a move, Sierra will not come out of it well either."
"You can try," John said calmly, as if he had already planned for everything.
Something dark flickered through Solomon's eyes.
"Sierra also has the Lynch family in Harbor City and the King family supporting her in addition to my help," John added, almost like a reminder. "If you want to go all in, go ahead. But you will never get the chance to take Henderson Group from me for the rest of your life."
Silence fell on the other end of the line.
John went straight for the heart of it. "Solomon, do you have the guts to do that?"

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