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Chapter 64: The Confrontation with Elena

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I didn't go after Aria. I couldn't. Not yet.

If I went to her now, I would be going as a broken man, begging for forgiveness with empty hands. I needed to offer her something more than apologies. I needed to offer her a future that was safe.

And I couldn't do that while Elena Stone was still standing.

I sat in my car outside Lily’s apartment building—where I knew Aria had gone first—and made a call. Not to Aria. Not to Marcus.

To Lewis, my head of security.

"Find her," I said, my voice a low growl. "Elena Stone. I want to know exactly where she is, right now."

"She's not at the estate, boss," Lewis replied instantly, the keyboard clacking in the background. "Richard Stone’s security deactivated her access codes an hour ago. She checked into the St. Regis, but she's not in her room."

"Where is she?"

"Credit card pinged twenty minutes ago at The Aviary."

Of course. The most exclusive, glass-walled rooftop lounge in the city. A place to see and be seen. Even in exile, Elena Stone needed
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