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Chapter 120: The Secret War Room
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Once my Wife Chapter 132: The Double-Bluff Launch
The air in the War Room was electric — tense, humming, alive. Every flicker on the wall of monitors looked like a heartbeat, every sound amplified against the walls lined with metal and cables. It wasn’t just another operation tonight. This was the moment everything they’d built, risked, and hidden would either collapse or explode into history.Jason stood near the central console, his jaw locked tight. The digital clock above the main screen counted down the seconds.00:03:27.Three minutes until launch.Elena stood beside the long table, sleeves rolled up, eyes lit with adrenaline and exhaustion. The glow from her terminal painted her face in sharp blues and reds. “The pulse generator’s primed,” she said. “Once I send it, Bannon’s tracker goes dark. He’ll think the War Room fried during a surge.”Jason nodded once. “He needs to believe it’s gone — no doubts, no traces.”Elena smirked faintly. “Trust me. The only thing he’ll see is a fried circuit and a dead signal. To him, that’ll l
Once my Wife Chapter 131: A Desperate Lie and Intimate Strength
The night began with a lie so well rehearsed it almost felt real.The penthouse glowed with the warm shimmer of candlelight and quiet jazz, the kind that tried too hard to sound casual. Jason had set the table himself — wine glasses polished, silverware aligned, everything in perfect order. But underneath the perfect setting, the air was tense enough to snap.Bella stood by the window, staring out over the city lights. Her reflection looked calm, but her fingers twisted around her bracelet, her nerves betraying her.“They’ll be here any minute,” she murmured.Jason adjusted his collar in the mirror. “Good. The sooner they come, the sooner we end this.”He poured the wine — a deep red that looked almost like blood under the soft light.When the doorbell rang, Bella forced a smile so smooth it almost fooled her. Almost.Lila stepped in first, bright-eyed, dressed in a light pink blouse that made her look younger, gentler. Her laughter filled the space like she’d walked into a safe place
Once my Wife Chapter 130: The Contingency
“The War Room?” Jason said, standing in the doorway like a man who hadn’t expected to be shown his own bones. “You dragged Elena into this because—”“Because she doesn’t flinch,” Bella cut in. She closed the door behind her, voice flat, like someone tucking a dangerous thing into a safe place. “Because she sees trackers for what they are. Not toys, not trophies. Threats.”Elena adjusted her glasses, looked at the bank of screens and the tangle of live feeds and sensor readouts, and then at Jason as if he were one more line item. Her hands were steady. Her face was an assessment. “You called me in because something is wrong,” she said. “And you two aren’t very good at pretending otherwise.”Jason let out a breath that had been stuck in his chest for days. “The chip,” he said. “The one we found in the warehouse. It came from Bannon.”Elena’s eyes flicked to the main monitor where the tracker blipped like a heartbeat. “Voss was blunt. Bannon is subtle. Bannon doesn’t need cash from you.
Once my Wife Chapter 129: The Silent Bomb
The elevator doors opened with a sharp hiss, and Jason burst into the penthouse like a storm breaking glass. His breath was shallow, his pulse hammering against the edge of control. The world outside glittered—towers of light and power—but inside, everything was still. Too still.His sleek Italian loafers made no sound on the marble floor. Every step was a quiet explosion of dread.“Jason—” Bella’s voice caught in her throat as she hurried in after him, her heels clicking once before she kicked them off to move faster. “What are you doing?”Jason didn’t answer. He went straight for the bookshelf.That damned, elegant bookshelf. The one that hid their War Room—their secret heart, their digital fortress, their home.But now it was poison.Robert Bannon’s voice echoed in Jason’s head like the echo of a loaded gun:“Every time you open that shelf, my network receives a ping.”A ping.A heartbeat.A signal to their enemy.Their safe haven had been a silent bomb all along.Jason’s hands wer
Once my Wife Chapter 128: The Pressure Point
Jason walked into the installation like a man stepping into an empty cathedral — quiet, echoing, full of things meant to be looked at and not touched. The lights were dim; sculptures cast long, strange shadows. Somewhere a soft mechanical chime measured seconds like a judge.He found Robert Bannon already waiting, palms flat on the table, the canvas of his face calm and unreadable. Old money, older habits. Bannon’s smile was the kind that told you he knew the rules and he enjoyed bending them.Jason set a small sealed envelope on the table and pushed it forward. The motion was casual. The sound was deliberate.“Open it,” he said.Bannon did, slow and smooth. He unfolded copies of settlement papers, signatures blurred but the meaning sharp as glass.“You know about the child,” Jason said. “I know about the woman. I know what you did to make those things vanish. The measures you took—Julian Voss would have applauded.”Bannon’s eyes didn’t change. His voice was soft, measured, like someo
Once my Wife Chapter 127: Elena’s Warning and Lila’s Choice
The café was quiet enough to hear the spoon clink against the edge of a coffee cup. Outside, the low hum of city traffic mixed with the rustle of leaves from Central Park. Bella sat near the back corner, hidden from the crowd. The smell of roasted beans filled the air, but she barely tasted her drink. She’d been waiting—heart tight, mind racing—when Elena finally slid into the seat across from her.Elena didn’t waste time. Her sharp eyes darted once toward the window before she reached into her leather bag and pulled out a thick, sealed folder. She set it down gently, like a bomb waiting to go off.Elena (quietly): “You were right to ask about Bannon. I’ve been digging into his periphery—every hidden record, every sealed settlement. The man’s not just powerful, Bella. He’s engineered that way. Legally bulletproof. Financially sterile. A fortress in a suit.”She pushed the file across the table.Bella (hesitant): “And you found a crack?”Elena leaned back, folding her arms.Elena: “Twe
Once my Wife Chapter 90: A Quiet Revolution
The evening sun was setting when Jason Reed found himself staring at the glass walls of his office, his reflection staring back at him, older but not weaker. His temples were silver now, his face lined from years of hard battles, but his eyes carried that same sharp gleam; strategist, protector, hu
Once my Wife Chapter 89: The Next Generation
Time had a way of moving without asking permission.The years drifted past, soft at first, then quicker, until the chaos and scars of the past felt like memories from another lifetime. What Jason and Bella built out of those ashes didn’t just survive, it flourished.The Phoenix Foundation had becom
Once my Wife Chapter 88: A New Legacy
The morning after the gala, New York was still buzzing. Newspapers splashed the photo of Jason kissing Bella across their front pages. Social media feeds looped the video over and over, captions screaming: “The Kiss That Stole the Gala” and “Love Stronger Than Scandal.”It wasn’t just gossip, it wa
Once my Wife Chapter 87: A New Kind of Show
The chandeliers glittered like a hundred frozen suns. The annual New York Philanthropic Art Gala wasn’t just an event, it was a spectacle. Politicians, CEOs, artists, and foreign dignitaries moved through the grand hall like chess pieces, each dressed in fabrics that whispered of wealth and influen
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