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Chapter 171: Vipers and Roses.
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The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 171: Vipers and Roses.
******************************POV: Claire************************ --- The comm line hissed—then died in my ear. Five seconds of static. A flicker of dread. Rowe’s urgent whisper: “He’s here.” That was all it took for the world to tilt. I didn’t freeze. Training—or desperation—kicked in. My fingers brushed the tiny switch on the bracelet’s band, the silent-alarm button Mack had built. No beep, no flash, just a vibration I felt against my skin. But I had no idea if it reached anyone; Liam had scrambled the channel. The lavender brushed my knees as I pivoted, my eyes sweeping the tree line. Nothing moved except wind and morning haze. Liz was ten paces behind me, pruning shears raised as an improvised weapon, her gaze darting past the roses. Rowe? Invisible in the line of shrubs. Mack? He was supposed to be closest—north edge near the wall. So where was—? A shape detached from shadow. Liam. He crossed the old cobbled path like it belonged to him, boots silent
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 170: The Edge of Control
*************************POV: Mack****************************** --- We found her sitting on the bed, her eyes too calm. That scared me more than anything else. She wasn’t shaking. She wasn’t crying. She wasn’t even breathing fast. She just stared down at the bracelet in her palm like it was some strange artifact she didn’t recognize anymore. “I woke up,” she whispered, “and it was on the floor.” I moved first. Crossed the room and took the bracelet from her hand gently. “Did you get up during the night?” Rowe asked, voice low, steady. “No,” she said. “I was asleep the whole time. I swear.” “No window breach,” Liz muttered, scanning the glass from the inside. “No signs of force.” “Nothing on the motion sensors either,” Rowe added grimly. I looked at the bracelet again. The lock was intact. Untouched. He’d been here. Inside this room. While she slept. Close enough to take her. And he hadn’t. Because this was a message. And Claire wasn’t the only on
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 169: Breath Before the plunge.
**************************PoV: Claire*************************** --- The bracelet was cold. Not cold like metal usually was. It felt like it had been removed—left out in the rain or buried under ice. But that wasn’t possible. Because I never took it off. And yet, when I woke up, there it was. On the floor. Neatly placed, as if someone had slipped it off my wrist and set it there—deliberate. I held it in my palm, fingers tight, like it might vanish again. Mack’s voice echoed the second he burst in, followed by Rowe and Liz, their faces wild with fear. But I couldn’t speak. My throat had locked shut, and the scream wedged somewhere behind my ribs. Because someone had been here. In the room. Close enough to touch me. And I hadn't felt a thing. --- Now I sat at the edge of the bed, wrapped in a sweater that didn’t feel like enough. Everyone else buzzed around the room—checking the locks, reviewing footage, whispering in corners. But I was stuck. Frozen. Because fear was cle
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 168: Unraveling Threads.
**************************POV: Rowe**************************** Everything felt frozen at the start of the day. Literally. The eastern surveillance feed stuttered, just briefly, but enough to send a jolt through my chest. At first, I chalked it up to the aftermath of last night’s storm—maybe a fallen branch had hit a cable. That seemed logical. But when the screen flickered again—lingering just a beat too long, the image was too sharp to be random—I knew it wasn’t the weather. Liam wasn’t just watching anymore. He was close. I pressed the earpiece in and contacted the security booth. “Restart cameras seven and nine—full reset. Do it now. And send me the full footage log from yesterday. Every single frame.” I rasped. My voice was firm and hard. “Yes, sir,” came the clipped response. I didn't like it. I never did, this waiting. The silence before things blew up. And if I’d learned anything from Etian’s death, it was that Liam moved best when we started to feel safe.
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 167: The Quietest Hour.
*****************************POV: Liam*********************---They think I’m losing.That’s the funniest part.They see the headlines. The backlash. My face plastered on every network like some criminal crawling from under a bed.They see the smoke and assume the fire's out.But they don’t realise something important.I started the fire.And I’m still holding the match.And no one dares to take it from me.---I watched them again today. Mack was pacing like a worried father. Claire tucked under his arm like some fragile thing he’s afraid will slip through his fingers.He should be worried.Because this time, she will.---The city lights glared like accusations through the penthouse window. I stood in front of the glass with the monitor on mute, my eyes fixed on the feed—Claire on the garden bench, talking to Liz. Laughing. Her hairr was tied back the way she used to when we were younger. I could almost hear her voice, soft and full of that dry wit that used to slice me open and se
The CEO’s Temptation Chapter 166: Storm Before the Break"
***************************POV: Claire**********************---I didn’t notice the silence at first.It wasn’t the usual kind—the sort you welcomed after a long day, the hush of safety between four walls. No, this one crept in like a shadow, careful not to make a sound until it was already wrapped around your throat. The kind of quiet that made you feel like you were being watched, even in your own home.My fingers trembled slightly as I pulled the zipper up on my jacket. It was nearly evening. The sun had begun to dip behind the buildings, casting long stripes of light across the estate floors. I stood in the hallway, debating whether to join Liz in the garden or stay curled up in the sunroom with my journal and pretend I was okay.Pretending had become a reflex___my default setting.Even Mack—who read me better than anyone—had stopped asking if I was alright. He knew I wasn’t. None of us were. Ever since Aliana was found, since the news exploded about Agyis Dynamics and Liam’s nam
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