**Chapter 32: Protective Lines**The tension in the penthouse had become a living thing—thick, electric, and impossible to ignore. One week after Asher’s unexpected call and Victor Kane’s latest escalation, the walls felt closer, the security more suffocating. Chloe moved through her days with the triplets like a woman walking a tightrope: smiling for them, creating for herself, and trying not to drown in the undercurrents of the two men circling her life.The children were thriving despite everything. At thirteen months, Elias was a whirlwind of energy, Sophia a gentle explorer, and Theo the emotional barometer of the room. Chloe spent mornings in the nursery, reading picture books and building towers that the triplets delighted in knocking down. Her Lumina designs continued to gain quiet momentum, but every email, every potential meeting, now passed through Alvin’s careful filter.He was barely sleeping.Chloe watched him now from the doorway of
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