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~Christian~

Rage surged through me when I spotted Elena’s face plastered across the billboard screen in the middle of traffic. Two days ago, we’d agreed to meet after our engagement to finalize the contract signing, but her replies to my texts had been sparse, almost nonexistent.

Fear gnawed at me. Now that she was tied to me, she was a target for my enemies. To keep her safe, I’d assigned a bodyguard to watch her and report back.

At first, I hated the idea of tracking her every move because it felt like an invasion, a betrayal of trust. But my enemies were unpredictable, striking when I least expected it, and I couldn’t risk being too late to protect her.

I was stuck in an impromptu meeting my grandfather had strong-armed me into when my phone buzzed with a text from the bodyguard:

“She’s in a hospital.”

The words sent my heart into overdrive, and a gasp escaped my lips, loud enough to disrupt the meeting. All eyes swiveled toward me, and I ducked my head, muttering an apology.

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