Twenty-year-old Lyra Moreno appears to be nothing more than a cold, sleepy noble girl porcelain-doll beautiful, always wrapped in blankets, and seemingly uninterested in anything beyond her next nap. To her father, stepmother, and scheming stepsister, she's a burden. But beneath her drowsy charm lies a dangerous secret. Lyra is the anonymous founder of GALAXY, a covert hacker syndicate responsible for dismantling criminal empires from behind glowing screens. Living quietly under the doting care of her powerful grandparents, Lyra is named heir to their fortune but on one condition....she must marry Elias Vale, the ruthless, cold CEO of Vale Corp, who just so happens to be investigating Virgo.exe, her old hacker alias. Seven years older, Elias is brilliant, powerful, and emotionally walled off until fate throws him into the path of the sleepy girl he's been unknowingly watching. When her scheming stepmother and stepsister pay a criminal to ruin her, the two are dragged into a public relationship... and a private war they can't avoid. And even, secretly..... marriage. As they work together to uncover a traitor within Vale Corp, Elias begins to see the fierce strategist behind Lyra's sleepy façade. And Lyra, used to keeping the world at a distance, starts to wonder if she's finally found someone who sees all of her and wants her anyway. But with enemies in her own home and shadows from her past returning, Lyra must decide: can she let someone into her world, or is silence the only way to survive?
Lihat lebih banyakMORENO ESTATEGRAND FOYER – EVENINGThe grand iron gates creaked open, and a sleek black car pulled up to the Moreno estate. The engine barely purred before the door opened.Yani, sharp-eyed and calm in a blazer and Docs, stepped out first, holding a tablet in one hand and a small velvet bag in the other.Yani (to the driver, dryly)“Next time, avoid the scenic detour. Lyra naps in twenty-minute increments, and you break all of them.”The driver paled and nodded.Lyra stepped out next, wrapped in an oversized grey hoodie, sleeves covering her hands, her platinum hair tied in a lazy knot. She was sipping a cup of whipped cream drowned espresso and looked more like a ghost than an heiress.Lyra (murmuring)“Did they fix the lock on my room?”Yani: “Yes. And I replaced the security cam over the east corridor. Just in case your sister decides to ‘accidentally wander’ into your wing again.”Lyra gave the smallest nod.They entered the marble foyer.Silence.Until...Serene (from the landin
A soft drizzle tapped against the high rise windows of the Vale Tower lounge, painting the city skyline in blurry streaks of light.The room smelled of fresh-ground coffee, polished leather, and money.Elias Vale sat on a sleek couch, ankle crossed over one knee, casually scrolling through a university forum on his tablet.And then he stopped.Moonvile Confessions - Post #4273"Apparently someone tried to delete Lyra Moreno's project. LMAO she submitted it 3x, including one saved in her cat's collar. Iconic."He blinked.Read it again.Across the room,Theo with a half eaten protein bar in hand, squinted over Elias's shoulder."Yo. What's this? Lyra? Like Lyra Moreno?"Kade, dressed in black and always looking like he'd just come back from breaking into a private server room, walked in with a cup of cold brew."What did I miss? Who got deleted?"Rio, lounging like a prince with a bag of caramel popcorn, sat up straight."Wait....is this about Lyra Moreno? Bro. I saw that thread. She b
LATER THAT NIGHTAt 7:42 p.m., a PowerPoint titled“PleaseLetMeNapFinal.pptx” appeared in the shared folder.Neatly organized. Color-coded. The preview icon showed custom pastel slides with animated transitions.Uploaded by: L.MorenoAt 9:03 p.m., that same file quietly disappeared from the folder.No trace. No backup.Jade leaned back in her chair, legs kicked onto her bed, grinning like a cat in a canary shop.“Oops.”Serene, on FaceTime, applied lip gloss without looking in the mirror.“Hmm. Must’ve been a system error.”Jade held up her mug.“To corrupted files.”Serene clinked her screen with her water bottle.“And to public embarrassment.”They sat back, savoring their petty triumph.Now all that was left… was to wait for the fallout.The next dayECONOMICS CLASSROOMPRESENTATION DAYWhispers filled the room.“She didn’t re-upload the file.”“Serene said she ghosted their group chat.”“She’s toast.”At the front, Professor Langley adjusted his glasses.“Miss Moreno? You’re next.
AFTERNOONThe espresso machine hissed violently in the background, but nothing compared to the low-boiling fury brewing at the corner table, where Jade and Serene sat with caffeine and contempt in equal measure.Jade slammed her laptop shut so hard the barista flinched mid-pour.“She made us look like glorified interns,” she snapped.“I had to explain her graphs for twenty minutes. I don’t even know what a post-Keynesian transition is.”Serene, looking like she'd bitten into a lemon instead of sipping a macchiato, stirred her coffee with enough force to chip porcelain.“I had to Google her citations during Q&A and ended up on a French academic archive that tried to charge me fifty euros.”“She napped through the compliment,” Jade hissed, leaning forward.“And still looked smug.”Serene’s eyes narrowed.“We need to remind people she’s not untouchable.”Jade smirked. “What’re you thinking?”At that moment, a group of students passed by, their conversation casual, too loud, too convenie
The rain drizzled softly against the glass panes of the sunroom, creating a rhythmic lullaby. Lyra was half-curled in a velvet armchair, legs tucked up under a knitted blanket, her cheek resting against a silk pillow. A forgotten book lay open on her chest, and the porcelain teacup beside her was still completely untouched.She was, in short, blissfully asleep.Until she wasn't.The scent of cinnamon tea wafted into her senses. A second later, a warm hand brushed a lock of silver-blonde hair from her forehead.Lyra cracked one eye open."You're trying to butter me up," she murmured groggily.Her grandmother smiled down at her, elegant as ever in her pearl buttoned cream robe."Always."Grandpa entered behind her, holding a thick leather bound book like it was a sacred relic or a very heavy threat.Lyra sighed dramatically and pulled the blanket over her head."Oh no. The Ledger is here. Something terrible is about to happen.""It's not that terrible,"Grandpa said in his deep baritone
It started with a coffee.Not the poetic kind. Not the slow-brewed kind with foam art and swan designs.No, this was the kind of coffee you grabbed when your soul was halfway out of your body and your assistant was threatening bodily harm if you didn't stay awake through your next hacking lecture.Which is why Lyra Moreno, in all her sleepy, porcelain-doll glory, was half-draped over the counter of a quiet, high-end café near the edge of the financial district, waiting for her third espresso with one hand tucked inside her coat sleeve and the other lazily scrolling through stock prices on her phone.Yani, pacing nearby, was muttering numbers to herself."You slept three hours last night, hacked into two security grids, and still haven't eaten. If you die on my watch, I'll kill you."Lyra blinked at her."That's a logical loop.""I'm serious.""I'm tired.""You are also..."CRASH.The door opened.A man in a charcoal suit walked in, all cold presence and sharp eyes. The kind of man who
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