Chapter: Chapter 150Elena woke up before dawn.The pain was no longer sharp. Just present. A dull reminder that her body had survived something her mind was still unpacking.The room was quiet.Too quiet.She turned her head and saw Holden sitting in the armchair by the window, jacket still on, tie loosened but not removed. He hadn’t slept there again.He hadn’t slept much at all since the attack.“You should rest,” she said softly.He looked up immediately, alert, as if he had been waiting for permission to breathe.“I’m fine.”She almost smiled at the lie.“You say that every time,” she murmured.“I need to.”That was the truth.Holden stood and came closer, careful, always careful now. He adjusted the blanket even though it didn’t need adjusting. Straightened the glass of water. Checked the IV like he didn’t trust the nurses.Obsessive wasn’t the right word.Terrified was.Elena studied him—really studied him—and saw the fractures he didn’t realize were visible. The tightness in his jaw. The way his e
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Chapter: Chapter 149Distance, Elena discovered, was not created by miles.It was created by rules.Within forty-eight hours of their argument, the rules appeared.They arrived quietly—like dust settling on furniture no one remembered moving.Her office access card no longer opened the executive elevator. Her calendar showed meetings she hadn’t approved and absences she hadn’t requested. People still greeted her with respect, but something fundamental had shifted.She was no longer inside.She was adjacent.Elena stood in the hallway outside the boardroom, staring at the frosted glass.Holden was inside.She could see his silhouette through the blur—still, authoritative, absolute.The door did not open for her.She didn’t knock.She turned away.That was the moment she understood: Holden hadn’t pushed her out in anger.He had done it calmly.Deliberately.As if he were amputating something he loved to save the rest of his body.At home, the atmosphere was worse.Holden was everywhere and nowhere at once.
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Chapter: Chapter 148Distance, Elena discovered, was not created by miles.It was created by rules.Within forty-eight hours of their argument, the rules appeared.They arrived quietly—like dust settling on furniture no one remembered moving.Her office access card no longer opened the executive elevator. Her calendar showed meetings she hadn’t approved and absences she hadn’t requested. People still greeted her with respect, but something fundamental had shifted.She was no longer inside.She was adjacent.Elena stood in the hallway outside the boardroom, staring at the frosted glass.Holden was inside.She could see his silhouette through the blur—still, authoritative, absolute.The door did not open for her.She didn’t knock.She turned away.That was the moment she understood: Holden hadn’t pushed her out in anger.He had done it calmly.Deliberately.As if he were amputating something he loved to save the rest of his body.At home, the atmosphere was worse.Holden was everywhere and nowhere at once.
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Chapter: Chapter 147Elena learned, slowly, that recovery was not the same as freedom.Her body had healed enough to move without pain, to breathe without effort, to sleep without medication. But something else had tightened around her life—something invisible, relentless.Holden.He controlled nothing openly.That was the most frightening part.He didn’t forbid her from leaving the house. He didn’t raise his voice when she spoke to board members. He didn’t place guards directly at her side.Instead, the world rearranged itself around her.Cars arrived before she called for them. Meetings were “rescheduled” moments before she confirmed attendance. People hesitated before answering her questions—then glanced past her shoulder, as if seeking permission from the air.From him.The realization settled like a bruise beneath her skin.This wasn’t protection.This was containment.One evening, she tested it.She left without telling him.No security notice. No assistant. No destination shared.Just her coat, her
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Chapter: Chapter 146Elena woke before dawn.Not because of pain—her body had finally begun to obey her again—but because of the quiet. The kind of silence that pressed too close, too aware.Holden was awake.She could feel it without opening her eyes.His presence had become that familiar: a weight in the room, steady and unyielding. When she finally turned her head, she found him sitting in the chair beside her bed, sleeves rolled up, phone dark in his hand, gaze fixed on her face as if she might disappear if he blinked.“How long have you been watching?” she asked softly.“All night.”She closed her eyes again.“That’s not normal.”“It’s necessary.”The same word.Always the same word.She pushed herself upright slowly. He moved instantly, hand hovering near her shoulder, ready to catch her if she swayed. She didn’t.“I can stand on my own,” she said.“I know.”“Then let me.”He hesitated—just half a second—but withdrew his hand.That hesitation told her everything.Breakfast was silent. Holden barely
