News Flash, Ex-husband, I'm Alive!의 모든 챕터: 챕터 11 - 챕터 13

The silence of the study was a heavy, suffocating thing. Valentina remained on the floor, her back pressed against the cold mahogany door, listening to the frantic drumbeat of her own heart. The scent of the room, old leather, dried roses, and the lingering, metallic tang of her own terror seemed to press in on her.Kennedy Hale is running.The thought should have brought her comfort, but instead, it felt like a cold blade sliding between her ribs. If Kennedy was liquidating assets, if he was preparing to vanish, he would take the truth with him. Or worse, he would realize that the ghost haunting the Kingston estate wasn’t a hallucination, but a living, breathing threat that needed to be silenced permanently this time.She looked again at the photograph of Misha Kingston on the desk. The woman’s cold, triumphant gaze seemed to mock her. You think you can play this game? the image seemed to ask. You think you can survive in a world where even the air costs a fortune?Valentina stood up

The silence in the office was no longer the heavy, stagnant air of a corporate suite. It was the charged, crackling atmosphere that preceded a lightning strike. Ian’s hand was still tangled in the hair at the nape of Valentina’s neck, his thumb tracing the sensitive line of her jaw. He looked at her with an intensity that felt as though he were trying to peel back the ivory fabric of her suit and the stubborn layers of her soul. "You want to be his warden," Ian murmured, his voice a low vibration that thrummed against her skin. "You want to turn my accounting department into your personal gulag. Do you have any idea what that looks like to the board? To the SEC? To the man who currently holds your life in a 365-day contract?"Valentina didn't flinch. She leaned into him, the heat of his body a dangerous comfort against the cold glass of the desk. "I think it looks like efficiency, Ian. I think it looks like a husband trusting his wife to protect the family coffers from a man who is