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It took less than two minutes for the flash drive to crack open.Encrypted, of course. My mother wouldn’t make it easy—that would be too humane for her. But Lucia was a genius, and stubbornness ran through our veins like inherited poison.I watched the loading bar fill, the digital hum of secrets about to detonate vibrating through my bones. It felt like standing at the edge of a cliff, knowing the fall would break me but leaning forward anyway.The folder auto-opened once decrypted. A list of documents. Names. Transfers. Voice memos.Lucia frowned as she clicked into the first file.Then, she cursed.“What?” I asked, my voice sharper than I intended.“Bridgette…” she turned the screen toward me. “Your father knew.”I leaned forward, eyes scanning.It was an internal email chain from five years ago.Subject line: “Containment Strategy – Tier II Entities.”The sender: Antonio Martinez.The recipient list included names I didn’t recognize—aliases, most likely. But two names I did know j
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He met me at the rooftop bar of the Grove, as if nothing had changed.Victor leaned back in the booth, looking too polished. Too calm. Like someone who didn’t think his world was about to collapse.“I was wondering when you’d show up,” he said, sipping from a tumbler of scotch. “Is this about Thiago?”I sat across from him, dropped the printouts on the table.He didn’t touch them.“You could at least pretend you don’t know what this is.”He exhaled slowly. “I won’t insult you.”“So it’s true.”“Yes.”A silence stretched, thin and tight as piano wire.“How long?” I asked.“Since before Bermudez Group,” he said. “Since your father needed someone to protect you from the inside. Someone to make sure the sharks didn’t circle.”“By being the shark?”He flinched, just barely.“I never lied to you about what I was,” he said. “You just never asked the right questions.”“You should’ve told me,” I whispered.“I couldn’t. You wouldn’t have believed me. And I needed you to stay clean.”I shook my
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We flew low over the coast, the rotors slicing the dawn sky. The cliffs of my family’s estate faded into the horizon behind us, but the weight of what had happened there still pressed down on my chest like a stone.Leon sat across from me, his knuckles bloodied, a gash on his cheek where a bullet had grazed him. Dorian stood at the side hatch, eyes scanning the ground below through the open door, rifle still gripped tight.I clutched the drive to my chest. Inside it—evidence. Records Elise’s father had no right to keep. Photos from the night of my parents’ death. Surveillance logs. Maps. Transcripts. Names.One of them circled in my mind like a predator.Justin.He wasn’t just Elise’s father’s pawn. He was part of this from the beginning. Maybe even earlier.“We’re going dark,” Leon said suddenly, pulling his comms earpiece free. “No transmissions, no signals. Until we know who else is on their payroll.”Dorian nodded in agreement, already powering down the tracking system on his gear
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Carla’s voice was low, calm—too calm.“She’s running. He already suspects I talked to someone.”It was barely 9 a.m., and I was already gripping a steaming cup of espresso like it might stop my pulse from climbing. Thiago stood across the room, arms folded, eyes sharp, like a wolf calculating its next move.“Who’s ‘she’?” I asked, stepping closer to the laptop screen where Carla’s encrypted call flickered in glitchy frames.Carla took a breath. “Veron. She’s the one laundering Lazaro’s digital assets. Crypto wallets, land under shell corps, even coded offshore real estate. She's not just a mistress, Bridgette. She’s his damn gatekeeper.”I blinked.Veron.The same woman who smiled too tightly at parties. Who pretended to be harmless, ornamental, almost dull. I’d underestimated her like everyone else had.And that was going to change.Thiago moved beside me, silent but radiating lethal energy.“How long until she disappears?” he asked.Carla hesitated. “Hours. Maybe less.”I was alread
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The boardroom at Bermudez Group felt like a mausoleum.Silent. Cold. Drenched in the weight of legacy and betrayal.And I walked in like I owned it—because until someone took it from me, I still did.Eduardo gave me a curt nod as I passed. Carla avoided my eyes. Victor, seated two chairs from the head, tapped a pen against the armrest like it was a detonator.Thiago wasn’t there.By design.We’d agreed that if I was going to take the heat, I had to do it alone. Not just for optics. But because this was my name on the chopping block now.At the far end, Lazarus Bermudez sat where Thiago used to. His silver tie gleamed. His smile didn’t reach his eyes.“Bridgette,” he said with mock warmth. “We’ve been waiting.”I took my seat. My chair creaked in protest, like it knew I didn’t belong anymore.“I’m sure you’ve read the stories,” he continued smoothly. “It’s unfortunate. The public loves a good scandal. Especially when it involves betrayal and ambition.”“Especially when it’s orchestrate
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I laid awake, stretched across cool silk sheets in a penthouse that no longer felt like mine. The shadows on the ceiling shifted with the moon, and I counted every minute until dawn, heart ticking like a time bomb.Somewhere between 3:42 and 3:47 a.m., I rolled over and stared at the man sleeping beside me.Thiago.One hand slung carelessly across the empty space where my body used to lie. His jaw was tense even in sleep, his brows faintly drawn. Maybe he was dreaming. Maybe he was fighting his own ghosts, too.I hated how peaceful he looked.I hated that I still wanted to protect that peace.Because the world was trying to rip it from him. From us.And no matter how much evidence piled against him, no matter what whispers filled the boardroom, the press, or even Victor’s cautious words—I couldn’t make myself believe that Thiago had betrayed me.Not like that.Not deliberately.Not cruelly.I slipped out of bed before the sun broke over the horizon and padded barefoot to the kitchen.
