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Chapter 11

Chapter Eleven—Michael's POV My phone wouldn’t stop ringing. Every call, every notification, felt like a rope tightening around my chest. Urgent voices and demands I couldn’t escape, all pressing me to move faster and decide faster. But my mind refused to settle. Every second, my thoughts bounced off one another like a storm I couldn’t contain. I didn’t want to decide, yet I had to. Every instinct told me I needed to act, but I couldn’t figure out what.I was pacing the living room when the door opened. Kayla slipped in, the air around her thick with calculated calm. I stopped dead in my tracks, my eyes locking on her. There was a sharp edge in my gaze, a warning.“What do you want?” I asked.She smiled, the kind of smile that never reached her eyes. “Laura isn’t home,” she said.The words hit me like ice water. My stomach dropped, my lungs clenched. “What?” I asked, my voice rising even though I didn’t want it to.“Relax,” Kayla said, tilting her head. “She is probably just out. Mayb

Chapter 12

Chapter Twelve—Laura's povMy eyes opened slowly, and the first thing I noticed was the pain. A sharp, relentless throbbing hammered in my head, spreading through my temples and jaw. Every blink felt like fire in my skull. My chest heaved, and a cold dread coiled around my stomach. Something was wrong. Everything around me was unfamiliar, dim. I tried to move but my hands wouldn’t obey. My legs? Tied. Fear gripped me instantly.How… how did I get here?The memory crashed back in. The restaurant, the unknown figure, the sudden hit at the back of my head, the darkness swallowing me whole. I had been knocked out. That made me realize I had been Kidnapped.“Help! Somebody!” I screamed, my voice raw panicking. The sound bounced back at me, mocking, echoing off the walls. No answer. It was only silence. My chest tightened with the realization I was alone in a place where I know nothing about.I tried to think. Who could have done this? Adrian? Could it be him? But… why? I had trusted him, al

Chapter 13

Chapter Thirteen — LauraI was able to see a hotel. Thank God the money with me was enough to lodge for the night.The hotel smelled so nice. That was the first thing I noticed when I shut the door behind me after entering the room they gave to me. I stood there for a long time, my back pressed against the door, my palms flat on the wood, breathing like I had just run for my life.Because I had.The money in my purse was little, painfully little but it was enough for one night. Just one night. I told myself that was all I needed. I didn’t even bother turning on the lights. I dropped my bag, kicked off my shoes, and slid down the door until I was sitting on the cold tiled floor. My body shook not from cold, but from everything I had swallowed and refused to scream out loud.I wrapped my arms around myself and cried.Not a loud or dramatic. Just quiet, broken sobs that felt like my chest was tearing apart from the inside. I cried for the slap. For the ropes. For the words in that record

Chapter 14

Chapter FourteenMichael’s POVI woke up when I noticed something felt wrong.Not a sound at first, not even noise just that strange tightening in my chest, the kind that drags you out of sleep before your mind is ready. My body was stiff from the sofa, my neck aching, my mouth dry. For a moment, I didn't know why I was sleeping on the sofa when I clearly have a room.Then memory rushed back in all at once.Laura didn’t come home last night.I sat up sharply, my heart already racing, fear settling deep in my gut before my eyes were even fully open. The living room looked unfamiliar in the pale morning light, it looked like a completely different place. I dragged a hand down my face, exhausted, and that was when I heard movement from the stairs.I frowned and pushed myself to my feet, my head throbbing. I took two steps forward and froze.The maids were back from their holiday and they were in the living room.One of them was holding folded clothes. Another had a suitcase open on the fl

Chapter 15

Chapter Fifteen Laura’s POVIt has been three days since I left the place I called home and stayed in this hotel.I sat on the edge of the bed for a long time, listening to the hum of the city outside. My stomach shifted slightly beneath my hand, a gentle reminder that I wasn’t alone anymore. Not that anyone could see it, and not that anyone would care. I got up carefully and went to the bathroom. I stared at myself in the mirror for a moment. My eyes were clear, but the skin under them was slightly puffy. I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and tied my hair back, trying to feel some kind of normalcy in these ordinary actions. I didn’t feel normal at all, but I clung to the motions like a lifeline.Back in the room, I began to organize my bag. Clothes, toiletries, documents. I folded each piece carefully. I was unable to do all that for the past three days. I didn’t know where I would go next, but I wanted control over the small pieces of my life I could still touch.When that was do

