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CASSIANThe next morning, I woke up before the sun even fully rose. For the first time in weeks, a spark of real excitement flared in my chest.Today was the day. Today, I was going to see Serena.I quickly got out of bed and started getting dressed. I needed a disguise, something that would help me blend in with the wealthy tourists but keep my face hidden from Ryker’s security. I chose a light grey linen jacket with a stylish hood that pulled low over my brow.Then I added a face cap and dark designer sunglasses for extra caution.Just as I was checking my reflection in the mirror, the door to my suite swung open.Helena strolled in, sipping from a cup of coffee. She looked me up and down, a highly amused smirk on her face."Well, don't you look sharp," she teased, leaning against the doorframe. "Are you really going to the gallery all by yourself, Cassian? Why the sudden interest in fine art?"I ignored her. I grabbed my watch from the nightstand and strapped it onto my wrist. "Min
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CASSIAN"I am going to throw you out that balcony window, Helena," I snarled, stepping up to her and snatching the keycard right out of her hand. "Get out.""Wait, relax, big guy!" she laughed, completely unfazed by my anger. She stepped past me, her eyes catching the bright glow of my phone screen lying open on the bedsheets.Before I could grab the phone, Helena leaned down over the mattress, peering down at the zoomed-in screenshot of the blurred gallery tickets."Well, well, well," Helena murmured, a slow, wicked smile spreading across her face. "What do we have here?""Mind your own business," I snapped, lunging forward and grabbing the phone off the bed."The Aurelia Private Gallery at the South Marina," Helena said casually, taking another sip of her champagne.I froze dead in my tracks and my head snapped up, my eyes locking onto hers in absolute shock."What did you just say?" I asked, my breath hitching in my throat."I said, The Aurelia Private Gallery at the South Marina,"
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~CASSIAN~The dark hotel room I had booked for myself felt less like a sanctuary and more like a high-tech torture chamber.The blue light from my phone screen lit up the darkness, casting long, harsh shadows across the ceiling. Outside the glass balcony doors, the dark Maldivian ocean crashed against the shoreline, but I barely heard it. The only sound in my ears was the dull, heavy thumping of my own pulse as I struggled to find where Serena was going to be next.My thumb dragged down the screen, refreshing her instagram profile for the hundredth time.Refresh.Nothing new.Refresh. Still nothing."Come on, Serena," I muttered under my breath, my voice rough and strained. "Give me something. Just give me one sign."I tapped on her tagged photos, my eyes scanning every pixel of the screen. And then, there it was. A fresh upload from two hours ago.My heart slammed against my ribs so hard it was physically painful and my thumb hovered over the glowing square before pressing it.The
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CASSIAN"You heard me!" Helena fumed, glaring at the metal wall. "For years, he swore we were a team. He promised me we had a future, that he was going to phase her out. And the second he decided he needed to play the 'good, devoted husband' to save his public image, he stopped answering my calls! He blocked my numbers, ignored my texts, and vanished off the face of the earth! Nobody ghosts me, Cassian. Especially not fucking Ryker Ashford."I stared at her, a cold, hard realization washing over me. Ryker wasn't just manipulating Serena; he was discarding his playthings, cutting off loose ends, and locking down his entire life to execute his plan to perfection. And Helena, furious, rejected, and vindictive was a ticking time bomb that was now actively stalking him across countries."Cry me a river, Helena," I said, my voice dropping into a harsh, freezing whisper. I took a step toward her, my dark eyes locking onto hers with absolute disdain. "You got used, just like everyone else who
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CASSIANThe passport scanner flashed a sharp, blinding red in warning and my heart slammed against my ribs but I kept my face completely still, forcing my breathing to stay slow and steady, even as the cold sweat prickled at the back of my neck. I had spent days burning through contacts, buying encrypted tech, and using three different fake identities just to slip through the cracks of Ryker Ashford’s digital security network. I thought I had beaten his firewall. I thought I was finally invisible enough to make my way into the Maldives without Ryker knowing.But it seems my plan was not going to work."Step aside, sir," the customs officer said, his voice flat and devoid of any emotion. He didn't look up from his monitor."Is there a problem?" I asked, keeping my tone carefully polite, though every muscle in my body was coiled like a spring, ready to bolt.Before I could even blink, two heavy-set security guards in crisp uniforms stepped out from behind the service counter. They didn
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SERENA"That's the beauty of it, Serena," Adam said, his eyes gleaming with calculated triumph. "We aren't just going to leak documents to Ryker. Ryker is too smart; he has legal firewalls and shell companies buried so deep a standard audit will never touch him. We need him to invite us inside his financial fortress.""What do you mean?" I asked with genuine confusion and Adam smirked at me."Look at what just happened back at the table," Adam pointed out, gesturing back toward the pavilion with a nod of his head. "The moment I mentioned a thirty-percent return on phase-one development, Ryker's greed took over. He stopped seeing me as an enemy and started seeing me as a business partner. He wants that quick, high-yield cash.""So..." realization began to dawn on me, cold and sharp. "You actually want him to invest in your business?""I want him to sink millions of dollars of his own capital and more importantly, his corporate subsidiary funds into my Maldives development project," Ada
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