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The sky outside the penthouse windows was a canvas of bruise-purple and dying gold, the Miami sunset bleeding into night. I stood near the glass wall, arms crossed, waiting for Thiago to speak. He had followed me in from the garage without saying a word, his expression carved from stone—but I knew that mask well by now. Behind it was fire. And fear.“Say something,” I said finally, not turning around.He didn’t. Not at first.Then: “Did they threaten you?”I exhaled sharply, half a laugh, half a scoff. “No. They whispered like cowards and vanished like ghosts.”His footsteps came closer, slow and deliberate.“You don’t trust me,” he said, stopping just behind me.“I don’t know what to trust right now,” I said. “The files, the offshore accounts, the leaked emails, the reporters asking about a pregnancy I haven’t even confirmed—how the hell am I supposed to trust anyone?”I turned then.His eyes locked with mine—fierce, dark, unreadable.“Then ask me,” he said quietly.“What?”“If you d
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[Thiago’s POV]The warmth of her mouth lingered on mine, a ghost I didn’t want to chase away. Not yet.She didn’t pull back immediately. Bridgette’s breath brushed my lips, shallow and uncertain, her fingertips still curved lightly behind my neck. I watched the war flash behind her eyes—conflict and caution and something dangerously close to surrender.“Don’t look at me like that,” she murmured.“Like what?”“Like I’m yours.”“You are.”The words came out before I could censor them, heavy with truth. Her fingers tensed against my skin for a moment before she let go, stepping back like she needed space to breathe—or to stop herself from doing something reckless.I let her go. For now.Bridgette brushed past me, retreating toward the living room, grabbing the remote just to have something to do. “You say that like it’s simple.”“It is,” I said, following her, watching the way she paced more than listened to the TV. “It’s everything else that complicates it.”She stopped, turned. “You co
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The next few days were filled with a sense of impending danger. I couldn’t shake the feeling that we were walking on a tightrope, and any misstep would send everything crashing down. Thiago seemed just as on edge as I was, though he didn’t show it on the surface. But I could see it in his eyes—the same hunger, the same drive, the same readiness for whatever came next.I met him in his office late one afternoon. He was reviewing documents, his sharp gaze scanning the pages with an intensity that was almost unsettling."Thiago," I said softly, stepping into his space. He didn’t look up, but I could feel the tension in his posture. "Leah called me last night."His eyes flicked up to meet mine, narrowing slightly. "What did she want?"I hesitated, then told him everything she had said. "She thinks she can make a deal, but I don’t trust her. This isn’t over."Thiago placed the papers down carefully, then stood, crossing the room to stand in front of me. His presence was overwhelming, and fo
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The days that followed felt like a slow, meticulous countdown. The taste of victory was still fresh, but the knowledge that the war was far from over lingered in the back of my mind. Leah was not one to surrender easily, and I knew she'd find another way to fight back. But for now, the cards were in our hands.Thiago had been unusually quiet since the meeting, his focus sharp, but there was an intensity in his eyes that I couldn’t shake off. As if he was preparing for something I couldn’t yet see.I sat across from him one evening in the penthouse, papers scattered in front of me, but my thoughts were far from the numbers on the page. My mind kept wandering to Leah—how she had looked at me when she left the room, her smile not one of defeat, but of patience, like she was biding her time. That worried me more than any immediate retaliation.Thiago leaned forward, breaking my thoughts. "You’re thinking about her, aren’t you?"I met his gaze, not surprised that he had read me so easily.
