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Chapter 60

Author: Nonax B
last update publish date: 2026-10-21 14:47:10

The private G650 sliced through the freezing stratosphere at Mach 0.92, carving a direct path across the Atlantic toward the snow-capped expanse of Central Europe.

Inside the custom-paneled cabin, the ambient lighting had been dimmed to a muted amber glow. Outside the triple-paned reinforced glass windows, the endless sheet of black ocean gave way to the jagged, frost-glazed peaks of the Swiss Alps, standing like jagged iron teeth against the pre-dawn horizon.

Aurora sat by the window, her dark
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  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 63

    The blue light from the tablet screen cast a cold glare across the cabin.On the display, pulled straight from the terminal on the eighty-eighth floor of the Ashford Tower, was a high-resolution photo taken twenty-two minutes ago. It showed the heavy iron security gates of the upstate estate—where Leo and Liam were supposed to be sleeping safely.In the quiet cabin, the hum of the jet engines felt heavy.Adrian stared at the screen, his jaw locked tight. The relaxed corporate exterior was gone, replaced by pure, cold focus.Aurora leaned in, scanning the details. She didn't panic; she just looked at the facts."It’s a proxy feed," Aurora said, her voice steady. She reached out, resting her hand firmly on Adrian's arm to ground him. "Marcus and the Zurich group knew they couldn't beat you in a financial fight. This isn't an attack yet. It’s bait to make us panic and split our focus."Adrian looked down at her. He saw the absolute steadiness in her eyes. She wasn't someone who needed sh

  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 62

    The secure satellite comms unit in Adrian’s hand hummed with a harsh, abrasive static before Harrison’s voice cut back through the static, crisp and devoid of hesitation."The perimeter sensors on the eighty-eighth floor tripped three minutes ago," Harrison reported, his cadence clipped and sharp. "It’s not a brute-force digital attack from an outside proxy. Someone bypassed the elevator biometric overrides using an active executive credential."Across the length of the Valerian library, Marcus Vance let out a low, raspy chuckle against the stone pillar where Adrian still held him pinned by the collar. Blood trickled from a split lip where the impact had caught him, but his eyes burned with a manic, triumphant satisfaction."You thought the Zurich ping was the primary objective, Ashford," Marcus wheezed, his voice dripping with venomous amusement. "The dead-man's switch wasn't just a data packet. It was a decoy to pull you out of Manhattan and freeze your security response team while

  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 61

    The amber light from the open computer terminal cast long, skeletal shadows across the vaulted wooden bookshelves of the Valerian estate’s private library.Sitting behind the massive, scarred mahogany desk was a man who had no business breathing New York or Zurich air.He wore a tailored charcoal overcoat that showed no dusting of the freezing alpine snow outside, his silver-streaked dark hair combed back with meticulous precision. As the heavy double doors groaned open, Marcus Vance didn't flinch. He simply rested his elbows on the polished wood, steepled his fingers, and offered a slow, venomous smile."I wondered how long it would take an Ashford to trace a breadcrumb across an ocean," Marcus said, his voice smooth, cultured, and entirely devoid of fear. "Though I must admit, I expected Adrian to come alone. Dragging the independent artist into a Swiss freezer seems rather counterproductive to your public relations campaign, Mr. Ashford."Adrian didn't answer with words. The moment

  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 60

    The private G650 sliced through the freezing stratosphere at Mach 0.92, carving a direct path across the Atlantic toward the snow-capped expanse of Central Europe.Inside the custom-paneled cabin, the ambient lighting had been dimmed to a muted amber glow. Outside the triple-paned reinforced glass windows, the endless sheet of black ocean gave way to the jagged, frost-glazed peaks of the Swiss Alps, standing like jagged iron teeth against the pre-dawn horizon.Aurora sat by the window, her dark silk blazer draped over the back of her seat, a single cup of black coffee cooling on the polished mahogany table before her. Below them, the Canton of Valais sprawled in absolute, frozen silence—a remote landscape of pine forests, steep ravines, and isolated luxury estates hidden far away from the prying eyes of European financial capitals.Across the aisle, Adrian sat with his long legs stretched out, his laptop resting open on his knees. He hadn't slept a wink since they left New York. The s

  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 59

    The heavy steel doors of the sub-level bunker remained sealed, locking out the rest of the world while the air inside grew thick with the static charge of unyielding tension.Harrison’s fingers danced across the multi-monitor console with mechanical precision. Streams of green cascading code and encrypted hexadecimal blocks blinked rapidly across the central display, reflecting off the lenses of his glasses as he hunted down the ghost signal originating from the Swiss Alps."The routing is bouncing through three distinct proxy layers in Zurich, Geneva, and Vaduz," Harrison reported, his voice entirely steady despite the high-stakes pressure. "Standard commercial scrubbers wouldn't even catch the ping. It’s military-grade obfuscation—the kind used by elite private intelligence syndicates before they wipe their own servers clean."Adrian stood motionless beside the console. His massive frame was braced, his hands flat against the cold steel edge, his broad shoulders shielding Aurora as

  • The Billionaire's Forbidden Obsession    Chapter 58

    The hum of the Manhattan skyline filtered faintly through the triple-paned glass of the executive suite, but inside the private office, the silence was heavy enough to hear the steady tick of a minimalist wall clock.Aurora sat cross-legged on the deep leather sofa, a digital tablet balanced on her knees. The screen glowed with a sprawling, interactive layout of the Ashford Manor grounds upstate—specifically the south-facing rose gardens and the adjoining glass pavilion that she had reluctantly agreed to consider for the ceremony."If we use the glass pavilion for the reception," Aurora said, her voice cutting cleanly through the quiet room as she tapped a stylus against the screen, "we need to completely redesign the catering access roads. I am not having heavy delivery trucks chewing up the landscape directly beneath the studio windows."Across the room, standing by the floor-to-ceiling windows with a dark espresso in his hand, Adrian didn't look at the tablet. His pitch-black gaze

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