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Chapter 8: Reality Check
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My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 32: Masks and Mirrors
Elena's POVThe Resort was beautiful in the way that obscene wealth always was understated, tasteful, and utterly removed from reality.I stood in the grand lobby beside Adrien, watching people who controlled billions flow past us like we were invisible. Tailored suits. Designer dresses. Jewelry that cost more than most people made in a lifetime. Everyone moved with the casual confidence of those who'd never known the consequences."You okay?" Adrien murmured, his hand at the small of my back."No." I tried to smile. Failed. "But I'm here."We'd arrived an hour ago. Checked in under our real names no point in aliases when they'd sent the invitation directly to me. The staff had been perfectly professional, perfectly discreet. No questions about why Adrien Sterling, recently resigned CEO, was attending an elite investors' summit. No curiosity about Elena Santos.They knew. Of course they knew. Everyone here knew exactly who we were and why we'd come."The opening reception is in the As
My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 31: The Invitation
Elena's POVThe envelope arrived four days after our fight about the authorities. We'd ignored the Syndicate's ultimatum, let their deadline pass without responding to their offer. I'd expected retaliation, or at least another threatening call. Instead, we'd gotten this.I found it in the mailbox at the end of the long driveway, something that shouldn't have been possible. We were using aliases. The safe house was rented through a shell company. No one should have known we were here.But there it was. Cream-colored. Heavy stock. My name is written in elegant calligraphy.Ms. Elena SantosMy real name.My hands shook as I carried it back to the house."Adrien," I called out, my voice tight. "Miguel. You need to see this."They appeared within seconds. Both saw the envelope and went pale."How did they find us?" Miguel asked."I don't know." I set the envelope on the table like it might explode. "Should we open it?""It could be anthrax. Or some kind of biological weapon" Adrien starte
My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 30: Ghost in the Nerwork
Elena's POVFew days after the threatening call, Miguel did something I didn't expect.He started working again.I found him in the safe house's small office, really just a converted bedroom with a desk and a window overlooking the woods. He was hunched over Michael's laptop, the one we'd grabbed from the building while we were rescued."Miguel?" I stood in the doorway, not wanting to startle him. "What are you doing?""Something useful." He didn't look up from the screen. His fingers flew across the keyboard, lines of code scrolling past. "I can't sleep anyway. Might as well work.""You should be resting""Resting doesn't help. It just gives me more time to think. To remember." His voice was flat. Exhausted. "But this? This I can do. This I'm good at."I came closer, looked at the screen. Couldn't make sense of what I was seeing. "What is it?""Michael's laptop. I've been trying to decrypt his files for the past three days." He pulled up a folder. "There's more here than what you sen
My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 29: Closing In
Elena's POVAdrien's resignation was announced the next morning.The silence in the safe house felt heavier after that. Like the walls were pressing in on us. Like the air itself was thicker, harder to breathe.Miguel hadn't left his room all morning. I'd checked on him twice. Both times he was just lying on his bed, staring at the ceiling. Not sleeping. Not reading. Just existing in some gray space between waking and nightmare.Adrien was at the kitchen table, going through emails from his legal team. His company. His board. Watching his empire crumble in real-time through a laptop screen.I was pacing. Because I couldn't sit still. Couldn't stop moving. Couldn't shake the feeling that we were running out of time.Then Miguel's phone rang.I heard it from the other room. I heard him answer.Then silence.Then footsteps.Miguel appeared in the doorway. His face was white. Completely drained of color."They called," he said. His voice was barely a whisper.Adrien looked up sharply. "Wh
My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 28: The Nightmares
Elena's POVThe screaming woke me at 3 AM.I bolted upright, heart hamming, reaching for Adrien in the darkness. He was already moving, already out of bed, already running toward Miguel's room.I followed.Miguel's door was open. Inside, he was thrashing in his bed, tangled in sheets soaked with sweat. His eyes were closed but his mouth was open, screaming words I couldn't understand."No no, please I didn't tell her anything please don't Elena ELENA!"Adrien reached him first, grabbed his shoulders. "Miguel! Wake up! You're safe"Miguel's eyes snapped open. Wild. Unfocused. He swung at Adrien, connected with his jaw. Adrien stumbled back."Miguel, it's me!" I moved forward carefully, hands raised. "It's Elena. You're safe. You're not there anymore."He looked at me. Didn't recognize me for several horrible seconds.Then recognition crashed in and he collapsed. Just folded in on himself, pulling his knees to his chest, hands over his head like he was protecting himself from blows."I'
My Ex, My Ruin Chapter 27: The Calm Before the Next Storm
Elena's POV One week. One week in the safe house, and Miguel was finally starting to look human again. I watched him from the kitchen doorway as he sat at the table, eating actual food instead of the broth he'd been limited to. His hands still trembled slightly aftereffects of whatever Victor had been pumping into his system but the color was returning to his face. The hollowness in his eyes was fading. "You're staring," he said without looking up. "I'm allowed to stare. I thought I'd lost you." I came into the room, poured myself coffee. "How are you feeling?" "Like I got hit by a truck. Then dragged behind it for a few miles." He managed a weak smile. "But better than yesterday. The Doctor said the drugs should be out of my system in another week." The doctor had been checking on Miguel twice daily, asking no questions, taking cash payment. The kind of doctor who understood that some patients needed to stay off the radar. "And mentally?" I asked carefully. Miguel's smile f
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