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Chapter 188: Leverage
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Amelia’s POV“Go fuck yourself,” I said.Sienna’s smile froze for half a second, then she tilted her head like she found it amusing. “Touchy.”I took a step forward, my hand shaking. “You think you can threaten me? You think you can walk into my life and—”“Relax, Amelia,” she said, stepping back. “You’ll make a scene.”“I’ll make more than a scene,” I said and lunged for her arm.But she moved fast, and faster than I expected. Her umbrella clattered against the pavement as she dodged me, heels scraping on the wet ground. I tried to grab her again, but she slipped out of reach, laughing like this was some kind of joke.“You should save your energy,” she said, already backing toward the corner. “You’re going to need it.”“Come back here!” I shouted, my voice breaking through the rain. “You don’t get to threaten me and walk away!”But she was already crossing the street, her silhouette shrinking under the dull glow of the streetlights. She turned once, still smiling. “Twenty-four hours,
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Amelia’s POVEthan got home late.I heard the elevator doors open before I saw him. The rain had followed him in drenching him. His shirt was damp and his jacket slung over one shoulder. He looked like he’d been through another storm, but this one was his own making.I was sitting at the kitchen counter, staring at the cold tea I’d made an hour ago.“You’re late,” I said quietly.He tossed his keys into the bowl by the door. “Long day.”“That’s becoming your favorite excuse.”He didn’t look at me. He walked straight to the fridge, pulled out a bottle of water, and drank half of it in one go. His movements were sharp, restless. The kind that made me hold my breath before speaking again.“Did something happen at work?” I asked.“No.” He closed the bottle, a little too hard. “Everything’s fine.”“You don’t look fine.”He turned then, eyes tired. “I said it’s fine.”I tried to smile, tried to sound lighter than I felt. “You can tell me, you know. Whatever it is—”“Amelia,” he cut in, loud
While Marrying Mr. Steele Chapter 188: Leverage
Ethan's povI got home from the police station before midnight.Amelia was asleep on the couch again, one hand on her stomach, the TV still glowing faint blue across the room. I didn’t wake her. I stood there for a while, watching her chest rise and fall, the kind of calm that didn’t belong in the world I’d walked back into.My bail papers were still folded in my jacket pocket. I was granted temporary freedom. Nothing more.I showered, changed, and sat in the kitchen with a mug of coffee I didn’t drink. Every creak in the apartment felt loud. By morning, I’d made up my mind—I was going back to work.If the wolves were going to circle, I wasn’t going to wait for them to bite first.Sterling Tower looked different when you’d been handcuffed on live television in front of it. The same glass walls, the same neat rows of black cars, but people looked away when I walked through the lobby. The receptionist tried to smile. Failed halfway.When the elevator doors opened on the executive floor,
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Detective Hale’s POV The morning started quiet. Too quiet for what had landed in my inbox at 5:43 a.m. I sat at my desk with a stale cup of coffee and my headphones on, replaying the same thirty-second clip over and over. Dr. Marks’s voice came through clear, low and steady, like he was speaking into a recorder just a few feet away. “It wasn’t Ethan who killed Leo.” The line repeated in my head long after I stopped the audio. Every time I listened, I caught something different. A chair creaking. A faint hum, maybe from an air vent. The sound of someone breathing close to the mic. It wasn’t staged, but it wasn’t casual either. Whoever sent this knew what they were doing. Garcia, the tech from forensics, leaned over my desk. “We ran it through the filters twice,” he said. “No signs of tampering. The voice matches Dr. Marks, one hundred percent.” “Where’d it come from?” He shrugged. “Anonymous email. Sent from a burner IP. We can’t trace it.” I rubbed my jaw. “Of cou
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Sienna’s POVThe morning news played on low volume, the way I liked it just noise in the background while I picked at my fruit bowl. Pineapple, strawberries, a few grapes that had started to wrinkle. I pushed them around with my fork, pretending not to care.Then Ethan’s face flashed on the screen.My fork paused midair.The headline at the bottom scrolled: CEO ETHAN ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO LEO’ S DEATH.The reporter’s voice was steady, calm, cruel. “Police sources confirm Mr. Ethan was taken into custody last night. Investigations are ongoing—”I turned the volume down. The remote felt slippery in my hand. The coffee beside me had gone cold, but I lifted the cup anyway, trying to look casual for no one but myself. My hand trembled, just slightly. The cup clinked when I set it back down.“You weren’t supposed to protect her,” I muttered.On the screen, Ethan was shoved into the back of a police car. His tie was gone. His shirt open at the neck. He looked dazed or maybe he was just
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I woke up on the couch with the TV still on. My neck ached, and the blanket I’d thrown over myself sometime during the night had slipped to the floor.For a second, I forgot why I was there. Then the screen reminded me.A reporter stood in front of Sterling Tower, the words CEO IN POLICE CUSTODY flashing at the bottom. Behind her, the footage looped again with Ethan being led out in handcuffs, his head bowed against the rain.I grabbed the remote and turned down the volume. It didn’t help. The image stayed burned behind my eyes.My phone sat on the coffee table. Two missed calls. None from him.I called the station. After three transfers and five minutes of hold music, someone finally answered.“Central Precinct, Officer Dale speaking.”“I’m calling about Ethan Blackwood. He was arrested yesterday. I need to know if he’s been released.”“One moment, ma’am.”The line went quiet except for the faint clicking of a keyboard. Then, “I’m sorry, but we can’t disclose that information over t
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