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CHAPTER 27: PANIC
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OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 34: SECRETARY FROM HELL
MATHEWI had broken men's jaws for less than what this woman was doing to me at this very moment."Move."The woman standing in front of the private elevator didn't even blink."No."I stared at her.She stared right back.For a brief moment, I wondered if Ciara had secretly started hiring retired assassins.The woman folded her arms.I checked the plaque on the reception desk.Mary Thompson.The new secretary.Louis had mentioned her during the drive over.Apparently, Ciara had hired her less than an hour ago.That should have been my first warning."You're standing in front of my elevator," I said."No."My eye twitched."No?""No."She pointed toward the brass plaque beside the elevator."That elevator belongs to Horizon Holdings which is Miss Ciara’s property."I looked at the plaque.I looked back at her.Then I smiled."Correct.""Ciara belongs to me."Mary's expression didn't change.Not even slightly."That's not how ownership works."I laughed.The receptionist behind the des
OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 33: INTERVIEW
CIARAThe following morning, I buried myself in work.It was either that or spend the entire day thinking about Mathew then overthinking things and I refused to do that."You're glaring at your laptop again."I looked up to find Carlista standing in my office doorway with a tablet tucked under her arm."I'm not glaring.""You absolutely are.""I'm reviewing reports.""With murder in your eyes."I sighed.Carlista smirked.That woman enjoyed irritating me far too much."The interviews start in ten minutes," she said."Oh..thank goodness.""Thank goodness?" she repeated. "You've rejected twenty-three candidates.""Twenty-one.""Twenty-three.""Two withdrew.""They withdrew because you terrified them."I shrugged."If they can't survive an interview, they can't survive this company or me."Carlista laughed."Come on, dictator. The next victim is waiting."I stood and grabbed my notebook."Let's go."The conference room was already prepared when we arrived.A long glass table dominated th
OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 32: SHOWDOWN
MATHEWThe underground gym in Bethnal Green smelled like faint dust. The fluorescent tubes overhead flashed like a nest of hornets, casting a flickering, yellow light over the rusted chain-link fence that served as our ring.I stood in the corner, my bare back pressed against the turnbuckle, slowly wrapping the black linen tape around my left knuckles. My three cracked ribs from the Shoreditch fight flared sharp every time I took a deep breath, but the physical sting was a dull, rhythmic reminder that I was still alive. It was predictable. It followed the rules of impact and recovery."You're not focused, mate," Louis’s voice muttered from the apron. He was leaning against the steel post, his crisp Mayfair suit completely out of place among the grease and the grease-monkeys. He was cutting a strip of adhesive tape with his teeth, his sharp eyes scanning my face. "Your alignment is off by two inches on the left stance. If you let this giant catch you on the liver, the Swiss trip is ca
OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 31: NEGOTIATION
MATHEW "Why the hell is she doing this again looking all gorgeous in a yellow dress with flawless skin while meeting a stranger?" I complainLouis chuckled "She's meeting with one of her company's investors who happens to be a billionaire and investigating her uncle's influence within the company."To anyone else in the room, I was just the quiet, brooding head of security, keeping an ear communication line open to Louis in the lobby. To the woman sitting at Table Four, I was the ghost who held her in the dark when the lights were out. She smiled at the man across from her.That man was Kenneth Wane—no relation to her uncle’s side, but a billionaire venture capitalist from the Swiss faction. He was the golden key to her company's technology funding. He was laughing at something she had just said, his hands gesturing smoothly over a plate of truffle tartlets."Oh I feel so bad for him," Louis’s voice crackled softly through my hidden earpiece. "Kenneth’s internal servers just cleare
OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 30: INVESTIGATION 2
CIARAThe silk of my emerald evening gown felt less like haute couture and more like a high-dollar straightjacket.I stood at the edge of the mezzanine inside the Dorchester ballroom, looking down at the five hundred high-net-worth investors drinking my champagne. The Mayfair charity gala was an annual necessity, a carefully staged piece of theatre designed to prove to the city that my company wasn't over after the Raymond incident. On paper, I was the triumphant CEO expanding into European medical logistics.In reality, I was a woman holding a line of credit and a handful of lies, waiting for a syndicate to finish me off."You're tracking the left perimeter too tightly," a low, gravelly vibration murmured directly behind my ear.I didn't turn around. I didn't need to because I'd recognise that voice even in a noisy environment. He was dressed in a tailored black tuxedo that did nothing to hide the lethal breadth of his shoulders.His earpiece was coiled behind his jaw, his eyes scan
OWNED IN THE DARK CHAPTER 29: INVESTIGATION 1
MATHEWWe were now on air yet the tension was so high "He's finally asleep," Louis said, stepping up from the galley toward the front of the cabin. He slid a ruggedized military tablet onto the mahogany table between us. His face looked gray under the recessed LED lights of the jet. "My team in Richmond took the server arrays out of the walls before the local authorities could seal the perimeter. I ran the dashcam footage through a deep-packet frame analysis."I didn't touch my drink. I kept my eyes on the tablet. "And?""The black SUV—the one registered to Legacy Medical that you were driving," Louis said, his voice dropping into a tight, cautious register as he glanced toward Ciara. She didn't turn around, but the tremor in her hand stopped instantly. She was listening. "It didn't just appear from the blind spot. It was idling on the shoulder of the M4 for forty-two minutes before Ciara’s sedan passed the bridge.""Waiting," I muttered, my jaw tightening until a sharp ache flared in
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