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Chapter 31: The ghost
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DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 32 : Life Between Battles
Alexander woke before the alarm. For several seconds, he remained still, staring at the ceiling while the early morning light slowly found its way through the curtains, then he turned his head, Regina was asleep beside him, one hand tucked beneath her cheek and the other resting over the gentle curve of her stomach.The thought of her pregnancy still caught him off guard. Over the past few months, he had watched Regina change in small ways he had learned to notice without asking, he had felt the baby's movements beneath his palm and discovered that there were things in life more important than boardrooms, acquisitions, enemies, and the empire he'd spent years building.He leaned over and kissed Regina's forehead. She stirred slightly but didn't wake.Alexander smiled. "Sleep," he whispered.He slipped out of bed and headed downstairs. Twenty minutes later, the kitchen looked like a battlefield. Alexander stood over the cooker with a spatula in one hand and an expression of deep concen
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 31: The ghost
Marcus sat across from Alexander in the private study, his injured hand resting on the table. For several minutes, neither man spoke. The guards had been dismissed. Adrian stood outside the door, close enough to intervene if necessary, but Alexander had insisted on having this conversation alone.Marcus finally broke the quiet. "You said I had one chance to live.""Yes. A chance to become useful."Marcus studied him carefully. "And now?""Now you work for me."A humorless smile touched Marcus's mouth. "You already have six men watching the door. I'm not exactly in a position to refuse."Alexander leaned back."You misunderstand. I don't want you working for me in any way Andrew can see."Marcus's expression changed.Alexander continued. "Andrew still believes you're his man. I intend to keep it that way."Marcus stared at him. "You want me to go back.""Exactly.""And pretend nothing happened?""Not quite." Alexander's voice hardened. "You go back as Marcus Webb, the man Andrew believ
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 30: Can Love Wait?
Marcus Webb hadn't slept properly in three nights, not since the last connection had cut out faster than it should have. He told himself it meant nothing, but paranoia didn't accept easy explanations at four in the morning.He sat in the farmhouse kitchen with three monitors glowing before him and a packed duffel bag beside the back door. Seven cameras covered the property. The gate, barn, roof, both walls, rear door and attic.He had checked them so many times that the tree line had started playing tricks on him. Tonight the feeds were clean, but he was wrong to feel safe.At 5:18 A.M, there were no sirens, lights, unnecessary communication, or even a hint that someone was coming.Alexander sat in the lead SUV, dressed in black, as Adrian drove the final stretch with the headlights killed. Three vehicles followed behind, engines low, six of his personal security detail riding in the two behind them.He checked his phone.I'm staying home waiting for my dear husband. Don't do anything
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 29: The Ghost in the System
At 2:37 a.m, the servers became the loudest thing in the room. The low mechanical hum rolled through the security operations center beneath the east wing while rows of monitors painted the walls in shifting shades of blue and white. Outside, the estate slept beneath a blanket of darkness. Inside, no one had left their station. Nathan hadn't blinked at the clock in nearly an hour. Alexander's order still stood. Don't shut anything down. Leave the door open, let them believe no one had noticed. It was a dangerous gamble. Nathan admired it. He leaned back in his chair, fingers resting lightly above the keyboard without touching it. "They'll come back," Alexander had said. Nathan hoped he was right. Because if they didn't... The only trail they had would disappear forever. Across the room, Adrian studied six surveillance monitors at once while another laptop quietly compared millions of network packets against archived intrusion patterns. He looked relaxed, but Nathan had learne
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 28: The Cost Of Seven Minutes
Kingston Manor never truly slept. It only changed shifts.At 12:17 a.m., the security operations center beneath the east wing hummed with the steady rhythm of cooling fans and glowing monitors. The bright committee room of the morning felt like another lifetime. Here there were no polished speeches, no committee votes, only rows of encrypted servers and screens flooded with lines of code.Nathan had changed into a dark sweater hours ago. His tie lay abandoned over the back of a chair beside three untouched cups of coffee.Across the room Adrian leaned against one of the equipment racks, studying six surveillance feeds at once without appearing to move. Neither man had spoken for nearly ten minutes. The silence wasn't uncomfortable. It was concentration.Nathan finally broke it."The session lasted exactly seven minutes."He enlarged another window."From 9:04 until 9:11."Adrian didn't answer immediately.Nathan continued." No directory searches. No trial and error. Whoever entered a
DANGEROUS ADDICTION: The Woman He Couldn't Replace Chapter 27: The Saint
The Kingston Family Trust Committee rarely gathered in person. When it did, it meant the family had reached a crossroads. By nine o'clock, every chair around the long walnut table was occupied. Outside the tall windows, gardeners trimmed the hedges while maids crossed the courtyard carrying fresh flowers into the manor, the morning behaving as if it were no different from any other. Inside, no one touched the coffee. No one spoke above a whisper. Nathan stood beside the conference room door as the committee members filed in one after another, his attention fixed on their faces instead of the folders tucked beneath their arms. It was a habit he had developed over four years, one that had served him better than any briefing ever could. Documents revealed what people wanted others to know. Faces, on the other hand, often betrayed what they were desperate to hide. Every tightened jaw, forced smile, lingering glance, and carefully measured expression became another piece of a puzzle
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