SHADOW GAMES: A technothriller (Hugo Xavier Series Book 2) by Filip Forsberg

Author:Filip Forsberg [Forsberg, Filip]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

10

Satisfaction. That’s what it was—sheer and utter satisfaction. Jasper sat up in bed. Anna, the massage therapist, slept by his side. Jasper pulled on a silk bathrobe, stood up, and walked out of the bedroom. He closed the door as he went out. He wasn’t done with Anna yet.

He walked the long corridor that led from the bedroom toward the living room and out into the kitchen. The marble slab on the kitchen island sparkled in the sunshine. Everything in the kitchen was of the highest quality. Jasper went to the Sub-Zero fridge, opened it, and retrieved a bottle of mineral water. He finished the whole thing at once and threw the bottle in the trash. This is how it was and how it should be—on top. All the power he now possessed! It was an intoxicating feeling. Jasper was a recognized businessman in the French business world and was worth many billions.

As chairman of the board for Pantheon Global, he had enormous influence in the business world. Directly and indirectly through subcontractors, he was the head of more than fifty-five thousand people worldwide. He’d fought hard to get to where he was, but that wasn’t what gave him the high he had now.

Instead, the feeling Jasper now enjoyed resulted from a process that had begun two months ago, when he had been contacted by another famous businessman—or rather, businesswoman. Juliet Rapp, the manager of a global medicine group, had requested a meeting with him. Jasper had accepted, thinking that Juliet might propose a collaboration of some kind, but he hadn’t gone to the meeting with particularly high expectations. He had been entirely wrong not to. What Juliet had told him that day had changed Jasper’s life. Juliet had informed him that she was part of a secret organization called the Shadow Council, and she wanted Jasper to join.

Jasper had been taken aback but had quickly gotten hold of himself. He’d been curious about the proposal and had agreed. During the long initiation process, Jasper had more than a few times doubted what he was doing, but he had stayed the course. And he hadn’t regretted it. It had only been two weeks since he’d been admitted to the Shadow Council, and this operation was the first Jasper had carried out with the help of the Shadow Council’s resources. All the power he now had access to was exhilarating.

A single telephone call, and a team of hardy killers was available for his command. He’d exercised power before, but this was something else. And Jasper hadn’t been late in seizing the opportunity. He had planned a hostile takeover of Gripen Defense within the following six months; however, stubborn rumors claimed that Magnus von Silverstråle had other plans. This had forced Jasper to move his agenda forward. And when he’d found out Sara’s intentions, a golden opportunity had appeared.

A voice came from behind him, and Jasper jumped. Anna stood naked in the doorway, her body sculpted from marble.

“Are you leaving me?”

Jasper smiled. He opened the refrigerator again and took out another bottle of mineral water.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.