CHAPTER 28 — Pressure PointsPOV: MelanieThe city didn’t sleep.It only waited.Melanie stood by the window long after midnight, watching headlights crawl along the road below like veins of light. Somewhere out there, people were deciding things about her life—meetings she wasn’t invited to, plans drawn without her consent.Behind her, Damien worked in silence.The soft tap of keys, the glow of multiple screens. This was the version of him the world rarely saw not the powerful executive, not the man whispered about in headlines, but the strategist. Focused. Relentless. Dangerous in his patience.“You’re staring,” he said without looking up.“I’m listening,” she replied. “The city sounds different when you know you’re being hunted.”That got his attention. He turned, studying her face. “Fear?”“Calculation,” she corrected.He nodded once, like he approved.“Jaden moved assets today,” Damien said. “Three shell accounts. He’s bleeding faster than he admits.”Melanie’s fingers curled aga
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