31. The Return

Elena's POV"Patricia, I need everything we have on the European expansion deal, now!"I slammed my office door so hard the glass shook. Patricia jumped at her desk, looking like she might cry."Miss Sterling, I...""Everything, Patricia," I cut her off, dropping my bag on my desk, "Contracts, emails, meeting notes, all of it, and I need the board meeting minutes from the last six months.""All of them?""Did I stutter?She shook her head fast and turned to her computer, fingers flying across the keyboard as her life depended on it.I started pacing behind my desk, my heart racing so fast I thought it might explode. Catherine's face was still burned into my brain, that smug smile, those calculating eyes.How did this happen? How did she just waltz back into my company?“Here," Patricia rushed in with a stack of folders, "These are the expansion files, I'm still pulling the meeting minutes.""Fine, leave those and get out."She practically ran back to her desk.I grabbed the first fol

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32. Trapped

Elena's POVIt's been two days since I found out my ‘sweet aunt’ Catherine was back in Sterling, and I’d spent every one of them searching for ways to limit her control.Two days of sleepless nights and cold coffee. Two days of coming up empty.I stood in my kitchen now, fully dressed for work, one hand wrapped around my mug as I stared out the window and tried not to think about how quickly she’d moved.Adrian had texted earlier, offering me a ride to the office.“On my way,” he wrote.I took another sip of my coffee just as a knock sounded at the door.I didn’t even need to open it to know who it was.“Yeah, honey. I know…”Adrian’s voice drifted through the door before I could reach it.I opened it to find him stepping inside my apartment, still mid-conversation with someone, and he held up one finger, telling me to wait."I know, baby, I miss you guys too," he said into the phone, his voice soft in that way he only used with his wife, Maya.“Three weeks is way too long, I can't wa

Last Updated : 2026-01-13

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31. The Return

32. Trapped