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Chapter 93; Evidence?

ผู้เขียน: E.J kate
last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2026-10-19 16:22:15

TRISTAN

The days blurred together after Cade threw me out of the penthouse.

I stopped answering calls. Stopped opening the door for deliveries unless I absolutely had to. Most days, I forgot to eat until my stomach hurt, and the coffee beside my laptop was usually cold before I remembered to drink it.

I told myself I was busy.

The truth was, I didn’t know what to do with myself when I wasn’t working.

The search for Victoria had become my entire life. Every lead gave me something to chase, some
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    EMMAThe safe house was quieter than the penthouse.It should have been comforting. The thick walls, locked doors, and security cameras were all meant to keep us safe, but none of it could erase the memory of the gunshots or the sound of bullets striking the car.Every time I closed my eyes, I was back in that car.I could still hear Theo shouting for me to get down. I could still see the window cracking. And no matter how many times I reminded myself that we had made it out, my mind kept returning to the same terrifying thought.We could have died.Cade had left to collect the things we needed from the penthouse, while Theo was checking the perimeter and making sure there were enough exits if we had to leave in a hurry. Their absence left me alone with my thoughts.And Rhys.He was somewhere in the house, probably trying to figure out how to deal with Marcelo’s attack while pretending his injured arm didn’t hurt. I wanted to check on him.I also wanted to stop thinking about him long

  • My stepbrother and his friends want me    Chapter 107: Ice cream and gunfire

    THEOWith the amount of tension in the penthouse being enough to end a full elephant, I had to take Emma out of the house for a little while.We ended up at a little ice cream shop, sitting in my car in the parking lot with two ridiculous scoops melting in their cups. She stared at the melting ice cream in her lap, turning the spoon between her fingers.Then she said “I feel foolish. I keep feeling things for him.”I didn’t need to ask who she meant.“Even after everything,” she continued. “I look at him, and something in me still moves. Sometimes I see him hurt, or I catch him looking at me, and I forget to be angry for a second.”Her voice faltered.“And then I remember everything, and I hate myself for forgetting.”“Emma”“I feel like I’m betraying myself.” She finally looked at me, and the hurt in her eyes made my chest tighten. “I spent so long trying to convince myself that I could survive what he did to me. That I could walk away from him and be okay. Now I can’t even look at h

  • My stepbrother and his friends want me    Chapter 106: Smoke and skin

    EMMAI had been awake since the noise.It started as a low rush of movement in the hallway boots, a door and voices. . I stepped out of my room in time to see Rhys and Cade heading for the elevator. Rhys’s face was set in that hard, closed way that meant something had already gone wrong. Cade glanced back once, gave me a look that said not now, and then the doors shut on both of them.I stood there in the dark hallway with my heart already climbing into my throat and no one left to ask.Worry kept me on the sofa after that. I wrapped myself in a robe, pulled my knees up, and stared at the elevator like staring would make it open faster. Every scenario my mind offered was worse than the last. Theo came down sometime near dawn. He did not ask why I was still sitting there. He just made coffee, set a mug beside me, and stayed in the chair across from me in silence. The company helped. The fear did not leave.When the elevator finally chimed again, the sound went through me like a current

  • My stepbrother and his friends want me    Chapter 105: First fire

    RHYS The call came at 1:17 a.m.I was in the office reviewing Voss’s requested figures when my secondary line lit up with the warehouse foreman’s number. I answered on the second ring.“Talk.”For a moment, there was only static. Then came a burst of gunfire, followed by a loud crash.“We’re under attack!” His voice was strained, almost swallowed by the noise behind him. “Multiple men. Explosives. They’re not here to steal anything, Rhys. They’re burning the place down. We have wounded men, and I need…”The line went dead.I was already on my feet.Anger hit first. Cold, immediate anger that left no room for panic. That warehouse held six months of independent product and the last clean route contracts I’d managed to secure without my father’s name.Someone had decided I wasn’t allowed to rebuild.I grabbed the gun from my desk drawer, checked the magazine, and headed for the door.I nearly collided with Cade in the hallway. One look at my face and the weapon in my hand told him enou

  • My stepbrother and his friends want me    Chapter 104: lost name

    RHYS The gala looked exactly as it had every other year.Crystal chandeliers, polished marble, expensive suits, and people who measured a man’s worth by the family he came from.I attended the gala every year, sometimes with my father other times without him. It was all a means to network, meet new people and pretend like we all loved each other. This year, I was here again. The only difference was that this year, I had arrived without my father’s name protecting me and I felt its effect almost immediately.The host greeted me with a smile that disappeared as soon as he turned away. Conversations quieted when I approached, and people who had once rushed to shake my hand suddenly found someone more important to speak to.I was no longer Richard’s heir.To them, that made me unworthy to be in their midst.I took a drink from a passing waiter and continued through the room, refusing to let their opinions show on my face.A woman from the logistics consortium approached me, wearing the

  • My stepbrother and his friends want me    Chapter 103: Being civil

    EMMA At a point during the week, I realised I was tired. Tired of avoiding Rhys, tired of pretending I didn’t worry about him or that my heart didn’t ache for him. It wasn’t forgiveness, but at least I could be civil.So, at breakfast, I sat in my usual seat.Rhys was already there. He looked up when I walked in, and for a second, I thought he was going to say something. Instead, he lowered his eyes to his plate.I poured myself some coffee and sat down.“Is that coffee still hot?” he asked after a while.I glanced at his cup. “You just poured it.”“Oh.”“Unless you’ve forgotten how coffee works.”Cade snorted into his drink.“She’s got you there,” Theo said.Rhys let out a quiet laugh, but it died almost immediately. He looked at me, as if he wasn’t sure whether I was making fun of him or offering him something. I just pretended not to notice.Conversation continued again with Cade teasing Rhys about something I wants really sure of. And for a few minutes, it almost felt normal. A

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