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Chapter 176

Penulis: Feesa
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VENUS

The first weeks blurred into a rhythm I hadn’t expected. Not calm—nothing about my life ever was—but steady in its own rough-edged way. Aaron was relentless. He coddled me in ways that made me want to strangle him and melt into him all at once. Every morning he set vitamins beside my juice before I woke. Every evening he hovered over my plate, making sure I ate enough protein and vegetables, like I was a soldier he was training to survive.

And when I tried to argue my independence? He shut me down with that CEO voice.

“You’re not coming to the office, Venus.”

“Excuse me? I’m not what?”

“You heard me.” His eyes cut sharp. “Stress isn’t optional right now. You’ll stay home.”

I folded my arms, glaring. “So I’m supposed to just sit here twiddling my thumbs while you play God at Sinclair Industries?”

“You’re supposed to keep our child safe,” he bit back. Then, softer, “Safe for me.”

That cracked me. That raw plea beneath his fury. But I still fought him, of course. We comprom
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    AARONI didn’t bother knocking.The moment I reached the hospital room and saw the empty bed—the pulled-out IV, the missing bag, the cold dent on the pillow where her head should’ve been—Something inside me snapped so fast it felt like bone giving way.Sabine shot up from the chair with a startled gasp. “Aaron—wait—”“Where is she?” My voice was too calm. Too steady. The kind of calm that made grown men shake.Sabine paled. “I—I fell asleep—”I didn’t need the rest.The bandage on the floor.The discarded hospital gown.The faint scent of her perfume still lingering by the door.I didn’t need to ask what direction she went.I already knew.Venus always ran toward danger, never from it.And there was only one place she’d go in this condition—half-broken, half-bleeding from the inside out:The last ghost she needed to bury.Gerald Marlowe.My jaw locked so hard pain crackled up the muscle. I pulled out my phone before Sabine could speak again.“Sir?” my head of security answered instan

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    VENUS The moment the door slammed behind Gerald, the silence hit me like a physical blow. For a long breath, I just sat there. Staring at the metal door. Listening to the fading echoes of his chains, the fading sound of his laughter, the fading ghost of his final words: You’ll never find her. My stomach twisted. My vision blurred. I gripped the edges of the table until my fingers burned, grounding myself in the cold metal because everything else felt like it was slipping. I forced myself to stand. My body didn’t appreciate that. Pain shot through my ribs, sharp and white-hot, slicing through the thin layer of adrenaline that had carried me through the confrontation. The room tilted for a second, walls leaning in, and I pressed my hand against the table until I found balance again. Then I walked. One foot. Then the other. Each step felt like dragging weights through mud. The guard outside straightened immediately when I pushed the door open. His smugness was gone, now repla

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    VENUSThe door clanged shut behind Gerald, the echo scraping down my spine like cold metal fingers. He shuffled forward in slow, deliberate steps, the chains on his ankles rattling with each movement. His wrists were pinned tight in front of him, silver cuffs biting into skin that looked both paler and meaner than I remembered.He watched me.Not the way normal people look at someone they hurt.Not with remorse.Not even curiosity.He looked at me like I was a painting he’d memorized long ago and was now examining for damage. He sat in the metal chair opposite mine. The guard behind him stepped back but didn’t leave the room.I forced my voice steady. “Can we have the room, please?”The guard hesitated, eyes flicking between me and Gerald like he wasn’t sure which one of us was the danger here. Smart man. He inclined his head toward the door.“I’ll be right outside,” he said. “And there are cameras. If anything happens—”“I understand,” I cut in.His jaw tightened, but he stepped out

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    VENUS I woke to the soft hum of machines and the faint antiseptic chill that seeped into every inch of the hospital room. For a moment, I didn’t move. I just stared at the ceiling — too white, too bright, too empty — and tried to make sense of the pounding behind my eyes.My body felt heavy, thick with the sedative Aaron had insisted on. I remembered fighting it, begging him not to let them put me under. I remembered his voice — low, apologetic, breaking somewhere around the edges — as the world blurred and dissolved.Now, the world was painfully sharp again.A soft snore drew my eyes sideways.Sabine sat hunched in the chair beside my bed, her head resting awkwardly on her folded arms. Her curls spilled over her elbows, rising and falling with her breaths. She must have fought sleep until her body gave out. Her hand was still on the side of my mattress, like she’d been holding it.But Aaron wasn’t here.The space he’d occupied last night — the shadow in the corner, the anchor when e

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    IRIS I wake up because something is shaking.Not gentle shaking, like when Mommy tries to wake me up for school and says, “Rise and shine, sleepyhead.”This is rough. Like someone grabbed my shoulder and moved me too fast.My head hurts. My eyes feel sticky. My mouth tastes like when I forget to brush my teeth after eating candy.Everything is blurry.Everything is loud.The car is moving but I don’t know where it’s taking me. The window beside me shows trees, then light, then shadows and I don’t know any of them. There’s a man in the front seat and another beside me. They’re big. Too big. Their clothes are dark and their voices sound like rocks rolling.I try to sit up.The man beside me pushes me back. “Sit still.”I don’t want to sit still.I want George.I want Sabine Jr.I want Mommy.I want Daddy.“Where’s my brother?” My voice comes out tiny. It sounds like someone else. Not me.They don’t answer.“Where’s my mom?” I try again. “Where’s George? He—he was holding my hand. He wa

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    AARONLucas Derrane’s name was barely out of his mouth before the metallic taste of anger hit my tongue — cold, measured, razor-edged. I leaned back just enough for him to feel the space between us shrink, the weight of my attention locking him in place. His breath hitched.“You staged an interaction to make it look like I was cheating on my wife,” I said.Lucas’s shoulders snapped tight like a man bracing for a blow. “I didn’t stage anything,” he blurted. “I—I was paid to put some kind of substance in the air conditioning. That’s it.”Connor’s jaw flexed beside me. Colton didn’t move, but I felt him lean forward — the subtle shift of a predator catching a scent.I kept my voice level. “Who was your partner?”“P-partner?” His confusion looked real — but fear often did.“There were two of you in the footage,” I said. “Don’t test me, Lucas.”He flinched. “I swear, I don’t know who he is. They said someone would meet me in the lobby and hand me the package. We didn’t talk. We just plante

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