Chapter 16

Chapter Sixteen Laura’s POVI stretched and reached for my phone, already half-expecting a flood of emails or messages.Instead, there was a single message from Adrian. My heart skipped when I opened it."Laura, I’ve spoken to my friend. He said you can send your documents over, and he’ll review them. Things are moving as we expected."A surge of relief and excitement coursed through me. I didn’t even hesitate. I gathered the necessary papers, my education certificates, letters, anything that could show I had the potential and sent them carefully via the email Adrian sent.After hitting send, I sat back in my chair, my heart beating a little too fast, my hands clammy from nervous anticipation. I had learned over the past weeks to prepare for disappointment, to hold my breath for bad news, and yet here I was, feeling something I hadn’t felt in a long time, hope.I waited. I paced the room. I checked the clock. Thirty minutes passed. Then forty-five. Then, just when I began to doubt mys

Chapter 17

Chapter Seventeen Laura’s POVI almost forgot to call Adrian after getting to the apartment.The thought came to me as soon as I finished with what I was doing on the laptop.“I’m here at the apartment,” I said when he picked it up.“I’m glad,” he replied immediately, relief clear in his tone. “How is it?”I turned slowly, taking in the wide windows, the pale walls, the way the evening light spilled across the floor. “It’s… beautiful. It’s more than I imagined.”He chuckled. “That’s good to hear.”We talked for a while, exchanging details about the apartment, the neighborhood, and small practicalities like nearby grocery stores and pharmacies. I thanked him repeatedly, almost frantically, for what he had done. I didn’t just mean the apartment or the internship, I meant the way he had given me the chance to rebuild, to have control over my life again. We only knew each other for less than two weeks and he has done a lot for me. He opened a door I had thought was permanently closed.I r

Chapter 18

Chapter EighteenMichael’s POVThe house was already awake when I came downstairs, though it didn’t feel good or the happiness I always had.It felt like it was holding its breath.The lights in the kitchen were on, I paused at the bottom of the stairs, listening to the silence, as if the house itself might warn me of what was waiting.Kayla stood by the counter, dressed perfectly, her back to me.She was wearing a cream dress. The dress belonged to Laura, I'm sure she stole it from Laura. “You’re late,” she said without turning around.“It’s barely morning,” I replied.She glanced at the clock and hummed. “Time works differently on important days.”I stepped closer and poured myself a glass of water. My hand shook slightly, and I tightened my grip on the glass until it stopped.“You didn’t have to come,” I said. “The signing is my responsibility.”Kayla smiled faintly. “Michael, this stopped being just your responsibility the moment you decided to choose me.”I stiffened. “You clearl

Chapter 19

Chapter NineteenLaura’s POVWork had felt impossible from the first step into that office, but today… today was something else entirely.Every instruction the supervisor barked at me felt heavier than the last. “Take this.” “Do that.” “Redo it.” Each word pierced my chest like a tiny knife I couldn’t dodge. I moved tiredly, trying not to think, trying to survive, but the knot in my stomach kept twisting tighter. By noon, my legs ached and my shoulders burned. My mind screamed, What did I do to deserve this?I watched the other interns. They were chatting, learning, even laughing quietly at legal jokes I didn’t understand yet. And here I was trapped in a cycle of meaningless tasks. Is this what it takes to prove myself? I wondered. Or am I just… invisible?I had endured humiliation before. I had endured pain before. But the cruelty of this supervisor gnawed at me differently, it wasn’t obvious. It wasn’t loud, at first. It was the quiet look that said you are nothing, the small sighs w

Chapter 20

Chapter 20–Laura’s POVI was just about to speak when the door to the boss’s office swung open. I froze before my words could even leave my mouth. And then… there she was. Catherine. My Catherine. My best friend. Time stopped for a moment. I could feel it in my bones. When our eyes met, it was like a jolt shot straight through me. My chest tightened, my stomach did flips, and before I even realized it, I was running toward her. She didn’t hesitate either. We collided in the tightest, most desperate hug I’ve ever had.“I...” I tried to say her name, but the words dissolved in the hug.“Laura,” she whispered, and it sounded like relief, like she’d been holding her breath for years.I pulled back just enough to take a proper look at her. She looked… the same, but different. But it was still Catherine. The Catherine who knew every little thing about me, the one person I could never hide from, even if I tried.And then I realized where I was. Boss’s office. My face burned hotter than the s

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