Mag-log inRain started sometime after midnight.Soft at first.Then heavier against the windows of Adrian’s countryside house.Amelia couldn’t sleep again.No matter how exhausted she felt physically, her mind refused to rest.Too many things had changed too quickly.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw different versions of Damian.Cold Damian at the gala.Quiet Damian in the stairwell.Broken Damian outside the building.And somehow those versions of him kept colliding painfully inside her chest.She sat up slowly in bed and glanced toward the digital clock.2:17 AM.The house was silent.Carefully, Amelia stood and wrapped a cardigan around herself before walking downstairs.The soft wooden floor creaked beneath her feet.A faint light glowed from the kitchen.She paused slightly.Then continued.Adrian was awake.Of course he was.He stood near the counter making tea quietly, sleeves rolled slightly upward, expression thoughtful.He looked up immediately when he noticed her.“You should
Amelia woke up confused.For a few seconds, she didn’t recognize the ceiling above her.Soft cream walls.Wooden beams.Morning light slipping quietly through half-open curtains.No city noise.No ringing phones.No reporters.No Damian.The realization settled slowly into her chest.She was gone.Really gone.The events of the previous night returned all at once afterward.The building.Vanessa.Lena.The scandal.The media.Everything.Amelia closed her eyes briefly again.Emotionally exhausted.A soft knock interrupted her thoughts.“Amelia?”Sophie’s voice.Gentle.Careful.Amelia sat up slowly.“Come in.”Sophie entered carrying a tray with tea and toast.“You barely ate yesterday.”Amelia gave a weak smile.“I barely remember yesterday.”Sophie sat beside her carefully.For a moment, neither spoke.Then Sophie quietly asked:“How are you feeling?”Amelia almost laughed at the question.How was she feeling?Her marriage had publicly collapsed.A woman had confessed to destroying
The corridor remained silent after the screens went black.No Vanessa.No system voice.No answers.Only the distant sound of sirens outside the building and the low mechanical groaning of damaged steel somewhere above them.Amelia felt exhausted down to her bones.Everything that had happened tonight kept replaying violently inside her head.The gala.The humiliation.The divorce papers.Lena.The coma.Vanessa.The lies.The manipulation.And somehow, every truth only seemed to create another wound instead of healing one.Nathan lowered the emergency tablet slowly.“We lost access completely.”Damian’s expression remained unreadable.“Can you restore it?”Nathan shook his head once.“She wiped everything remotely.”A pause.“But the leaks are already out.”Sophie frowned.“What exactly leaked?”Nathan exhaled heavily.“Internal files. Security logs. Executive records.”Another pause.“And parts of the gala footage.”Amelia immediately stiffened.Of course.Of course the internet wou
Nobody spoke after Vanessa’s confession.Not immediately.The corridor felt frozen in place.Like the building itself had stopped breathing just to hear the truth.Amelia stood perfectly still, her chest tight with emotion she couldn’t even fully name anymore.Shock.Anger.Exhaustion.Maybe all of it together.The baby died.Lena survived.Vanessa hid her for three years.And Damian,he had been standing in the middle of a collapsing reality without even realizing how much had already been buried beneath him.The security screen flickered softly.Vanessa’s face remained there.Beautiful.Composed.And somehow deeply unstable beneath the surface.Damian stared at her without blinking.When he finally spoke, his voice came out dangerously calm.“Where is she?”Vanessa smiled faintly.“You still sound like a man trying to fix things with power.”“Where is Lena?”This time, sharper.Vanessa tilted her head slightly.“You know what’s interesting?”Nobody answered.Her eyes moved toward Ame
The maintenance corridor was colder than the stairwell.Narrow.Dimly lit.Every step echoed against concrete walls while distant alarms continued pulsing through the building like a dying heartbeat.Amelia walked beside Adrian silently.Sophie stayed close behind her.Nathan led ahead with a flashlight while Damian remained slightly behind everyone, watching every corner carefully.No one trusted the building anymore.Not after tonight.Not after the folder.Not after Vanessa.A loud static crackled suddenly overhead.Then,the emergency lights flickered red.Nathan stopped instantly.“…Wait.”Damian’s eyes narrowed.“What is it?”Nathan looked toward the security panel at the end of the corridor.The blinking system light had changed colors.From red.To white.Nathan frowned.“That shouldn’t happen.”Adrian looked around sharply.“What does white mean?”Nathan’s expression shifted slowly.“…system override failure.”Silence.Damian immediately understood.“She lost control.”Almost
The footsteps below stopped.Then silence swallowed the stairwell again.Not normal silence.Waiting silence.Amelia could hear her own heartbeat now.Fast.Uneven.The darkness around them felt tighter somehow, like the building itself was listening.Damian slowly lowered the phone from his ear.The screen had already gone black.Call ended.But the last words still lingered heavily in the air. “She’s coming for what she considers hers.”Amelia wrapped her arms around herself instinctively.Sophie moved closer immediately.Nathan was the first to speak.“…Who the hell was that?”Damian’s jaw tightened slightly.“I don’t know.”But the answer didn’t sound convincing.Adrian noticed too.“You recognized something,” he said calmly.Damian didn’t respond immediately.Instead, he looked down at the black folder still in his hand.His expression darkened slightly.Then he finally said:“It knew too much.”Nathan frowned.“What exactly is this folder?”Damian opened it again slowly.The fl
Chapter 12The Truth Beneath the BloodThe gunshot echoed through the basement feed.Then everything went black.Amelia screamed.Sophie grabbed her immediately before her knees gave out completely.“Oh my God—”Nathan was already trying Damian’s number again.No answer.The television screen flick
“Damian!”Amelia’s scream tore through the apartment before she could stop herself.On the television screen, the shadow behind Damian moved fast.Too fast.The image shook violently for a second as the hidden camera adjusted focus.Then,everything exploded at once.Damian spun around instantly.A
The silence in the apartment after the door shut was unnatural.Not peaceful.Not calm.Just empty.Amelia stood frozen near the window, her hands pressed lightly against the glass as if it could anchor her to reality.Below, the building was no longer quiet.Flashing lights painted the street in u
The rain outside had not stopped.It slammed endlessly against the apartment windows while tension filled every corner of the room.Nobody moved.Nobody breathed properly.Adrian’s confession still hung heavily in the air.“I wanted her long before tonight.”Damian stared at him with an expression







