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Chapter 68The estate was unusually quiet that night, as though the air itself braced for the shift coming.Outside the balcony of the east wing, the city lights blinked lazily in the distance—innocent and unaware.Inside, Gabriel stood near the bar pouring himself a small glass of whiskey. His expression was drawn, eyes low, a thousand thoughts stirring behind them. The fire in the hearth danced quietly, throwing gold across the walls like a memory trying to burn itself into the future.Grandpa Edward Audrey entered the study, slowly but with a presence that made the room shrink into silence. He wore a long ash robe, simple, soft. But the weight of his decisions cloaked him heavier than armor.“You wanted to speak?” the old man asked, sinking into the armchair near the fire.Gabriel turned. “Yes, sir.”He came to sit across from him, swirling the glass once before speaking.“You really plan to announce the CEO tomorrow?”Edward nodded. “Yes. It’s time.”Gabriel hesitated, leaning fo
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Chapter 67: The Birdie New LoungeThe Birdie New Lounge wasn’t just another uptown spot trying to sell champagne dreams in plastic flutes—it was that rare kind of hush-money luxury, Mira walked in first, in a burnt-orange silk blouse that hugged her soft in all the right ways. Nia followed, her black leather pants tight, her shirt sheer just enough to tease—but not too much for the cameras hovering in corners.“Reservation?” the host asked, tone snobbish, eyes skimming their intertwined fingers.“Under ‘Nia,’” Mira said, sharp and confident.They were led to a corner booth wrapped in velvet and mystery. It faced a stained glass window of a bird mid-flight—free, untouchable.“I can’t believe we’re doing this,” Nia muttered, smoothing her hands down her lap.Mira smiled, almost mischievous. “Doing what? Dating like real people?”Nia looked around. “I mean… this place. Us. You. After everything.”Mira leaned in, voice sultry. “Say it plain, babe. You mean after Zac.”Nia tensed, jaw tw
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Chapter 66: The Rats in the BasementThe safe house wasn't safe anymore. Not with the weight of secrets cracking its walls and the smell of betrayal thick in the air like mold. It was a rundown warehouse on the edge of the city, hidden behind a row of forgotten shipping containers. A perfect place for ghosts like them—Raymond, Henry, and now, Pigo.Pigo stepped inside like a man stepping into a lion’s den with raw meat strapped to his chest. His black hoodie was damp from sweat, despite the night’s cold. His eyes scanned every shadow, every creak, every dark corner.Raymond stood by a table, nursing a half-empty bottle of whiskey, his gold wristwatch loose around his tattooed wrist. Henry leaned against the far wall, arms folded, face stony, jaw twitching.“You’re late,” Raymond said, not looking at him.“No, I’m not,” Pigo answered, shrugging off the hood. “You’re just desperate.”Raymond finally looked up—eyes bloodshot, smile dry. “We pay you. Watch your tone.”Pigo snorted, walke
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Chapter 65: Family ReunionThe scent of disinfectant still lingered in the air. Not from a hospital, no—but from the scrubbed-clean warehouse Gabriel’s people raided just hours ago. The place where they had found her. Where a mother had been kept like she was a number. A warning. A pawn.Nia’s hands were trembling even as she stood still, like her body knew something massive was coming and couldn’t decide whether to run or fall to its knees.Zia, however, didn’t wait. She stepped forward the second the back doors of the SUV opened and the woman in the red shawl stepped down. A woman whose eyes had seen too much, whose bones carried secrets carved in silence. Her mother. Their mother.“Mom?” Zia breathed, voice cracked, like her throat had dried up with the years.The woman looked up. Time had done things to her face. Lines like rivers carved from pain, but her eyes… those eyes were mirrors. Zia saw herself. Nia. All the years. All the longing.“My baby,” the woman whispered, before
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Chapter 64 – The RaidNight fell like a silk curtain pulled down hard over a stage of secrets. The air around Grandpa Edward Audrey’s estate felt too still, like even the wind knew something deadly was about to go down. Every breath was tight. Every silence heavy. Every second, loaded.Inside the main boardroom, the atmosphere was suffocating.Zia sat beside Lorenzo, her fingers interlocked with his, her eyes focused but clouded. Nia stood by the window, arms crossed, jaw clenched. Mira was on the far end of the room, phone in hand, barely blinking. Gabriel leaned forward, knuckles resting on the polished table, while Grandpa Edward stood tall, his cane tapping rhythmically against the floor like a war drum.Then came the call.Gabriel’s phone buzzed, a vibration that broke the room like a bullet through glass. He answered on speaker.A voice, deep and smooth but urgent, filled the air.“We’re in position.”Gabriel nodded. “Are you sure it’s the place?”“No doubt,” the voice confirme
