Lahat ng Kabanata ng My Ex, My Ruin: Kabanata 61 - Kabanata 67

Elena's POVFourteen days since the handoff. Since I'd seen Adrien's cold eyes and heard Marcus Bennett's controlled voice.Fourteen days of silence broken only by brief encrypted messages:Operational. No compromise. -MBTimeline progressing. -MBMaintaining cover. -MBAlways signed MB. Never A. Never Adrien.Like that person didn't exist anymore.I spent the days training. Running. Anything to keep my body moving so my mind couldn't catch up with the fear.The fear that I'd lost him. That the man who came back, if he came back, wouldn't be anyone I recognized.Miguel spent the days analyzing the data. Building the release strategy. And monitoring Apex's internal communications."We need to know if Marcus is compromised," he explained. "If Morgan suspects anything. If his cover is holding."So he hacked into Apex's security systems. Their email servers. Their scheduling networks. Their digital infrastructure.Looking for threats.Instead, he found something worse.I was running when

Adrien pov:Morgan talked about her childhood. About growing up powerless and deciding never to be that way again."I know I've done terrible things," she said as we sat by the lake. "I know people see me as a monster. And maybe they're right. But Marcus, I didn't start out wanting to hurt people. I just wanted to be safe."I should hate her. Should remember the victims.But I just listened. And felt sympathy. Understanding.Because wasn't I doing the same thing? Hadn't I lost track of where necessity ended and choice began?"Power corrupts," I said quietly. "You start justifying small compromises. Then bigger ones. Until you look back and don't recognize who you've become.""Is that what happened to you?""Yes." The truth. Raw. Honest. "I started with good intentions. But the methods," I stopped. "The methods changed me. Made me into someone I'm not sure I like.""But you're not a bad person, Marcus. I can see that."If only she knew. If only she understood that "Marcus Bennett" was

Elena's POVThe next seven days were torture.I monitored every email Miguel intercepted. Watched Adrien's relationship with Morgan deepen. Watched him lie to her. Lie to us. Build a fantasy that would collapse the moment truth emerged.Day One: Dinner at her apartment. Security logs indicated that he left at 2 AM. She kissed him goodbye at the door.Day Two: He sent her flowers. Card read: Thank you for seeing me. -MDay Three: Lunch together. Public. At a restaurant where Apex executives saw them. No more hiding. Official.Day Four: Morgan sent apartment listings. He responded with favorites. Marking them: Love this one. Let's schedule a viewing.Day Five: He bought her a bracelet. Expensive. Personal. The kind of gift you give someone you love.Day Six: They spent the entire weekend together. Saturday and Sunday. Completely off-grid. Just together.Day Seven: Monday morning. The final day. The deadline I'd given myself before releasing the data.Miguel's laptop pinged.New email. F