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Chapter: Chapter 145Elena had always believed healing would feel like returning to herself.She was wrong.Recovery felt more like inhabiting a version of her body that no longer belonged entirely to her—every movement monitored, every decision questioned, every silence filled by someone else’s vigilance.By Holden’s.He accompanied her everywhere now.Not obviously. Not openly.But always there.When she took calls, he stood close enough to hear her tone. When she read documents, he watched her reactions more than the words. When she slept, he timed her breathing like a countdown he was afraid would end.“Do you ever stop?” she asked one evening as he followed her into the study.“No.”It wasn’t defiance.It was confession.She closed the door behind them.“You don’t trust me to be alone.”“I don’t trust the world to leave you alone.”“That’s not the same thing.”“It is when the world has already tried to kill you.”She leaned against the desk, arms crossed.“And what happens when I want something yo
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Chapter: Bab 120Dia mengangkat telepon, menggerakkan jari Xiubai beberapa kali secara acak, lalu mengarahkan layar ke arahnya, lalu berkata perlahan: “Jika Anda memberi tahu orang-orang bahwa Longteng berperingkat hari ini di industri dengan menjual kulitnya, saya tidak tidak tahu. Apakah seluruh orang Longteng akan mengejarmu? Jika mereka memberi tahu karyawan Longteng bahwa sekretaris Graciella yang mereka kagumi sangat lapar, saya tidak tahu apakah mereka merasa mual dan mual, dan Patrick… meskipun dia tidak tertarik pada Anda, video semacam ini akan mencemari mata Anda, Kanan?"Ketika Graciella di seberang melihat video itu, darahnya tiba-tiba melonjak, membuat matanya menjadi gelap.Dengan nada santai Alexandra, wajahnya berangsur-angsur menjadi pucat dan ketakutan, dan itu luar biasa. Itu bisa diungkapkan oleh ketidakberwarnaan wajahnya. Matanya hampir robek. Dia mengertakkan gigi dan bergegas ke depan untuk merebut. Ponselnya."Kamu, kamu ... kapan kamu mengambilnya."Alexandra menghindari den
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Chapter: Bab 119Seseorang memotret Mu Ming dan menggelengkan kepalanya, "Oke, jangan menggoda Sister Alexandra."Alexandra kaget, menatap mereka berdua dengan bingung, "Apa?"Herman melirik Mu Ming dan menjelaskan sambil tersenyum, "Ketika kamu pergi, dia membantu Henry Zong, dan dia dikoreksi oleh Tuan Henry sebelumnya."“…”Alexandra diam selama dua detik, lalu menatapnya dengan heran.Mu Ming mundur dengan malu-malu, dan berkata dengan kaku: "Alexandra, Sister Alexandra, dengarkan aku untuk menjelaskan ... Sebenarnya aku ..."Sebelum dia selesai berbicara, Alexandra menepuk pundaknya dan memujinya tanpa ragu: “Kerja bagus! Seperti yang diharapkan, saya membawanya keluar.”Dia benar-benar bahagia untuknya.Bagaimanapun, kerja keras di tempat kerja belum tentu menghasilkan keuntungan, tetapi bersamanya, dia masih berharap untuk melihat bahwa kerja keras dan keuntungan bisa proporsional.Mu Ming ditampar oleh tamparannya. Dia lucu seperti husky. Dia pulih dan tersenyum malu. “Itu semua adalah pujian
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Chapter: Bab 118Untungnya, itu hanya di komunitas yang sama, tidak bertatap muka, kalau tidak dia akan benar-benar berbalik dan pergi.Alexandra mendengar bahwa tim yang bergerak itu milik Kompi Yanke. Setelah membersihkan rumah, dia menarik orang-orang itu ke samping dan bertanya, “Tuan. Patrick dan Tuan Patrick juga telah kembali ke Jincheng. Apakah tugas yang diberikan oleh bos Anda telah berakhir? Membantu saya untuk hari lain, bagaimana kalau saya mengundang Anda untuk makan bersama?Dia telah menerima bantuan dari orang lain, jadi dia tidak bisa menerimanya dengan mudah, tapi dia pasti tidak akan meminta uang.Ekspresi Yan Kefa tidak banyak tersenyum, tetapi dia menggelengkan kepalanya dengan sopan, “Tidak, mereka hanya saya di sini untuk membantu, dan mereka akan pergi sebentar lagi. Ketika tugas saya jatuh tempo, saya belum menerima pemberitahuan dari bos, jadi… … Nona Alexandra tidak akan mengundang makan ini.”Alexandra, “…”Apa-apaan?“Tidak, tidak, bagaimana mungkin itu tidak kedaluwarsa?
