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20

Stella

By the time the shuttle rolled back into town, I felt wrung out. I carried my suitcase through the lobby with a smile that did not reach my bones, answered two quick questions about scheduling, and told Jasmine to take her break before the dinner rush started. Then I went home.

The house smelled like something sweet. Emma had taped a drawing to the front door that said Welcome Home in letters that leaned. Eli ran at me with the soft thud of socked feet and wrapped himself around my wa
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    258Stella.The house felt different in the light of day, though nothing had changed structurally. The locks were still on the doors, though fewer in number, and the security cameras remained, but their presence no longer screamed mistrust or fear. They were reminders, yes, of lessons learned, but not threats. I wandered through the quiet rooms, listening to the low hum of the refrigerator, the soft tick of the wall clock, and the occasional creak of the floor beneath my own feet. For the first time in what felt like years, the house breathed with us rather than against us.The twins were asleep, sprawled across a fort of pillows they had dragged from the living room into a makeshift fortress in the den. Blankets pooled around them in a chaotic halo, their small bodies finally relaxed, unguarded, the rise and fall of their chests slow and even. I crouched beside them for a moment, smoothing stray strands of hair from Eli’s forehead and pressing a gentle kiss to Emma’s temple. The weig

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    257AlexThe Marwood estate felt quieter than it should have, and yet heavier. There was an undercurrent of tension in the hallways, the kind of tension that comes from decades of unspoken rules and invisible hierarchies being ripped apart in a single sweep. Police lights flashed faintly across the manicured lawn outside as the first squads executed the warrants, their boots echoing softly on the marble floors.Inside the study, the room smelled faintly of old leather, polished wood, and the kind of lingering cologne that always screamed authority and entitlement. David had been pacing, slow and deliberate at first, a practiced calm that belied the pressure beginning to build around him. He had no idea what we had yet, not really. But the moment detectives began moving through the room with ordered precision, his composure shifted subtly, a muscle tightening here, an eye twitching there.I followed them closely, noting every glance, every hesitation. My gaze fell on the shelves, lined

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    256Josh.The airport smelled of coffee, recycled air, and the faint metallic tang of stress. Travelers bustled around, rolling luggage and clipped conversations forming a constant background hum. But our focus was a pinpoint: the VIP checkpoint, the private terminal corridor reserved for those who moved in a different orbit. Rico’s team fanned out with precision, and a detective shadowed us, blending in as we navigated the polished floors with calculated steps.I spotted her immediately. Sophie. Scarf immaculate, hair perfectly arranged despite the chaos around us, expression serene as if she had never been in the storm, as if the storm had always been hers to command. She smiled politely at the attendant, a movement so controlled it was almost mechanical. Every detail screamed deliberate control, every microexpression rehearsed.Rico stepped forward first, positioning himself between her and the line of agents approaching. His voice was calm but firm. “Flight’s delayed.”Sophie snif

  • Divorced by my Billionaire Ex, Now He Wants Me Back!    255

    255Stella.Alex’s study was quiet in a way that felt almost unnatural. The twins were safely at Anna’s, the house itself seemed to hold its breath, and even the hum of the air conditioning sounded like a muted warning. I sat on the edge of the chaise, my fingers twisting together as Alex cued the voicemail on his tablet, the small device perched carefully on the polished desk between us.The moment the audio began, Mom’s voice filled the room. It was unpolished, raw, tremulous, carrying both fear and an unshakable clarity.“If anything happens,” she said, voice tight, almost breaking at the edges, “it’s because I said no. They want me quiet. If they say I’m lying, tell my daughter to trust the numbers.”I froze. The words hung in the air like smoke, filling every corner of the study. My chest constricted, and I felt tears prick at my eyes, stubborn, insistent. I tried to blink them back, tried to swallow the lump that had lodged itself firmly in my throat, but it was no use. I allowe

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    254Alex.The boardroom was colder than usual, though the sunlight cut through the windows in strips that fell across the polished table like prison bars. I stood at the head, feeling the weight of every pair of eyes in the room, every tensioned body, every assumption that they held about me, about my family, about the so-called “chaos” we’d brought to their tidy world.I laid the unsigned affidavit on the table, the paper crisp, stark against the mahogany. The typeface was formal, precise, almost bureaucratic, yet the contents were incendiary: the “strategic crash,” the directive to “neutralize an adversary,” the reference to orphans pulled into “protective orbit,” and the initials at the bottom: D.M.David’s lawyer snorted from his chair, the sound soft but audible across the room. “Inadmissible junk,” he said, with that practiced wave of disdain, as if the paper itself were absurd and beneath notice.Sophie, seated with an imperious poise, let a slow, deliberate smile curve her lip

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