His Unwanted Wife Returned as a Boss
"The villa’s OS just flatlined. This isn't a power failure. The core logic was wiped."
Julian didn't hesitate. He grabbed his tablet—the one linked to their private security network. The screen was black, save for a single, pulsating line of code in the center.
> SYSTEM_STATUS: VOID
> THE WORLD IS TIRED OF THE LIGHT.
"Clara, look," Julian said, his voice dropping to a gravelly low.
He walked to the window. In the valley below, the village of Cortina d'Ampezzo—usually a glittering jewel of alpine lights—was gone. Every streetlamp, every hotel window, every glowing shopfront had been extinguished simultaneously.