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CHAPTER 84: SHADOWS OF ADRIAN.
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LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 84: SHADOWS OF ADRIAN.
Dream's POV The studio lights dimmed after the interview, but the noise didn’t fade. It followed us out like a ghost, echoing through the reporters shouting questions, through the flashes of cameras, through the weight that settled in my chest the moment Adrian’s name was spoken aloud. I managed to smile, to keep my mask on until we reached the car. Gloss walked beside me, waving politely to the crowd, but his hand brushed mine once, subtle, grounding. I didn’t look at him. I couldn’t. By the time the driver closed the door and the city started to blur past the window, the silence became unbearable. Gloss finally said, “You okay?” I stared straight ahead. “Fine.” He sighed softly, turning his head toward me. “You don’t look fine.” “I said I’m fine.” The words came out sharper than I meant. He didn’t reply, but I could feel it, the flicker of my anger bleeding into him through the bond. His pulse quickened slightly, mirroring my own. I forced myself to take a breath, to pull
LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 83: THE INTERVIEW.
Gloss POV The next morning came faster than I wanted. I barely got any sleep, mostly because the system announcement from last night still echoed in my head like a bad joke. “Mission: Attend Couple Interview.” I’d thought maybe it was one of those optional quests we could ignore, but no. When I checked the system again at sunrise, it was flashing red. “Mandatory mission. Failure will reduce synchronization by 40%.” So, there I was, sitting on the edge of Dream’s couch, nervously fixing the collar of my shirt while he stood by the window, reading through the list of “approved talking points.” The air between us felt too still, too charged. Every time I glanced at him, I caught the reflection of his perfectly pressed suit, the calm confidence he wore like armor. But even from where I sat, I could feel it, that small ripple of tension running through our bond. Dream wasn’t calm. He was faking it. “We’ll be fine,” he said finally, not looking at me. “It’s just a twenty-minute segme
LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 82: PUBLIC REVEAL.
Dream's POV It started with a headline. “CEO and Secretary Spotted Leaving Penthouse Together at Dawn.” There was even a picture, blurry, but unmistakably us. Gloss had been half-asleep, wearing my oversized hoodie, while I looked like someone who hadn’t slept in days. Which was true. Unfortunately, the world didn’t care about context. By the time I reached the office, chaos had already taken over. The lobby was crawling with reporters, microphones flashing like weapons. My assistant tried to block them as I walked through, but the questions came flying from every direction. “Mr. Dream! Is it true you’re in a relationship with your secretary?” “Were you together last night at your penthouse?” “Is this why the company canceled the investor’s dinner?” I ignored them, pushing through until the elevator doors slid shut. The silence inside was a relief, cold, sterile, temporary. When I reached my floor, Gloss was already waiting in my office, sitting at my desk like he owned the
LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 81: FORCED PROXIMITY.
Gloss POV I never thought my life would come to this, standing at the edge of Dream’s ridiculously huge bed while the system blared in my head like an overenthusiastic wedding planner. [System Notification: To maintain emotional stability and synchronization, hosts must share sleeping quarters. Proximity improves balance by 73%.] I blinked at the message, rereading it three times, hoping it would magically change into something less humiliating. It didn’t. Dream, of course, was already unbuttoning his cufflinks, completely unfazed. “You heard the system,” he said calmly, as if the universe hadn’t just forced us into some cosmic sleepover. “I heard,” I muttered, still clutching my pillow like it was a lifeline. “Doesn’t mean I agree.” “You don’t have to agree,” he replied without looking up, his voice low and deliberate. “You just have to follow orders.” “Orders? Oh please,” I said, rolling my eyes. “You’re enjoying this.” He glanced at me then, a faint smirk pulling at his lip
LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 80: BOUND EMOTIONS.
Dream's POV The connection between us wasn’t something visible, but I could feel it like a thread tugging at the edge of my chest. It started subtle, a flutter, a buzz whenever Gloss smiled, but it grew heavier with each passing day, as if the air itself carried his emotions and pressed them against me. The system’s “soul link” had bound us together more tightly than I had expected, and I didn’t know whether to call it a miracle or a curse. Every time he laughed, warmth rippled through me. When he frowned, I felt a pull in my ribs, a sharp ache like guilt and confusion mixed. At first, I thought I was imagining it, but then it happened again, and again, until I couldn’t deny it anymore, his emotions were my emotions, and mine were his. We’d been trying to adjust, pretending it was fine, pretending it didn’t affect how we worked, how we looked at each other. But it did. It affected everything. It was during a quiet morning meeting that I first noticed how impossible it had become
LEVEL UP MY COLD CEO {MxM} CHAPTER 79: SOUL LINK.
Gloss POV At first, I thought “Soul Link” sounded poetic, maybe even romantic in a dramatic kind of way. But I was wrong. It’s not poetic. It’s chaos. Imagine waking up and feeling someone else’s headache, or feeling your chest tighten because someone across the room is stressed out. That’s what it’s like now. Every time Dream feels something, I feel it too, and vice versa. When the system first synced us, it didn’t explain much. Just a brief flicker of text across my vision: “Emotional synchronization complete.” That’s it. No manual. No off switch. Just me, tied to Dream like we share a single heartbeat. The morning after, I realized just how deep the connection went. He was in his office, probably working through one of his insane deadlines, and I was sitting in the kitchen, trying to eat cereal in peace. Suddenly, I felt it, a sharp jolt of irritation, like caffeine and fire mixed together. My spoon froze halfway to my mouth. “Dream?” I called out. He didn’t answer. The
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