MasukNaomi stumbled back against the wall, gasping for breath, able only to stare with wide eyes.The man who had slapped her seized her again, yanking her close as a shield. “Don’t come any closer!”Liu looked at him without blinking. “Let her go.”“Or what?”Liu moved so fast Naomi barely saw it.In on
BANG! BANG! BANG!The pounding on the apartment door felt like a hammer striking directly against Naomi’s chest. Her fingers trembled as she held the phone to her ear, waiting for the call to connect. But before anyone could answer, she heard the sound of metal being forced from the outside. The doo
Naomi said nothing more. She walked to her unit, pushed open the apartment door, and stepped inside. Before closing it, she noticed Liu still standing in the hallway, watching until the door was fully shut and locked.The room was small, cramped, and far from comfortable, yet tonight it felt like th
“Thank you,” Naomi said, bowing her head slightly to Liu, who had escorted her home that night. Her voice was soft, nearly swallowed by the whisper of the night wind slipping through the corridor of the old apartment building where she lived. The hallway lights glowed dimly, casting long shadows acr
“I don’t need the details,” Brandon shot back. “I’ve seen enough of the pattern you play. You’re still preying on the weak just to squeeze money out of them.” He leaned back in his chair, his gaze resting on Falcon, relaxed yet cutting. “That’s… pathetic.”The room fell silent again.Juan didn’t int
“You’ve been expected, Young Master. The Master is waiting for you,” one of the servants said as soon as he arrived.Brandon barely spared the man a glance. His eyes moved instead to the building in front of him. It stood tall and imposing, all grandeur and elegance wrapped in luxury. But to him, it
That morning, Althea tried to move through her routine as if nothing had changed, even though her eyes still felt heavy from the lack of sleep. She didn’t complain—not once. But the air felt different today, hollow somehow, now that the funeral was over. It was as if a new, aching emptiness had carv
“Here’s the report you requested, Sir.”Arsen placed a thick folder on Daven’s desk. The room hadn’t changed much—except for a framed family portrait positioned deliberately as the focal point of the space. He set the file down carefully, fully expecting Daven to pepper him with questions.Daven fli
“I heard you know her, Chris?” Cale asked, his eyes never leaving the documents his brother had given him.“When I first saw this photo,” Chris picked up one picture from the table, “I didn’t remember a thing. But… when she showed it again during our talk at the restaurant, bits of it started coming
“She brought complete documents—official stamps, medical signatures… everything looked valid,” Althea admitted, though the same doubt twisted inside her.Cale dragged his hand down his face, frustrated. “This… this makes no sense. Chase has never hidden anything from me. There’s no way he’d have a c







