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Adrian stood at the edge of the narrow tree road, staring at the small cottage nestled among the trees.It was isolated, surrounded by thick woods, with only a winding path leading up to it.His heart pounded.After weeks of searching, he had finally found her.Elena.For days, his resources had led him in circles—but he had never stopped. He couldn’t.And now, here she was.Hidden.But not from him.The air smelled like rain, damp earth, and pine. The evening sun cast long shadows over the cabin’s wooden porch.Adrian exhaled sharply, shaking off the tension that had built up over the search.She had run from him.Quit her job.Vanished without a trace.Now, standing in front of the place she had chosen as her refuge, he had only one question in his mind.Why?Elena sat curled up on the couch, a book resting in her lap, though she hadn’t turned a page in the last ten minutes.Something felt… off.It was a quiet evening, the kind she had come to cherish since escaping the chaos of the
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Adrian was still here.Sitting on the couch like he belonged.Like he hadn’t turned her life upside down.She had spent weeks convincing herself that leaving had been the right choice. That she could move on. That she could finally breathe.But now?Now, the air in the cottage was thick with unsaid words, years of pain pressing against her chest like a weight she could no longer carry.Adrian sat with his elbows on his knees, watching her carefully.She could tell he was waiting.For what?For her to calm down?For her to pretend like his presence didn’t shatter the fragile peace she had built?No.Not this time.Something inside her snapped."You shouldn’t have come here." Her voice was sharp, the anger she had buried for so long finally breaking free.Adrian’s jaw tightened, but he didn’t look away. "I had to."She let out a humorless laugh. "Of course you did. Because you always have to be in control, don’t you?"He didn’t answer.And that only made the rage in her chest burn hotte
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Elena stood frozen in the middle of the small cabin, her pulse thundering in her ears.Adrian was gone.Or at least, that’s what she told herself.She had watched him step out, heard the door click shut behind him.She had wanted this.She had told him to leave.So why did her chest feel hollow?Why did she feel like something was unfinished?She took a deep breath, pressing her fingers against her temples.She needed to pull herself together.This was for the best.She had spent years trying to move on. She wasn’t going to let Adrian ruin that now.With a sharp inhale, she turned back toward the kitchen, reaching for her bottle of water. The warmth had faded, but she didn’t care.She lifted the bottle to her lips—And then she heard it.The sound of footsteps.Slow. Deliberate.She stiffened.No.He wouldn’t—A firm knock echoed through the cabin.Her fingers tightened around the bottle.Another knock.“Elena,” Adrian’s voice came from the other side of the door.She closed her eyes.
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Elena stood in the doorway, staring at Adrian, her heartbeat an uneven rhythm in her chest. His words still hung between them, thick with meaning, heavy with the weight of the past.I’m not giving up on you.She wanted to laugh at the absurdity of it.And the fact that, here he was, standing in front of her, acting as if he could rewrite the past with sheer determination.She hated him for that.And yet…She didn’t shut the door in his face.That alone was enough to make her uneasy.Elena crossed her arms, forcing herself to look unaffected. “So, what now?” she asked, her voice colder than she felt.Adrian’s eyes didn’t waver. “Now, we talk.”She let out a short, humorless laugh. “Just like that?”“Yes,” he said simply.She shook her head, gripping the doorframe tighter. “You think this is easy? You think a few words can fix everything?”“No,” he admitted. “But it’s a start.”Elena hesitated.A start.It shouldn’t mean anything.It shouldn’t feel like something is shifting inside her.
