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In the name of vows CHAPTER 50
CHAPTER FIFTYCHRISTINES POVChristine hadn’t slept much.Her mind replayed the events of the past two days. Her finding out of Brian’s betrayal, Angela’s words, and the unsettling clarity that followed. She kept waiting for the wave of grief to hit harder, but it never did. Instead, a quiet, steady determination had settled in.She still didn’t trust Adrian. But she understood something now: he wasn’t her enemy in the way she’d thought.The real enemy was the clock.The board’s vote was looming and the time set for the marriage clause to be fulfilled was getting nearer , and if she didn’t act, Dreamspace would slip from her hands entirely. She had to act fast.Angela had offered to come by in the morning, but Christine had declined. There were things she needed to do alone.She sat at the kitchen counter, the city still waking outside, and stared at her phone. Her hand hovered for a moment before she tapped Adrian’s number.He answered on the second ring, his voice alert despite the
In the name of vows CHAPTER 49
CHAPTER FORTY NINECHRISTINES POVShe didn’t have an idea that her day will be ruined badly by that one message. Shattered illusions Christine didn’t expect the message.It came just after lunch, while she was at her desk reviewing market reports. Her phone buzzed with a notification from an unknown number. The message was short three words and a file attached.You should know.The file was a set of photos.Christine stared at them for a long time, as if looking harder would make them make sense.Brian. At a restaurant. Leaning across the table toward a woman Christine didn’t recognize. Their hands touching, fingers curling in a way that wasn’t casual. The next photo showed them outside, the woman laughing as Brian brushed hair from her face.A date. Not business. Not friendship.Something intimate.Christine’s breath caught.She checked the date of when the photos were taken it was long before their breakup. Her first thought wasn’t anger. It was something worse a hollow, cold ache
In the name of vows CHAPTER 48
CHAPTER FORTY EIGHTCHRISTINES POVChristine didn’t know when the rain had started.She stood by the window of her apartment, watching drops of rain slide down the glass in long, crooked trails. The city outside looked blurred, like someone had roughed the edges of everything.Her coffee sat untouched on the table behind her. She had made it almost an hour ago, but even her appetite for anything coffee, food and even conversation was gone.The events of the last few days sat heavy in her chest.The press leak. The board meeting. The constant whispers that she wasn’t capable enough to handle Dreamspace.She had been fighting with her fists up, all heat and instinct. But that hadn’t stopped the blows from coming.And now she was just tired.Katy had left early that morning, promising to bring back something “that would make you remember who you are.” In her words. Christine hadn’t asked what she meant. She didn’t have the energy.The apartment was quiet, too quiet.She moved from the w
In the name of vows CHAPTER 47
CHAPTER FORTY SEVENADRIANS POVAdrian could not sleep.He stood on the balcony of his penthouse with a glass of whiskey in his hand. The night stretched wide and cold around him. The city below shone with thousands of lights, but none of it felt close. The sounds of cars and late night voices floated up faintly, muffled by the height.The whiskey in his hand was more for habit than for comfort.The truth was, his mind would not let him rest.Every time he closed his eyes, he saw his father.It was like a memory that wouldn’t fade. He was seventeen again, standing in the warm light of the family study. The air smelled of old books and sandalwood polish. His father sat behind the desk, a gentle smile on his face as he leaned forward.“Power isn’t meant to crush, Adrian,” his father had said in that calm, steady voice. “It’s meant to protect. You must remember that. People may forget, but you can’t.”Adrian had nodded, believing every word. His father was a man he thought could never be
In the name of vows CHAPTER 46
CHAPTER FORTY SIXCHRISTINES POVThe next day came slowly as if the world itself were reluctant to meet her. Christine had slept poorly the kind of fractured rest that felt more like a long wait in darkness than real sleep. She’d drifted in and out of restless dreams: boardrooms where voices drowned her out, headlines with her name smeared in bold, Adrian’s eyes unreadable in the half-light.When she finally woke up, the city beyond her window was muted under the colored sky. The air felt cold enough to sharpen every sound the hum of traffic, the faint whistle of wind against glass.She went through her morning motions without thinking: shower, coffee, answering Angela’s brief check in message with a curt I’m fine. She wasn’t fine, but she was too tired to unwrap the truth of that over text.By the time evening came, she’d successfully filled her day with enough noise to keep the real thoughts from taking over calls to legal counsel, endless scrolling through the leaked article, s
In the name of vows CHAPTER 45
Chapter forty five Christine’s POVThe next morning arrived with a weak, reluctant sun that did little to warm the streets. Christine wasn’t sure she’d slept more than a couple of hours. Her mind had churned in restless loops replaying the articles, the smears, the targeted campaigns, the way the headlines had framed her as the reckless weak link in Dreamspace.Katy, however, had other plans for her.“No work. No calls. No board meetings. And no pacing the apartment until you dig a groove in the floor,” Katy declared, standing in Christine’s doorway with a determined set to her jaw. “We’re going out. You need fresh air.”Christine had been tempted to argue, to sink deeper into the comfort of her bed. But Katy’s force of will had a way of sweeping past protest. Now they were here two blocks from her apartment close to the waterfalls , the sound of distant birds and the steady hum of traffic merging into a background hum.The air was chilly, tinged with the faint scent of roasting c
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