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I looked at Malcolm, and I saw hope, nervousness, and a flicker of uncertainty in those ocean-blue eyes of his.This was the same guy who could shut down the world's networks, and yet right now he looked like a kid confessing for the first time.I suddenly laughed, then leaned forward and kissed his cold lips."What do you think?" I asked.He blinked, like he needed a moment to process my answer. Then suddenly, he scooped me up and held me so tightly it felt like I might melt into him."Yes. Yes, we are," he said in my ear, the laughter he couldn't hide bubbling through his voice.Outside, the city lights stretched out like a glittering galaxy.I used to think my life would just be surviving in this concrete jungle, struggling like a weed and quietly fading away. I never expected that with ten thousand dollars, I could buy a piece of the sea from a dark basement.From then on, my world had tides.
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The kiss carried no desire. It was just a simple, comforting touch after surviving a storm together.He pressed his forehead to mine and whispered, "Grace, Subject Zero no longer exists."He lifted my hand, placing it on the laptop's touchpad, guiding me to open a newly created file.It was a completely new identity record.Name: Malcolm SawyerGender: MaleDate of Birth: The day I was foundPlace of Birth, Education, Family Background... Everything was perfect, clean as a blank sheet of paper. Under emergency contact, my name was listed."From today on, I'm just Malcolm. Your Malcolm."-A month later, I was curled up on the new sofa, watching TV as experts kept going on and on about the "century cyberstorm." I couldn't resist nudging the person beside me with my foot."Hey, was that you?"Malcolm didn't even bat an eyelid, fully focused on peeling an apple. Every slice was precise, the peel forming one perfect long ribbon."No idea what you're talking about.""Liar." I s
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"Give it to me."I was about to hand Malcolm the laptop, then I hesitated. "It's... all wet here.""Put it on the floor and plug it in."I fumbled for an outlet and plugged in the power cord, set the laptop on a dry tile, then turned it on. The screen lit up, reflecting Malcolm's stern face.He didn't get out of the tub. He stayed standing in the water, leaning over as his long fingers flew across the keyboard.I had never seen anyone type that fast. His hands blurred into a shadow, the keys clattering like a torrential downpour. The screen filled with countless windows and lines of code I couldn't understand, flashing green, red, and blue in a dizzying blur.Then suddenly, the lights in the entire apartment flickered once and went out with a sharp pop.Darkness swallowed the room. Only the laptop screen glowed, casting an eerie light over Malcolm's face. His expression was focused, almost cold."A power outage?" I whispered."No." He didn't lift his head, his fingers never st
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I replied, "Yeah?""I think I'm starting to remember something." My heart leapt."What?""My name isn't Malcolm."I froze. "Then what is your name?"He frowned, struggling as if trying to piece together a broken memory. "I... am Subject Zero."After he said it, he froze. That code name was cold, ruthless, and completely devoid of human feeling. It was like a key, unlocking more buried memories. Malcolm's face gradually drained of color. He jerked his head up from my lap, his eyes wide with fear. "They're looking for me."He grabbed my hand, his grip frighteningly strong. "They put things inside me. They can track me!"I hadn't even started to calm him when a soft "ding" echoed through the living room. It came from the old, beat-up phone I'd left on the coffee table. Both of us turned toward it.The screen lit up on its own, the faint green glow sharp against the dim room. There were no calls, no messages, only a line of red code flashing too fast for me to read.Malcolm's
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Malcolm looked at me with that wounded expression, and I could practically hear what his blue eyes were trying to convey. "I'm trying to be useful, so why won't you let me help?" I hardened my heart and refused to look back at him.When the movers arrived, they saw me running around like a whirlwind, doing everything myself, while a man so strikingly handsome he seemed unreal just sat quietly in the corner, giving me a complicated look.I figured they were probably cursing me in their heads, calling me some rich girl clinging to her pretty boy. I didn't bother explaining. I just directed them to load the last box onto the truck, then grabbed my "pretty boy" and walked out of the place I'd lived in for five years without looking back.When the front doors of the new place swung open, I couldn't help but let out a gasp. Giant floor-to-ceiling windows framed a skyline of tightly packed high-rises, and sunlight poured in freely, spilling gold across the floor.Malcolm didn't even gla
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"She was scared. She kept running. She said I was a hot potato, a monster."Hot potato. Monster. Malcolm said those words casually, but they landed heavily in my chest.I finally understood why that woman had locked him in a basement, giving him only water. She wasn't trying to train him. She was hiding him.She wasn't afraid that Malcolm would bite. She was afraid someone would find him. And what she called "disobedience" or "hard to tame" was really just the instinctive struggle of a trapped creature.I let go of his hand and cupped his face. His skin was cold, and his eyes were full of the confusion and pain of his memories."Then why did she sell you to me?""She said she couldn't hide me anymore because I was too noticeable, and that one day I'd be exposed." Malcolm's voice was low, with a faint, almost imperceptible tremor. "She said the safest thing was to find the most ordinary person, someone who would blend into the crowd."The most ordinary person. Me.I realized
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