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Chapter Nine – Stolen Shadows, Stolen Kisses

Penulis: Rosee
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I couldn’t sleep that night. My mind kept circling around the project, the launch date, and the pressure of the entire board resting on my shoulders. Dronecode wasn’t just a company it was my identity, my father’s legacy, my mother’s pride. Failure wasn’t an option.

But I had no idea betrayal was already crawling into my house like a shadow.

Mr. Ramsey’s Betrayal

From my office window, I had seen him earlier that day quietly, mild-mannered Mr. Ramsey. He’d always been the kind of board member no one paid attention to. Too polite. Too soft, so no one paid attention to him much.

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I didn’t know that night, while I was eating dinner with Dave, one of the security members called me and said he was sneaking into my company’s building.

Later, I’d learn the details. How he told the guards, “Mrs. Belira sent me to pick something from the VIP archive.” How he used my name my authority as his key. The guards let him in, thinking nothing of it as his usually romance with the cleaner.

Mr
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