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The WakeUp Call

作者: Katlyn todd
last update 公開日: 2026-08-21 04:38:02

Three weeks passed in total, suffocating silence.

The penthouse remained frozen in time. The thick curtains in the living room stayed half drawn, blocking out the bright afternoon sun and keeping the massive apartment in a perpetual, gloomy twilight.

Every morning, Adrian woke up on his side of the king sized bed, his arm reaching out across the cold, untouched sheets where Ethan used to sleep. Every morning, he found nothing but empty air.

He didn't shaved. He barely ate. His meals consisted o
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  • Breaking the ice    The WakeUp Call

    Three weeks passed in total, suffocating silence.The penthouse remained frozen in time. The thick curtains in the living room stayed half drawn, blocking out the bright afternoon sun and keeping the massive apartment in a perpetual, gloomy twilight.Every morning, Adrian woke up on his side of the king sized bed, his arm reaching out across the cold, untouched sheets where Ethan used to sleep. Every morning, he found nothing but empty air.He didn't shaved. He barely ate. His meals consisted of untouched takeout boxes sitting on the kitchen counter, slowly growing cold. The engagement ring Ethan had left behind remained wrapped around Adrian’s pinky finger a small, heavy band of silver that felt like a permanent weight on his hand.Adrian spent his days sitting on the long grey sofa, staring blankly at the dark screen of his phone.He didn't call Ethan. He didn't text him. True to his word, he didn't send security teams or private investigators to London. Whenever Sophia called to re

  • Breaking the ice    The Empty House

    The penthouse was far too quiet.When the private elevator doors closed behind Ethan, the heavy silence returned, thick and suffocating. Adrian remained sitting on the cold marble floor of the kitchen, his back pressed against the lower cabinets. His knees were drawn up toward his chest, his large frame looking small in the vast, open space.His deep blue eyes stared blankly at the white quartz counter above him.There, sitting under the soft warm lights of the kitchen, was the platinum engagement ring. It was small, silver, and completely still.Every instinct in Adrian’s chest slammed against his ribs, screaming at him to run down the hallway, take the elevator to the lobby, and chase Ethan into the street. He was a man built on action, control, and absolute force. Whenever a problem appeared in his life, he fought it until it bent to his will.But as he listened to the distant hum of the city outside, Ethan’s tear stained face flashed in his mind.“Being protected from the truth hu

  • Breaking the ice    The Weight of the Ring

    The hotel room near the hospital was cold, small, and completely devoid of warmth.Claire slept fitfully under the thin white blanket, her breathing shallow and raspy. Ethan sat on the edge of the adjacent single bed, his head resting in his hands, staring blankly at the beige carpet. Sleep had not come for a single second. The events of the previous night played on a relentless loop in his mind, each memory hitting him with the force of a physical blow.By six o’clock in the morning, Ethan stood up. His eyes were red, and his chest felt hollow, but his mind was sharp with a cold, desperate clarity. He walked over to his laptop on the small desk, opened his browser, and began searching for international medical transport and specialized cardiothoracic centers in London.If his mother was going to receive treatment, it would not be under the shadow of Maxwell’s threats or through Adrian’s secretive legal maneuvers. He needed to take her completely out of the arena. He needed to place a

  • Breaking the ice    Broken Promises

    The penthouse was suffocatingly quiet. Ethan walked into the master bedroom, his body moving almost on automatic pilot. The soft golden light from the bedside lamp illuminated the tangled white sheets the same sheets where, just nights ago, he and Adrian had held each other, exchanging soft promises of eternal love and complete devotion. Now, those memories felt like a sharp blade twisting inside his chest. Ethan pulled a heavy leather duffel bag out from the back of the closet and set it unceremoniously onto the mattress. His hands trembled violently as he began pulling his clothes from the drawers his sweaters, his shirts, his favourite warm scarf. He folded nothing. He simply stuffed them into the bag, his vision blurred by a steady stream of hot tears. "Ethan... please. Stop." Adrian’s deep voice broke the quiet. He stood in the doorway of the master bedroom, his towering frame looking surprisingly small and defeated. His deep blue eyes were filled with an intense, agonizing

  • Breaking the ice    The Reveal

    The penthouse was silent as midnight approached. High above the quiet streets, the clear night sky was filled with cold, brilliant stars.In the master bedroom, Adrian slept deeply, his breathing heavy and steady. He lay on his back, one long arm stretched across the empty mattress where Ethan should have been. The exhausting weeks of private meetings, legal battles, and constant investigation had finally caught up to him, pulling him into a heavy sleep.Beside the bed, Ethan sat quietly on the edge of the mattress.He stared at the small, glowing screen of his phone. On the screen was the last message Adrian had sent to Sophia earlier that evening: Restraining order papers ready. Keep Ethan away from the documents until tomorrow.Ethan felt a cold, dull ache in his chest.Adrian’s warm words from earlier still echoed in his mind: I’m protecting you. But looking at the screen, Ethan knew the truth. Protection without honesty was just control. He loved Adrian with all his heart, but he

  • Breaking the ice    Whispers in the Quiet

    The heavy silence inside the penthouse felt different now. It was no longer the peaceful, comforting quiet of a shared home. It felt thick, tense, and cold, hanging over every room like a heavy winter fog.In the days after the airport incident, life inside the apartment continued on the surface. Adrian continued working with his legal team to secure a top tier, legitimate medical team for Claire in Boston. Claire spent most of her time resting in her room. Ethan stayed by her side, making sure she ate her meals, drank her water, and took her daily medications.On paper, everything was fine. The secret flight to Zurich had been canceled. Maxwell Harrington’s trap had been avoided. Claire was safe.But beneath the quiet routine, Ethan felt an uneasy, constant weight in his chest.Something was still wrong.It started with small things that Ethan could not ignore. Over the past three days, his mother had been acting strangely. She was nervous. She jumped every time a phone rang in the h

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