The Billionaire Who Bought Me The Moon のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 171 - チャプター 174

The walls of the federal holding cell were painted a color that was supposed to be calming. It was a pale, sickly green that reminded Jason of a stagnant pond. There were no windows, no walnut desks, and no high-speed data feeds. The only sound was the constant, low hum of the ventilation system and the distant, metallic clang of doors opening and closing.Jason sat on the edge of the narrow cot, his hands folded in his lap. He was wearing an orange jumpsuit that felt like sandpaper against his skin. For a man who had spent his entire life in tailored silk and hand-stitched leather, the weight of the cheap fabric was a constant insult. But it wasn't the clothes that were breaking him. It was the silence.He had spent the last forty-eight hours trying to calculate a way out. He had run the numbers a thousand times in his head. He thought he knew every variable. He thought he knew who had betrayed him and why. He blamed Samantha for her defiance. He blamed Adrian for his persistence. He

The air in the living room felt like it had been turned into stone. Silas Hale stood by the open door while the rain misted behind him like a silver curtain; he didn’t look like a man who was almost a hundred years old. Instead, he resembled a statue made of ancient wood: thin, hard, and impossible to break. His eyes were not like Jason’s, for Jason’s eyes were full of heat and anger, whereas Silas’s eyes were like two pieces of glass at the bottom of a frozen lake. They saw everything, but they felt nothing.In the corner of the room, tucked away near the shadows of the dining table, Adrian sat perfectly still. His laptop was still open, but the screen was dark; he knew that any move he made would be watched. Silas had already shown that he owned the guards, the house, and perhaps even the very air they were breathing.Silas was talking to Samantha in a low, smooth hum. He spoke about "future" and "legacy" as if he were describing a garden he planned to plant; he didn't seem to care