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Bodyguard Blues

Author: Ridah Gift
last update Huling Na-update: 2025-05-25 23:05:15

The hospital's fluorescent lights buzzed like angry bees. Elena sat in a plastic chair beside her father's bed, he was breathing so hard showing a sign of difficulty. Richard's eyes fluttered open, his voice a rasp. "No more arguments... You need protection."

Noah stood in the doorway, arms crossed, his build posture making the room feel smaller. "I don't need a babysitter dad," Elena muttered, though her hands are still shaking from the night's horrors.

Richard coughed, holding her wrist. "Liam won't stop... Please trust Noah."

The door swung open. Serena rushed in, with all fake sympathy "Poor Ellie! Looks like death warmed over." She smirked at Noah. "New bodyguard? Cute."

Elena got annoyed as Serena traced Noah's bicep. "Hands off, Serena." She barked at her.

"Are you jealous?" Serena smiled mockingly. "Don't worry, I only steal things that want to be taken."

Noah stepped back, jaw tight. "Ma'am."

"Ma'am?" Serena laughed, tossing her hair. "Call me if Elena bores you." She left, her perfume lingering in the air like a threat.

Noah drove Elena home in silence. Rain drummed the windshield, thunder growling in the distance. She flinched, memories of her mother's crash running through her mind.

"You hate storms," Noah said softly.

"How did you ...?"

"Your tenth birthday. You hid under the piano for hours."

Elena stared. "He remembered that?" She thought to herself

"I brought cookies," he added, nodding to a paper bag. "Oatmeal raisin. Your favorite."

She took one, warmth cutting through the chill. "You are not just a bodyguard, are you?"

He shrugged. "Your mom... she asked me to watch over you. Before she died."

The admission hung between them, fragile as the locket around her neck.

The next morning, Elena went to Hart Tower, Noah shadowing her like a silent storm cloud. Employees whispered as she went straight to Richard's office, still CEO in name only.

"Sign me up for the MBA program," she demanded, slamming her hands on the secretary's desk.

The secretary blinked. "Your father said .."

"My father's in a coma. I own 5% of this company. Do it."

Noah hid a smile.

The MBA classroom reeked of ambition and stale coffee. Elena sat in the back, thinking and writing ways to ruin Liam in her notebook. A guest lecturer walked in the classroom, Adrian Voss in a crisp suit with a sharper smirk.

"Today's lesson is crushing your enemies ethically. Or not." His gaze locked on Elena. "Miss Hart! Enlighten us. How would you handle a hostile takeover?"

The room went silent. Elena stood, channeling her rage into ice. "I would poison their coffee. Oh wait, that's their move."

Adrian's smirk twitched. "Creative. But messy."

"Says the guy who probably uses a spreadsheet for revenge."

Laughter erupted. Adrian's eyes glittered. "Sit. Before I fail you."

"You wish."

Noah, leaning against the door, shook his head. "Trouble magnet."

That night, Elena hacked into Hart's servers, Noah was snoring on her dorm couch. The files were in gibberish code words and encrypted logs. Except one:

Project Echo Phase 2: Genetic Replication.

Her blood turned to frozen. A photo a girl who looked exactly like her popped up, strapped to a lab bed.

"Noah... wake up," She shouted.

He flew upright, reaching for a gun. "What What?"

She pointed at the screen, trembling. The screen flashed:

Subject #34-C: Viable. Awaiting Activation.

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