Elena Reed Novels & Stories

"This isn't what it looks like." "Really?" Raees asked quietly, her voice sharp despite its softness. "Because it looks like you're about to screw my boyfriend." Reid turned, eyes wide. "Raees. Wait. This isn’t—" "I know what I saw," she bit out. Behind her, the elevator dinged again. More footsteps. “Elena?” Raees’ voice cracked like brittle glass as she turned and saw the woman stepping up beside her. Elena Flanagan had the smirk of a woman who thought she’d just hit bingo in a game of vindication.

She finally sighed and picked up the call, after it rang for several minutes. "Hello, Maya." "You're really doing this? Like, right now?" Maya blurted as soon as she heard her voice. Elena stared at her reflection in the mirror. She looked pale, sharp cheekbones, dark hair pulled into a sleek knot, lips painted deep crimson to hide how dry her mouth felt. "I have to." She replied after a while of silence. "This isn't some dive bar sting operation, El. These people are ghosts. Billionaires who make people disappear for fun. If they figure out you're a journalist...

She ignored Adrian completely and walked out of the conference room without looking back. That night, rain hammered violently against the windows of Elena’s apartment while old files and archived records covered her laptop screen. The city outside blurred beneath water and flashing lights, but she barely noticed any of it. Her heartbeat still had not settled since the meeting. Elena opened another archived file, then another, scanning through financial transfers, emergency consultations, and internal reports with growing desperation. Every document felt like another fractured piece of something much larger hiding just beyond her reach. She pulled up everything she could still access before s

Lexi watched the top-of-the-world reaction from her friend. Fortunately, they were the only ones in the café. But that doesn't mean there weren't waiters around. As the waiters stared at them, Lexi apologised on behalf of Elena before turning to her friend. " Elena, are you trying to bring Chen's business down?" Lexi asked, rolling her eyes as her hand remained on Elena's mouth. Elena tapped on Lexi's hand, indicating she was going to be calm. As soon as Lexi removed her hands, her eyes bulged out. " The MAXWELL REED OF REED CORPORATION? Girl, you are truly fire!"

Smaller than I expected, but the way he carried himself made the whole room feel smaller. “So this is the famous Adrian Reeds,” he said, voice smooth like oil. “The man who was married to Elise Vitale for seven years and never knew who she really was. Pathetic.” The word hit like a slap. I swallowed it down. “Yeah, well. I’m here now. Ready to make a deal.” Greco studied me for a long moment. “What makes you think we need you? We’ve been chipping away at the Vitales for months. Your little wife is bleeding them dry from the inside.”

When Elena felt she could face the hall again without revealing what had happened, she stepped out of the room and walked back toward the reception hall. At the same time, Ronan Reed, the son of Director Dante Reed, had been waiting to see Elena alone. When Elena walked out, he quickly brought out his phone and snapped and snapped at Elena. His eyes narrowed and he scrolled through earlier photos he had taken of Raven and Dolphus coming out of the same room one after another. “This Elena is not an ordinary woman,” Ronan muttered. “She has not even entered the company yet, but she is already close with Raven Santiago. And Dolphus too. I need to know what is actually happening between them.”

Inside, the air felt colder, heavier — charged with the kind of promise that only a woman in love and fury could make. Elara picked up her phone and scrolled through her contacts until she reached a familiar name. Her thumb hovered, then pressed call. “Hello, darling,” came the smooth voice on the other end. “Elena,” Elara said sweetly. “I need a favor. A background check on someone… discreetly.” There was a pause. “Someone related to Mr. Colden, I assume?” Elara’s smile was pure venom. “His fiancée.” “Ah,” the woman said, amused. “So the rumors were true.”

“You’re not fine. You’re furious. And you’re thinking about setting the building on fire.” “That’s dramatic.” “You get that from me.” She moved around the room like it bored her, like none of this chaos was real or worth worrying over. But Ava knew better. Eleanor Reed was a war general in pearls and cashmere. When she was calm, something was coming. “They want you to play nice,” she said, pausing in front of Ava's window. “They want you to shrink. Apologise. Behave. You won’t. You’ve never known how.”

Tim nods and waves, leaving me alone with Dean and a tall, skinny kid with similar dark eyes and dark hair. “Lilly, this is my brother Reed. Reed, this is Lilly” Reed holds out his hand, grinning, “Nice to meet you, Lilly” he blushes when I shake his hand. “Go inside, Reed. Lilly, and I are just catching up.” He looks to his brother and then back to me, disappointment etched on his face. He turns and goes straight into what I assume is their home. He takes my hand, twining our fingers together. Looking into my eyes, he says, “I’m going to make you mine, Lilly.”

Maddox stumbled—just for a second. But that second was all Raiden needed. He spun and ran. “Eliana, go!” Reed shouted. Eliana hesitated. “GO!” Reed grabbed her hand, yanking her backward. She didn’t fight it. She ran. Maddox snarled, his eyes burning as he watched Raiden and Eliana disappear into the battle. He turned back to Reed, his lips curling. “Well, you look so familiar,” he said, voice dangerously soft.