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Chapter: Bab 117Senyum muncul di mata Patrick, dengan aroma belaian, dan tidak berkata apa-apa, hanya meletakkan sumpit di tangannya, dan menunjuk ke karakter besar di dinding kiri."Sayang sekali untuk disia-siakan."“…”Alexandra sedikit kesal dan berkata, "Patrick, aku menyalahkanmu, kenapa kamu tidak mengingatkanku sekarang."Meski jelas tidak masuk akal membuat masalah, setelah makan mie ini, keduanya berhenti tidur di malam hari.Suara pria itu rendah dan lembut, seolah menyentuh hati sanubarinya, “Kamu yang memesan ini. Aku pikir kamu lapar.”Alexandra, “…”Dia berhenti berbicara, dia berhenti berbicara dengannya.Dia benar-benar buta sebelumnya. Apakah pria berperut hitam ini benar-benar pria yang tidak mengatakan sepatah kata pun setelah tiga tahun menikah dengannya?Dia marah, tapi dia tetap mengikutinya untuk makan dengan sumpit.Semangkuk mie, mereka berdua makan bersama, dan ketika mereka menundukkan kepala, mereka hampir menyeka wajahnya ketika bibirnya terangkat.Jantung Alexandra melo
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Chapter: Bab 116Menatap warna piring makan, ekspresinya samar, dan dia tidak peduli dengan apa yang dia katakan. Hanya setelah dia selesai, dia mengangkat matanya dan tersenyum padanya dengan acuh tak acuh, "Patrick selalu memahami temperamennya, dan aku, aku tidak ingin terlalu peduli, aku ingin lebih tahu apa yang dia pikirkan."Jangan menganiaya, memaksa, atau mempermalukannya, tunggu dia muncul saat dia membutuhkannya, beri tahu dia bahwa dia masih ada, dan dia yakin dia akan melihatnya.Patrick meliriknya, lalu sedikit mengernyit.Tidak diragukan lagi, apa yang dikatakannya tidak asin atau acuh tak acuh, tetapi tetap terlintas di hati pria itu, dan itu mengingatkannya pada kata-kata Helena hari itu.Hatinya ... apa yang dia pikirkan lagi?Apa yang dia inginkan yang tidak bisa dia berikan?Dia menyimpan pertanyaan ini di dalam hatinya. Dia akan memikirkannya ketika dia melihat Alexandra. Dia ingin bertanya, tetapi dia tidak menemukan kesempatan yang tepat.…Di rumah sakit, Alexandra terbangun se
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Chapter: Bab 115Seolah merasakan sesuatu, Alexandra tanpa sadar menoleh dan melihat ke kejauhan, tetapi tidak melihat apa-apa.Matanya memadat, dan wajah Patrick tiba-tiba muncul di benaknya.Apakah dia kembali ke Jincheng hari ini?Namun sesaat kemudian dia terbangun dan terus menatap pintu ruang operasi.Tidak masalah ke mana dia suka pergi.Baru pada pukul empat sore operasi itu selesai. Lampu di ruang operasi padam, dan Alexandra serta Ibu Alexandra buru-buru bangun dan berjalan mendekat.Melihat dokter keluar, dia segera bertanya, “Dokter, bagaimana kabar ayah saya?”Dokter melepas topengnya, menarik napas, dan berkata dengan suara rendah: “Ruang operasi berhasil, tetapi apakah bisa pulih sepenuhnya atau tidak dapat dinilai setelah bangun tidur. Di penjara, rumah sakit akan memberikan sertifikat dan Anda akan menyerahkannya. Tunggu keputusan di sana.”Alexandra mengangguk penuh terima kasih, "Terima kasih dokter."Ibu Alexandra juga sangat bersemangat, dan akhirnya bisa menghela nafas lega, menj
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