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The Ultimatum Wife Chapter 175
They were halfway to the foyer when the front doors opened.Roman stepped in like he always did, quiet power, tailored perfection, the air shifting subtly around him as if the house itself recognized its owner had returned.He hadn’t even taken two steps before his eyes found Elena.And stopped.For a beat, he just looked at her.Then he crossed the distance in three long strides, cupped her face without ceremony, and kissed her, slow, unhurried, familiar in a way that made it clear this wasn’t for show. It was instinct. Claim. Home.Jace turned away immediately, grinning like an overexcited third wheel. “I am respectfully pretending I do not exist.”Roman pulled back just enough to rest his forehead against Elena’s. His thumb brushed her cheek.“You look…” he paused, eyes darkening slightly, “…dangerous.”Elena smiled. “Is that a compliment?”“It’s a warning,” he murmured, then kissed her once more, softer this time.Only then did he glance toward Jace. “Hey.”Jace straightened like
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Jace was already pacing, hands in his hair, joy spilling out of him unchecked. “This is perfect. This is literally perfect. You’re going to see what I see. You’re going to like him. I know you are.”Elena didn’t say anything to that.Then Jace stopped mid step and snapped his fingers.“Oh.”She narrowed her eyes. “Oh what?”“We can make it a double date.”“No,” she said instantly.Jace ignored her completely.“Roman should come.”“Absolutely not.”Jace turned, eyes sparkling with mischief and excitement. “Come on. It’ll make it normal. Balanced. And Roman can intimidate Marcus a little so you feel better.”Elena sighed. “That’s exactly why Roman shouldn’t come.”“But that’s the fun part,” Jace grinned. “Plus, Roman’s been hovering around you like a very expensive bodyguard. He needs fresh air.”She opened her mouth to shut it down. Then she looked at Jace again. Really looked.At the way his shoulders were lifted with anticipation. At the glow in his face. At how rare it was to see h
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Across the city, Mrs. Harrow watched the apology in silence. Her fingers curled slowly around the armrest of her chair.“So,” she whispered, “they’re protecting her.”Her lips pressed into a thin line.The scapegoat was being marched into court.The system was closing ranks. And Elena Sinclair Thorne was walking free.Mrs. Harrow didn’t scream. Didn’t cry. She smiled. A brittle, dangerous smile that promised this wasn’t over.Elsewhere, Marcus stood in the shadows of a quiet hallway, watching the same broadcast on his phone.The apology didn’t move him. The arraignment didn’t interest him. Only Elena did.Free.Unbroken.Still untouched.“Good,” he murmured. “They didn’t deserve you anyway.”He slipped the phone back into his pocket.The board was resetting. And the real game was just beginning....................................Jace didn’t even knock.He burst into Elena’s space with the energy of someone who had been holding a secret too big for his chest, eyes bright, smile wide,
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The young operative, Evan paced Marcus’s dim apartment, phone pressed to his ear. Marcus sat on the worn couch, elbows resting on his knees, attention sharpened to a blade.Finally, Evan lowered the phone. “Uh… Marcus?” he said slowly. “You’re not going to like this.”Marcus didn’t look up. “What now?”“That call earlier?” Evan swallowed. “It wasn’t just a random inquiry. It was Mrs. Harrow.”Marcus’s eyes lifted with lethal calm.“Go on.”Evan exhaled shakily. “She’s not buying the arrest. She thinks Elena killed her husband.”The silence that followed wasn’t loud.It was suffocating.Marcus leaned back, fingers steepled under his chin, expression unreadable.“She wants intel,” Evan continued. “Wants us to trace Elena’s history, aliases, underworld connections, everything.”Marcus closed his eyes for a brief moment. Not in frustration. In restraint.Evan kept talking, unaware of the storm forming behind Marcus’s stillness. “She’ll pay big,” Evan added. “Enough to fund the next phase
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Across the city, Marcus stood in the dim light of his apartment, watching the same broadcast from a cracked TV screen.His jaw was clenched so tightly a muscle twitched violently along his cheek.Beside him, the young operative glanced between the screen and Marcus’s face.“They actually arrested someone,” the young man muttered. “Guess the police finally did their job.”Marcus didn’t speak.Not at first.He watched the footage of the innocent man being pushed into the cruiser. Then he turned off the TV.Not with a remote.With a violent flick of his hand against the power button.The room plunged into silence.When he finally did speak, his voice was cold.Frigid.“I know that man.”The young operative stiffened. “What...? How? Who is he?”Marcus stared at the blank screen, eyes full of something dark and simmering.“He’s a runner.” His voice dropped lower. “Not a murderer.”“So why arrest him?”Marcus looked up. And the fury in his eyes was almost feral. “Because they can’t find the
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Jace’s face lit up like somebody had turned the dimmer all the way to heaven.“Oh my God, Marcus, you’re gonna make me blush.”Marcus tilted his head, eyes lowering to Jace’s lips just long enough to send a thrill through him.“Would that be a bad thing?” he asked quietly.Jace’s brain exploded.Words were gone.English left the chat.His soul ascended into the wallpaper.Marcus hid the irritation burning through him.This is the one Elena’s close to?This soft, trusting little idiot?He forced the annoyance down and let his voice dip lightly: “You look good when you smile. And you’ve been stressed. I thought you could use… company.”Jace covered his face. “Please stop, I can’t handle this...”Marcus leaned in just a little. Just enough to breach Jace’s space. Just enough to make him forget danger existed at all.“I like being around you,” Marcus said.Jace peeked between his fingers like a shy child. “You… you do?”Marcus nodded.Internally: He’s gullible. This is almost too easy.Ex
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