《Captured by the billionaire 》全部章節：第 31 章 - 第 33 章

“Turn around, Elliot.”Timothy’s voice came from behind him—low, steady, but not as untouched as before. There was something under it now. Not quite frustration. Not quite urgency. Something closer to strain, pressed thin beneath control.Elliot let out a quiet breath, his shoulders rising and falling once before he shook his head.“No,” he said, not loudly—just enough to make it clear he meant it.For a moment, neither of them moved.The red emergency lighting cast long shadows along the corridor, stretching and shifting every time it flickered. The air still carried that faint metallic heat from earlier, but now it felt heavier for a different reason.“You’re making this harder than it needs to be,” Timothy said after a pause.Elliot turned slowly, just enough to glance at him over his shoulder.“Funny,” he replied. “I was about to say the same thing.”Timothy exhaled quietly through his nose, as if holding back something sharper.“This isn’t the time for defiance.”“And when is?” E

The panel didn’t move again.It stayed slightly open above them, quiet and unresponsive, like it was waiting.Elliot didn’t rush it.That was the first difference.Instead of reaching up again, he stepped back, eyes fixed on the narrow gap as he tilted his head slightly, studying it like a problem that would punish impatience.“…It already knows we’re here,” he said. “So whatever triggers it isn’t just proximity.”Timothy stood beside him, his gaze shifting briefly from the panel to Elliot. “Then it’s waiting for a specific input.”“Yeah.”Elliot dragged a hand through his hair, thinking.“Not random interaction either,” he added. “If it were that simple, it would’ve activated when I tapped it.”Timothy folded his arms loosely, not closed off—just contained. “So it rejected that attempt.”“Or it classified it,” Elliot corrected. “There’s a difference.”Timothy glanced at him. “Explain.”Elliot exhaled quietly.“One blocks you,” he said. “The other… learns from you.”That sat different