The Billionaire's True Heiress From Fake Jewel to Real Crown novel Chapter 1585

Fortunately, Quinton Graves was the kind of man who planned three steps ahead.

If Zane Brooks wasn't going to play ball, there was always his biggest rival!

The moment Zane refused to hand over Claire's border pass, the driver had sent a covert signal to Gideon Gantry's camp.

Gideon's crew should be arriving any minute now.

Zane had absolutely no idea that Quinton had anticipated his betrayal.

It wasn't until Gideon Gantry rolled up with an armed crew that Zane realized he was entirely surrounded.

"Gideon, what the hell is this? Don't forget whose territory you're standing on!"

Zane and Gideon had always been at each other's throats. They had their minor skirmishes, but they generally kept to their own sides of the street.

"Take it easy, Zane. No need to get worked up. I just heard my VIP clients wandered into your backyard, so I came to pick them up myself."

The two men ran the exact same rackets and had a long-standing gentleman's agreement not to poach each other's clientele.

Gideon usually wouldn't be caught dead on Zane's turf.

God only knew what kind of payout Quinton had promised him to break the truce.

Zane glared at him, his eyes practically freezing over. "You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

"How much did that bastard Quinton pay you?"

It was the only logical explanation. Quinton was throwing money around to spark a turf war.

If everything had gone smoothly on Zane's end and they crossed the border quietly, fine.

But the second Zane stalled them, they immediately called in Gideon to muscle the prize away.

Gideon was infinitely greedier than Zane.

And he didn't give a damn about underworld etiquette.

If they let Gideon take Claire today, she was definitely ending up in Sundara.

Zane's expression shifted as he calculated whether he should just call the police himself.

But calling the cops was basically torching his own livelihood.

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