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Chapter 63 — Old Wounds, New FireLorenzo’s phone buzzed violently on the polished mahogany table, its vibration slicing through the tension that had momentarily cooled. The name on the screen sent a slow, cold fury boiling in his chest.Sophia.He didn’t pick it at first. Just stared at the name like it was a ghost that owed him blood.Zia caught the flicker in his eyes. “Who is it?”He didn’t answer. Instead, he snatched the phone and stood, stalking out of the boardroom like a silent hurricane. The hallway was empty, clinical in its silence, but the rage in Lorenzo’s steps made the walls pulse.He picked the call.And didn’t say a word.Her voice came first—soft, breathy, rehearsed. “Lorenzo…”He exhaled, but it sounded like thunder.“You have the nerve,” he said, his voice low, controlled, almost quiet—yet blistering with venom. “You have the gall to call me now?”“Lorenzo, please… I didn’t know who else to—”“You didn’t know?” His laugh was dry. “You didn’t know when you dragged
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Chapter 62 – The Smoke Beneath the Boardroom TableBoardroom, Audrey Co-opZia was pacing like a lioness denied blood.The boardroom air felt thick—too many emotions rubbing against each other like dry wires, and something was bound to spark.Zac sat at the edge of the table, arms folded, jaw tight like he was trying not to react.But Zia? She had no such self-control.“You’ve got the audacity to act like you care?” she snapped. “Why would you come back here and start stirring ghosts from the past? If you know Nia has finally found peace—finally—why the hell would you want to mess that up?”Zac looked up slowly, like a man who’d swallowed a bottle of whiskey and was still thirsty.“Because I never stopped loving her.”Zia froze. “What?”“I never stopped,” Zac said, standing now. His voice low, dangerous. “I was stupid. I let her go. And then you—her loyal, protective, damn near judgmental twin—waltz in here like you're the morality police when all of you are neck-deep in secrets, murd
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Chapter 61: Blood, Bruises & the Softness Between Her ThighsHenry didn't do soft. He never had.But tonight, with Sophia bent over the edge of that mahogany table, her moans drowning out the jazz music playing from the vintage stereo in the corner, he did something dangerously close to worship.Her skin glistened, slick with sweat and his saliva. He gripped her hips like they were handles made for him, hips that rocked back against him with zero shame, all rhythm, all need.“Jesus, Soph,” he growled, sweat dripping down the curve of his spine. “You’re trying to make me die happy tonight, aren’t you?”She arched her back, glanced over her shoulder, lips swollen from too many kisses and teeth bites. “Or maybe I’m just making sure you remember who the hell helped you hide all these years.”He grinned, twisted, evil, raw.“Oh, I remember,” he whispered, before slamming into her one more time—rough, deep, final. She came undone like a secret. And he came undone right after her.They staye
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Chapter 60: Trail of the Tinted GlassThe air was thick in the Traffic Surveillance Division. The hum of outdated computers and the low chatter of officers filled the background. But when he walked in—clean-cut, dark specs, grey jacket hugging his sharp shoulders—there was a shift in the room.Gabriel Cruz. Grandpa Edward Audrey’s most trusted IT specialist. The man moved like he had access to more information than anyone dared to know, because… he did.He walked past the reception with no need to explain himself.“Good morning, Mr. Cruz,” a uniformed officer greeted nervously.Gabriel offered a tight nod. “Who’s handling License Plate Footage Archive today?”“That would be Officer Darlington. Room 14.”“Perfect.”Within minutes, Gabriel was seated in a dimly lit room, the door shutting behind him with a click.Officer Darlington raised his brow. “What’s a top-tier Audrey man doing digging through street footage?”Gabriel leaned in. “A woman’s missing. I need access to all outbound ve
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