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Chapter 31: The ghost

Marcus sat across from Alexander in the private study, his injured hand resting on the table. For several minutes, neither man spoke. The guards had been dismissed. Adrian stood outside the door, close enough to intervene if necessary, but Alexander had insisted on having this conversation alone.Marcus finally broke the quiet. "You said I had one chance to live.""Yes. A chance to become useful."Marcus studied him carefully. "And now?""Now you work for me."A humorless smile touched Marcus's mouth. "You already have six men watching the door. I'm not exactly in a position to refuse."Alexander leaned back."You misunderstand. I don't want you working for me in any way Andrew can see."Marcus's expression changed.Alexander continued. "Andrew still believes you're his man. I intend to keep it that way."Marcus stared at him. "You want me to go back.""Exactly.""And pretend nothing happened?""Not quite." Alexander's voice hardened. "You go back as Marcus Webb, the man Andrew believ

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Chapter 32 : Life Between Battles

Alexander woke before the alarm. For several seconds, he remained still, staring at the ceiling while the early morning light slowly found its way through the curtains, then he turned his head, Regina was asleep beside him, one hand tucked beneath her cheek and the other resting over the gentle curve of her stomach.The thought of her pregnancy still caught him off guard. Over the past few months, he had watched Regina change in small ways he had learned to notice without asking, he had felt the baby's movements beneath his palm and discovered that there were things in life more important than boardrooms, acquisitions, enemies, and the empire he'd spent years building.He leaned over and kissed Regina's forehead. She stirred slightly but didn't wake.Alexander smiled. "Sleep," he whispered.He slipped out of bed and headed downstairs. Twenty minutes later, the kitchen looked like a battlefield. Alexander stood over the cooker with a spatula in one hand and an expression of deep concen

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Chapter 33: The Dutchess

At 5:40 every morning, the lights snapped on. Evelyn Laurent had learned to wake a heartbeat before they did. She opened her eyes just as the fluorescent bulbs flooded the room, sparing herself the unpleasant shock of being dragged out of sleep by sudden brightness. Around her, the block stirred in fragments. Doors opened. Shoes scraped against concrete. Voices rose and fell. Somewhere down the corridor, a guard called out instructions, followed by the familiar metallic sound of locks being checked. Evelyn remained still for another moment. Three weeks had changed her relationship with mirrors. The small metal one above the sink reflected a woman she recognized but barely understood. Her hair had grown unevenly since intake. Her face looked thinner. There were faint shadows beneath her eyes that an expensive concealer could once have erased in seconds. This time, there was no concealer, tailored suit or chauffeur waiting downstairs. No one calling her Madam Laurent with carefully

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Chapter 34: If There Was No Baby

Regina knew something was wrong the moment Alexander stopped talking. They had been walking through the west wing that afternoon, discussing nursery furniture and arguing over whether their daughter needed a rocking chair when Regina suddenly slowed. The room tilted as she reached for the nearest table. Alexander caught her before her knees could give way. “Regina.” His voice changed instantly. The playful man from breakfast disappeared. His arm tightened around her, his eyes moving over her face. “Sit down.” “Alexander, I'm okay.” “Sit.” She obeyed, mostly because the room was still moving. Alexander crouched in front of her. “Look at me.” She did. “Are you dizzy?” “A little.” “Pain?” “No.” “Anything unusual?” “No.” His hand moved instinctively toward her stomach. “Our daughter?” Regina looked down. “She moved earlier.” “Earlier?” “Yes.” “When?” “Alexander…” “When did she last move?” Regina watched his face. “About twenty minutes

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Chapter 35: Do You Still See Me?

“You're not going.”Regina stopped fastening the bracelet around her wrist and slowly turned toward Alexander.“I wasn't aware I needed your permission.”“You don't.”“Then why are you standing there looking like you're about to cancel my entire day?”Alexander leaned against the bedroom doorway, arms folded.“Because your schedule is ridiculous.”“My schedule consists of a doctor's appointment and lunch.”“Exactly.”Regina stared at him.“That makes absolutely no sense.”“It does to me.”She narrowed her eyes. “You're becoming controlling again.”“Protective.”“Controlling.”“Protective.”“Alexander.”“My love.”A smile threatened the corner of her mouth.“You're impossible.”“But you're carrying my baby and it's six months along.”“There it is.”“What?”“You always bring up the baby.”His expression changed. Only slightly. Regina noticed. The question from yesterday returned before she could stop it. Alexander seemed to recognize the thought in her eyes.His voice softened. “That is

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Chapter 36: Pulling the thread

“Job Tonight. Time-sensitive.” The message appeared at 11:07 p.m. Marcus was already awake. He sat at his desk, the glow of three monitors washing over his face as lines of code moved across the screens. He had been tracing a digital trail for nearly two hours when Andrew's message arrived. He opened it immediately. Andrew: Victor Moretti's legal team. Find out if anyone has approached him this week. Federal, private, anyone. I need to know today. Marcus leaned back. There it was. The assignment Andrew had given him earlier was no longer about Alexander. It was about Victor, and this meant that Andrew was worried. Marcus: Understood. The response arrived almost instantly. Andrew: You need to move quickly. If Victor talks, everything I've built collapses before it's finished. Marcus stared at the sentence. Andrew had never been this direct. He saved the conversation to an encrypted partition, then opened a second system. His fingers moved rapidly across the keyboard. This time

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Chapter 37: Candlelight and codes

“You have exactly one hour to forget that you're Alexander Kingston.”Alexander looked up from his desk. ”Babe?”Regina stood in the doorway, holding two garment bags and wearing an expression that suggested she had already made every decision on his behalf.“Should I call Nathan?”“No.” Regina replied.“Adrian?”“No.”“My lawyer?”“Alexander.”He smiled. “Fine. What are you doing?”“Taking my husband somewhere.” She tossed one of the garment bags toward him.He caught it. “What's inside?”“Your clothes.”Alexander disappeared behind the dressing-room door. A moment later, Regina heard him laugh.“What’s funny?”“I think you chose this suit because you want me to look irresistible.”She smiled. “Maybe.”He stepped out, adjusting his cuffs. “Then your plan worked.”He stepped out, Regina straightened his collar and carefully fixed his tie.“There,” she murmured.He smiled. “Better?”“Yes, much better.”She leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss before stepping back.For the past few

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Chapter 38: Screaming Instincts

“Tell me who authorized my transfer.”Victor Moretti stared through the thick glass separating him from the prison administrator. The man on the other side didn't answer immediately. He shuffled through a folder, checked something on his monitor, then looked back at Victor.“There is no transfer.”Victor's jaw tightened.“Then why was I told to pack?”“You weren't.”“I was.”“By whom?”“That,” Victor said quietly, “is what I'm trying to find out.”The administrator closed the folder.“Mr. Moretti, your schedule hasn't changed. You have no approved transfer request.”Victor stared at him for several seconds. Something was wrong, he could feel it. For three weeks, prison had reduced his life to a collection of routines he couldn't control. Wake before sunrise, head count, breakfast, work assignment, count again, lunch, recreation, legal appointments, dinner back to count, and then lights out.The first week had been the hardest. Victor had spent years giving orders and watching people s

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