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By noon, I couldn’t pretend the walls weren’t closing in.The silence after Leah’s visit wasn't the kind that gave you peace—it was the kind that echoed. Every word she’d said, every warning she dripped like poison, kept looping in my mind like a cursed song I couldn’t turn off.Thiago was mine long before you walked into his life.You’re carrying a weapon.I stood in the shower longer than necessary, letting the water scald away the chill that had crept beneath my skin. But no matter how hard I scrubbed, I couldn’t rinse her off me.When I stepped out, I found Thiago waiting.He didn’t knock. He just stood there in the doorway, sleeves rolled, tie gone, shirt clinging to him like armor that no longer fit.“You’ve been quiet,” he said.“So have you.”He stepped inside, shutting the door behind him like he was sealing us off from the world.“You want to yell at me?” he asked. “Do it. I can take it.”I didn’t yell. I dried my hands on a towel, then looked at him square in the eyes.“Was
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The next morning, I didn’t wake up to the usual soft chime of my alarm or the scent of espresso brewing from Thiago’s automated machine. I woke up to silence.Too much silence.The kind that settles like a fog in the bones, whispering that something has shifted. That something is wrong.I sat up, the silk sheets slipping off my skin as I reached for my phone. No new messages. No updates from Lucia or Marcus. Not even a single email from the security firm Thiago had commissioned. The stillness wasn’t peace—it was calculated quiet.Someone had pulled the plug.I moved quickly, throwing on one of Thiago’s button-downs, not bothering to fasten every button as I padded across the floor, phone in hand. I headed straight for the control panel by the wall—one that synced to the penthouse’s surveillance and internal comms. The screen lit up. Offline.“What the hell?”I tapped the screen again. Nothing.“Thiago?” I called out. No answer. My voice echoed back at me.That’s when the hairs on the
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Bridgette’s POVI stood in front of the penthouse window, watching the city lights blink below me. Everything looked so peaceful from here, but I knew better. Behind the glimmering exterior, everyone was moving, plotting, fighting, hiding. Even the glass separating me from the world below felt like a wall between reality and illusion.Thiago had done his part—leaving no stone unturned, going after every single person who might have leaked information about my pregnancy. At least, that’s what he said. But that wasn’t enough. I couldn’t rely entirely on him. This was my fight too. And I wasn’t about to be dragged into a game I didn’t understand.I let out a long breath and walked back to the table, picking up the digital tablet in front of me. Lucia, Marcus, and the rest of the team were still waiting for the next move. There were no comforting words from Thiago; just the calculated look in his eyes whenever he saw me. He seemed pleased with the progress. He was the kind of man who belie
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The next few hours felt like I was walking through a fog, each step heavy with the weight of what was at stake. The note had shaken me more than I cared to admit, but it was also a wake-up call. I couldn’t let this go unnoticed. Not now.I grabbed my phone, dialed Marcus’s number, and pressed it to my ear. The ringing felt like an eternity.“Bridgette,” he answered, voice smooth, like he hadn’t just been part of the most volatile corporate environment I’d ever been in.“Marcus,” I said, keeping my tone level. “I need to know if you’ve had anything to do with the leak.”There was a long pause, longer than I expected.“Bridgette, you know I don’t get involved in... sensationalist games. That’s not my style,” he replied. The casualness of his words didn’t sit right.“I’m not asking about style. I’m asking about leaks.” I pressed, my voice tightening. “You had access to sensitive information, and I need to know if you gave it to anyone.”There was another beat of silence before Marcus spo
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[BRIDGETTE'S POV]The sound of Thiago’s breathing lulled me. Slow. Steady. Unshaken.I hated that.How could he lie there like he wasn’t on the edge of something catastrophic? Like our whole reality hadn’t shifted the second I handed him that test?Maybe it had always been this way—me unraveling in silence while he anchored us with that dangerous, deliberate calm.I lifted my head slightly, just enough to watch him sleep. His face looked younger like this. Less ruthless. The weight of control he always carried had slipped off, if only for the night.I should’ve felt safer. I didn’t.I felt... seen.And being seen terrified me more than the test ever could.I slipped out of bed before dawn, dragging the blanket with me like armor. My feet found the cold marble of the penthouse floor, but I didn’t flinch.I needed space.Not to run—Just to breathe.The bathroom lights were too harsh, so I settled on the balcony. The city was just waking up. Lights blinking to life like a million eyes f
