Chapter 71: The Second Location

Marcus was waiting for us at Elena's office by seven the next morning, a laptop already open, three surveillance photographs arranged carefully across the desk despite the early hour and his own obvious exhaustion."Show me," Damian said, barely pausing to remove his coat before crossing the room."The window pattern narrowed things to three candidate properties," Marcus said, pulling up the first image. "I put eyes on all three overnight. Two were dead ends, empty commercial buildings with no signs of recent occupation. But the third."He turned the laptop toward us, and my breath caught immediately.A modest brick house, tucked at the end of a quiet residential street somewhere clearly outside the city, ordinary in every visible way except for the windows, leaded glass panes catching morning light in the exact pattern we'd studied for days in that grainy surveillance photograph of Isabelle."This is it," Damian said, his voice unsteady. "This has to be it.""I confirmed movement ins

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Chapter 72: A Careful Kind of Truth

Agent Corbin listened without interrupting as Elena laid out the situation, his expression carefully neutral despite the clearly extraordinary nature of what she was describing."A woman held captive for fourteen years," he said finally, when Elena finished. "Connected to the same criminal network responsible for the securities fraud, the frame job against Mr. Thorne, and apparently a fire that killed his uncle.""Yes," Elena said firmly. "We have visual confirmation of her presence at the property, along with vehicle registration directly connecting the location to Gabriel Thorne.""And you're asking my office to lead a rescue operation," Agent Corbin said, "based on private surveillance your team conducted without official authorization.""We're asking for your help," Damian said, leaning forward. "Agent Corbin, I understand the position this puts you in. But every day we wait, that woman remains in danger, and Gabriel Thorne remains free to continue whatever campaign he's been runn

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Chapter 73: Five in the Morning

The federal staging area buzzed with quiet, controlled activity by four that morning, agents checking equipment, reviewing maps, the particular focused energy of professionals preparing for something dangerous and precisely planned."Mr. and Mrs. Thorne," Agent Corbin said, guiding us toward a small briefing room away from the main operation. "You'll monitor from here. Direct communication line to the field team, but no direct involvement in the extraction itself. I need your word on that, given everything at stake.""You have it," Damian said, though tension radiated off him in waves despite his measured tone."The property has two confirmed guards on rotating shifts," Agent Corbin continued, pulling up a tactical map on the wall monitor. "We believe Isabelle Thorne is held on the second floor, based on your surveillance. Gabriel Thorne's vehicle remains on site as of thirty minutes ago, meaning he's likely present as well."My stomach twisted with fresh fear. "What happens if he's a

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Chapter 74: A Name From Long Ago

Marcus moved first, pushing through the hospital doors before any of us could stop him, his usual measured composure completely abandoned in favor of something raw and desperate I had never witnessed from him before."Marcus, wait," Damian called, hurrying after him, though Marcus showed no sign of slowing.We caught up to him outside a hospital room, a nurse standing guard at the door, her expression softening with practiced sympathy as she took in our obvious distress."Family?" she asked."Yes," Damian said firmly, though his eyes kept flicking toward Marcus with growing confusion. "I'm her son.""And this man?" the nurse asked, studying Marcus carefully."He's family too," I said quickly, understanding instinctively that whatever connection existed here mattered enough to claim without hesitation. "Please. She's been asking for him."The nurse hesitated only a moment before nodding, stepping aside to let us pass.---Isabelle sat propped against hospital pillows, thinner than the

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Todos los capítulos de The CEO'S Vengeful marriage: Capítulo 71 - Capítulo 74

Chapter 71: The Second Location

Chapter 72: A Careful Kind of Truth

Chapter 73: Five in the Morning

Chapter 74: A Name From Long Ago