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Chapter 67 Losing Control

Author: Mira Light
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  Mike’s fingers flew across the keyboard, searching every public profile, every business article, every whisper of Adrian Blackwood in the last few years. The deeper he looked, the more pieces fell into place. The more they burned.

  And then he saw it.

  A headline from a few weeks ago that had made its rounds in private circles:

  “E International CEO in Passionate Late-Night Kiss—Newlyweds Caught in Car Park Romance.”

  He’d seen it before.

  At the time, he hadn’t cared to look closely—just another tabloid moment, he’d told himself. Just another fabricated headline trying to stir gossip around a man like Adrian Blackwood.

  But now…

  Now he clicked in again.

  The photo loaded slowly. Dim garage lighting. A sleek car in the background. The CEO, Adrian, in a perfectly tailored suit—his hand cradling a woman’s face, kissing her with a hunger that made the moment look painfully private.

  Mike zoomed in.

  The shadows didn’t help. The woman’s face was partially obscured, half-turne
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