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CHAPTER 51: THE MISSING FOUR MINUTES
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2026-08-30 15:19:45
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Ashley remained motionless beside her desk, the harsh LED light of her laptop casting long, sharp shadows across the grain of the dark wood.The silver key lay motionless on the polished surface, its worn edges glinting under the screen's pale glow. Beneath the small metal ring hung the stamped brass tag: B-17.She had seen those characters before- not in a recent quarterly briefing, and certainly not anywhere in the current facility records. She remembered the designation from years ago, back when Richard Vance still ran Vance Biotech with absolute authority, and certain obscure wings of the subterranean floor were spoken about only in guarded hushes.Her fingers closed tightly around the cool metal.Why had someone left it here, right next to her computer? And why target her tonight?She reached for her phone. Damian's name sat at the top of her frequent contacts. Her thumb hovered over the screen. Logic dictated that she call him immediately-he was the chief executive, and a securi
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The glowing window system flickered twice, then vanished into blackness.ACCESS COMPLETE.Deep in the maintenance room, the old janitor stood motionless. In the dim, ambient light of the control board, he stared at the video feed for camera Seventeen. He hadn’t touched the terminal, nor had he granted access to anyone else, yet someone had slid into the system right past him.He pulled out the entry logs to trace the IP routing, but came away with nothing: no user ID, no clearance code, and no digital footprint left on the local server. And whoever had slipped inside moved with surgical precision, as if they knew every line of code.His weathered face hardened into stone. For years, he had quietly guarded Richard Vance’s legacy, protecting secrets buried deep within the company. He knew every forgotten service tunnel, every hidden structural bay, and every dead terminal in the skyscraper. But this intruder moved through the network like a ghost that owned the house.His burner phone
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 51: THE MISSING FOUR MINUTES
Lyra woke to an unfamiliar lightness in her chest. Not the sharp edge of fear, nor the cold burn of anger, but a rare, quiet peace. For a few long seconds, she lay still in the morning quiet, listening to the muffled hum of the city beyond the blinds.Then the memory caught up with her, Hayden holding her in the dark. The steady, low cadence of his voice against her hair. The way his hands were warm and unhurried, holding her close without demanding that she explain her pain. For months, Lyra treated strength as an armour, convinced that showing a crack was a collapse. Hayden never asked her to put down her shield; he had created a place where she didn’t need to carry its weight.She found him in the study, framed by the pale morning light streaming through the window. The moment her footstep hit the floor, he turned.“You’re awake,” he said softly.“I couldn’t sleep.”His eyes drifted over her face, scanning the curve of her cheek and the lingering shadows beneath her eyes. “Nightmar
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Damian didn’t break the silence after the line went dead. He just sat back, letting the low hum of the air fill the quiet room while his gaze remained anchored to the encrypted readout on his laptop.A rogue originating from the Vantage transactions had routed directly through a physical server stack buried inside Vance Biotech. That wasn’t just an anomaly; it was an impossibility. He knew the building’s network down to the bare copper.He reached for his desk phone, tapping the line to internal security.“Give me the exact signature on that stack.”“We’re still mapping the trace, sir,” the analyst’s voice came through, edging with static strain. “The signal was bounced through subnets before it hit the floor unit.”“Then trace it faster,” Damian said, his tone dropping an octave. “I want the physical junction box identified within the hour.”“Yes, sir. Right away.”Damian ended the call with a deliberate click, as he leaned back into the leather of his chair. The pieces of the past f
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“Ms Moretti, we have a situation.”Lyra’s fingers hovered for a fraction above the glass display of her secure terminal. She lifted her head, her gaze cutting across the dimly lit executive suite like a blade. “Define situation.”Her financial director’s voice spilt through the encrypted line, thin and tight with suppressed panic. “Damian’s restructuring team just broke the protocol. They aren’t waiting for the morning session; they are moving in Vantage right now.”The silence in the room suddenly felt suffocating. Lyra’s eyes shifted toward the floor-to-ceiling window where Hayden leaned against the frame. He was already staring at her; he didn’t look surprised; he looked ready.“What’s our hold?” she asked, her tone dropping into that quiet register that signalled absolute control.“If they bypass the regulatory hold? Less than forty- five minutes, maybe thirty.”A small, dangerous smile touched the corner of Lyra’s mouth. She looked down at the blue light reflecting off the docume
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“Hayden… what did you do to Damian?”The question lingered in the quiet office, heavy with months of unspoken fears.Hayden stood completely still beside the mahogany desk. For the first time since their alliance began, he didn’t search for a clever deflection, nor did he hide behind the protective shield he usually built around her.He looked directly into her eyes, raw and unguarded, and he said, “I lied to him.”Lyra’s heart tightened, a familiar ache blooming in her chest. “What do you mean?”“You remember I told you Damian stole something critical from my company,” Hayden said, his voice measured but with heavy old bitterness. “I wanted him ruined for it. But then my investigation crossed paths with you; I discovered you’re connected to him.”“My connection?” she repeated, taking a half step back.“I learned what he had done to you,” he said softly. “What he had done to you. What he had tried to take from you, and how he had left you to die.”Lyra’s expression hardened, her jaw
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