Chapter 270

Alexander POV

"What do you know?" I asked carefully.

"Enough." James straightened. "Enough to know that whoever buys this company gets leverage over some very powerful people. And that leverage is worth more than any purchase price."

"So you're planning to extort people?"

"I'm planning to protect my interests. What happens after that depends on how cooperative certain parties decide to be."

I gripped the railing hard enough to hurt. "Don't do this."

"Give me a reason not to."

"Because it's wrong? Because leveraging people's financial crimes makes you no better than they are?"

"Says the man who's been sitting on evidence of his cousin's embezzlement for weeks." James smiled. "We're not that