All Chapters of Empire of her heart: Chapter 11 - Chapter 13

 Adriana Cole woke before dawn. The city outside her apartment was quiet, the skyscrapers glinting in the first pale light of morning. For the first time in days, she didn’t immediately reach for her phone or check the news. The chaos from Victor Hale’s latest attack on her company lingered like a dark cloud, but her mind wasn’t on work. It was on Luca. The memory of the night before the motorcycle ride, the rain, the kiss made her chest tighten. He wasn’t just a man she liked. He was dangerous. And yet, the part of her that had been isolated for years, hardene

 The storm broke the next morning.   Adriana Cole had faced attacks before in her career. Competitors had tried to undercut her, investors had questioned her decisions, and rumors had occasionally circled the markets.   But this…   This was different.   When Adriana arrived at Cole International Tower, she immediately sensed the tension in the building. Employees moved quickly through the lobby, whispering among themselves. Security guards stood closer to the entrances than usual.