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Double Trouble (II)
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2026-04-05 14:59:15
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THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Falling apart
Adeline's POVI had always hated the walk out of a room you had just lost.The boardroom was one thing. Four walls, a closed door, a private disaster. But the corridor outside was something else entirely.The open office, the glass partitions, the employees of Royce Industries who had presumably heard enough through walls and internet alerts to know that whatever had happened in that room had not gone well. They moved out of my path without being asked. Eyes dropping to laptops, to phones, to absolutely anything that was not my face. The ones who did look had the particular expression of people trying to appear neutral and failing.I kept my head up.It was the only thing I had left to keep.By the time the lift doors closed and I was alone inside it, the back of my throat was burning in a way that had nothing to do with tears. I had used those already. This was something rawer. Something that sat between grief and fury and couldn't decide which one it wanted to be.Mikhail was waiti
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN The pull out
Adeline's POVThe boardroom smelled like money and judgment.Twelve men, two women. Seated around a table long enough to land a small plane. Suits more expensive than some people's salaries for a whole month. Coffee cups full, since nobody in a room like this would ever admit to needing anything.They'd been waiting for me when I came in. All fourteen of them. Seated already, meaning they'd been speaking until the sound of my heels on the corridor made them freeze.I'd walked into difficult rooms before. I knew the feel of the air in a room that had already made its decision.I sat at the head of the table anyway."Thank you all for being here." I managed. My voice sounded stronger than I had any right to expect."As you know, my father is recovering and I'll be acting president of Royce Industries for the time being. Thank you for your patience throughout what has been an unusual week."Unusual. What a joke. An understatement of the year.Harrison, a developer with twenty-two percent
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Bad omen
Adeline's POVThe notification banner dropped across my screen before I had even finished reading the message.My first thought was the video. The forensic rebuttal we had posted, the one that had cracked the public narrative just enough to introduce doubt. I had been half-expecting a counter-move from Conrad's side all evening, another wave of commentary or another carefully constructed lie pushed through a faceless account.But it wasn't that.Unknown number. One line of text.I know things about him you don't. Things that can end this. --DI read it twice. Then a third time.The initial was the thing that snagged in me.Small and almost casual, like the person on the other end had debated whether to sign it at all and then decided that one letter was all they were willing to commit to. D. It told me almost nothing and just enough at the same time.I typed back quickly before I could second-guess it.Who is this?I pressed send. Watched the screen. The two grey ticks sat there wit
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Unknown Texter
Adeline's POVNobody needed to explain what had to happen next.The moment that door flew open, three nurses and a doctor appeared from the far end of the corridor as if they had been waiting for exactly this. Which maybe they had, some part of them always watching the monitors from behind a glass partition. They moved fast and without any of the panic that was clawing at the inside of my throat. This was not unusual to them. The thought made it worse somehow."Step back, please." One of the nurses held her arm out, firm and unhesitating, and I stepped back without meaning to, the wall behind me appearing from nowhere. "All three of you-- out of the doorway, let us through."Mikhail had already moved to the side. He gripped Natasha by the elbow and steered her clear of the door, and she let him, her whole body gone strange and limp, like a person who had used every last thing they had and now there was nothing.The door swung shut behind them.The three of us stood in the corridor
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Critical Condition 2
Adeline's POVThe isolation gown they made me wear was pale blue and papery.It crinkled with every movement, stiff and antiseptic-smelling, the kind that reminded you exactly where you were and exactly why. I put it on without thinking.Operating on autopilot was the only thing I was capable of right then.Mikhail's name had opened the ICU doors the way it opened most things--without resistance, without waiting.Normally they would not even let us in yet. I knew that. The nurse at the station had started to say so, her mouth already forming the words, and then she looked at Mikhail and the words simply did not come.Doors opened. We were shown through. That was the power he carried in this building, in every corridor, in every room and right now I was grateful for every inch of it.I pressed my palm flat against the door for just a moment before pushing it open.Natasha went in first.I followed.He looked so pale.That was the first thing. Not the tubes, though there were several, f
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Critical Condition
Adeline’s POV“Hey… Adeline… it’s Robert—”Just hee tone alone was enough to make my breath stop.Something was wrong…“What about him?” I asked. My voice now was hollow…like I was afraid to ask it so I won’t hear her answer.There was a pause. And that alone confirmed that it wasn’t good news.“He’s been in an accident,” she said finally. “We’re at the hospital.”Everything in me went still.He’s been in an accident….those words replayed in my mind over and over again..“What do you mean… accident?” I whispered.“He was coming back from work,” Natasha continued quickly, like she was trying to get it out before she broke. “A truck ran the light and hit him. They brought him in…Adeline, he’s in the ICU.”The ICU.No, no,no… my father…in ICU.“I—” My lips parted, but nothing came out.“Just come,” she said softly. “Please.”The call ended.And for a few seconds, I didn’t move, I didn’t think, heck, I didn’t even breathe.No.No, no, no.Not him. Not him…My father.The man I had just f
THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN A Statement
Adeline's POVThere wasn't much I could see by the time tears had filled my eyes. It felt like watching the world around me topple to the ground. Despite how many times I had watched those videos, the content remained the same.Another set of perfectly placed and curated lies that had been created
Last Updated : 2026-03-22THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Extra lies
Mikhail's POVMy eyes were on the laptop, scanning the chart when a knock came on the door. I didn't even get the chance to invite them in before the door opened to reveal Lily. She had a panicked expression on her face, an ipad in her hands.Immediately I knew something was wrong. “What happened?"
Last Updated : 2026-03-21THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN What should be done
Adeline's POVWhen I woke up it was inside the cocoon of soft sheets. The room was cool but not cold and it was cozy. I opened my eyes slowly, sitting up straight up on the bed. I was inside the room Mikhail had shown me to.But that was impossible, I remember very vividly resting my head on the ta
Last Updated : 2026-03-21THE HEIRESS GAME;REBIRTH AND RUIN Isaac
Adeline's POVI made my way through the reception of Mikhail's hospital on my way home, my mind had been set. Even if I didn't give a direct statement, I wouldn't let Conrad win this round.His response to my message rang at the back of my mind. “Well, I'll be waiting. Let's see if you have it in y
Last Updated : 2026-03-20
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