SOMEONE'S BEEN FOLLOWING

We left the café through a side exit, Adrian's grip firm on my arm, Marcus trailing close behind with the printout still clutched in his hand, none of us speaking until we were safely inside a black SUV that hadn't been there when I arrived twenty minutes earlier."Talk," I said, once the doors were locked and the driver had pulled into traffic. "Now. All of it.""Security did a routine sweep on executive vehicles this morning after last night's incident with the ghost account." Adrian's voice was tight, controlled in the way that told me how much effort it took to keep it that way. "They found a magnetic tracker on the undercarriage of your car. Professional grade. Not the kind you buy off a shelf.""How long has it been there?""Based on the battery degradation, at least a week. Maybe two." He glanced at Marcus, something sharp and assessing in the look. "Which means someone's known your exact movements for longer than any of us realized, including every place you've gone that you t

Last Updated : 2026-09-12

By the Hour

Adrian's penthouse occupied the entire top floor of a building three blocks from the office, all clean lines and floor-to-ceiling glass, nothing at all like the gritty studio I'd once known him in. I stood in the entryway for a long moment after security cleared us through, taking in a life I hadn't known existed underneath six weeks of hoodies and broken elevators."You can take the guest room," he said, setting his keys down on a marble counter. "It has its own lock, its own bathroom. You don't have to see me again tonight if you don't want to.""I don't know what I want tonight." I meant it honestly, exhaustion and fear and something else entirely tangled together until I couldn't separate one feeling from the next. "Adrian, I need to ask you something, and I need you to answer honestly, not carefully.""Ask.""Freya. The other women. From the apartment." I crossed my arms, needing something to hold onto. "What actually happened, all of it, not the version you gave me in the office

Last Updated : 2026-09-13

NO LONGER WATCHING FROM OUTSIDE

"Get away from the windows."Adrian was already moving, pulling me off the couch, hitting a panel on the wall that sent heavy blackout shades sliding down over every pane of glass in the room with a low mechanical hum. Within seconds the penthouse had gone from open and exposed to sealed, dim, a fortress instead of a display case."How," I breathed, staring at the photo still glowing on my phone screen. "How is someone even seeing this high up? This building doesn't have a clear line of sight from the street.""Unless they're not on the street." Adrian's voice had gone flat, controlled fury replacing the openness from ten minutes ago. He crossed to his own phone, dialing security with hands that weren't quite steady. "Marcus. Get me a full sweep of every building within sightline of the penthouse. Now."While he waited for security to answer, he moved through the apartment methodically, checking each remaining window, each door, the practiced efficiency of a man who'd clearly run thro

Last Updated : 2026-09-16

THE CARD THAT DOESN'T LIE

"You need to bring him in," I said, already pulling on my shoes, adrenaline burning through whatever exhaustion had settled over me minutes earlier. "Now. Tonight. Not tomorrow, not after we've built a stronger case. Someone was in that room with a camera pointed at your bedroom, Adrian, and it traces back to his department.""I know." Adrian was already dressed, jaw set, moving through the penthouse with a controlled, focused urgency that reminded me of the man who'd traced a data packet through six shell servers months ago. "I've called building security to hold him if he tries to leave. I'm not handling this alone. I'm calling the police the second we have him in a room.""What if it's not actually him? What if he's being framed the same way Priya said Cole was being framed?""Then he'll have an explanation, and we'll listen to it." Adrian grabbed his keys, glancing at me. "But I'm done giving him the benefit of every doubt while you're the one who keeps ending up in danger because

Last Updated : 2026-09-20

All Chapters of MY RUDE NEIGHBOUR IS MY BILLIONAIRE BOSS : Chapter 31 - Chapter 34

SOMEONE'S BEEN FOLLOWING

By the Hour

NO LONGER WATCHING FROM OUTSIDE

THE CARD THAT DOESN'T LIE