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Elena stared at the small wooden table, her hands tightening around the plate she was setting down. She still wasn’t sure how this had happened.One moment, she had been telling herself that Adrian’s visits meant nothing. That his words had changed nothing.The next, she was making dinner—knowing he would be here today.She exhaled sharply and shook her head. This doesn’t mean anything.A knock at the door made her stomach twist.She hesitated.For a brief moment, she considered ignoring it.Letting him stand out there in the cold, just like she had once been left alone in the darkness.But that wasn’t who she was.No matter how much she wanted to pretend otherwise.Taking a deep breath, she stepped forward and pulled the door open.Adrian stood there, hands in his coat pockets, looking at her with an expression she couldn’t quite read.“Come in,” she said before she could second-guess herself.He stepped inside, his eyes scanning the small space. She could tell he was taking everythi
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Adrian watched Elena closely, taking in every small movement—the way she toyed with her fork, the way she avoided his eyes, the way she seemed to hold her breath every time he came too close.She was trying to act indifferent. Trying to pretend that she had moved on.But he could feel it.The tension between them.The way her guard would slip, just for a second, before she caught herself and rebuilt the walls around her heart.She still felt something.She just wouldn’t admit it.Elena cleared her throat and pushed her plate away. “I think we should—”“Do you still love me?”The question cut through the air, heavy and unavoidable.Her eyes snapped to his, her entire body going rigid. “What?”Adrian leaned forward slightly, holding her gaze. “Do you still love me?”She let out a short, humorless laugh. “That’s ridiculous.”“Is it?”She stood up, shaking her head. “I don’t have to answer that.”Adrian rose to his feet as well. “You don’t have to. But I think you should.”She turned away
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Adrian had never been the type to let emotions interfere with business.But lately, things had changed.Ever since he found Elena, his focus had shifted. He was still in control—still sharp, still powerful—but his mind kept drifting back to her, trying to win her over again.And someone had noticed.Richard.Adrian’s business rival had always been waiting for the perfect moment to strike.Now, he saw his chance.Sitting in his sleek office, Richard leaned back in his chair, a smug smile playing at his lips as he tapped his fingers against his desk. His assistant stood in front of him, holding a tablet with the latest reports.“He’s slipping,” the assistant said. “The numbers are still solid, but Adrian has been distracted.”Richard chuckled. “I never thought I’d see the day Adrian let emotions cloud his judgment.”He leaned forward, his eyes glinting with amusement. “So the great Adrian has a weakness after all.”The assistant shifted. “He’s still dangerous, sir. Even distracted, he’s
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Adrian sat in the sleek boardroom, his investors watching him closely.They were uncertain. Hesitant.Richard had gotten to them.But Adrian wasn’t about to let him win.He leaned forward, his voice firm, steady, unshaken.“I don’t make promises I can’t keep,” Adrian said, his eyes sweeping across the room. “You’ve worked with me long enough to know that.”The investors exchanged glances.Adrian continued. “Richard is offering you big numbers and flashy deals. But when has he ever delivered?” He let the question hang. “With me, you know what you’re getting. Stability. Growth. Power.”A long pause.Then, one investor nodded.Then another.Adrian knew he had them.Richard had tried to take him down.But Adrian was still standing.And he wasn’t going anywhere.Still, as the meeting ended and the deal was secured, his mind drifted back to Elena.Winning the business war was one thing.Winning her back...That was the real battle.And he had no intention of losing.Adrian was already used
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“We’ve faced betrayal, sabotage, theft, and attempts on our lives. What began as corporate rivalry escalated into organized, personal warfare.” He paused, his eyes narrowing. “Today, we are revealing the truth.”The first slide appeared on the massive screen beside him. It wasn’t dramatic—just a name.Elias Wolfe.The gasps began. A few reporters exchanged stunned glances.Adrain continued, “This man, who posed as a business rival, is the orchestrator behind every scheme we’ve endured. From planted board moles to cyber attacks, from bribed assassins to embezzlement attempts—all roads lead back to him.”One by one, more slides appeared: encrypted emails decrypted by cybersecurity teams, testimonies from the arrested hackers, confessions signed and dated. There were financial trails, everything linking back to Wolfe, phone logs, and messages retrieved from burner devices.Then came the final blow—a video of the hackers, eyes puffy, face bruised, voice trembling.“We work for Elias Wolfe
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The silence that followed was not empty—it was expectant, as though the walls themselves held their breath waiting for the man who had just crossed the threshold to speak.He was calm, or rather slow, heavy. Not with exhaustion, but with the burden of something far heavier than physical fatigue.Elena stood up, her silhouette outlined by the soft amber glow of the chandelier above. She was wrapped in one of his old button-down shirts, sleeves rolled to her elbows, a cup of tea in her hand—untouched.“Is everything okay?,” she said gently, stepping closer.Adrain nodded once, unbuttoning his cuff, his expression unreadable. His suit jacket slid off his shoulders with practiced ease and landed on the armrest of the nearest chair.Elena didn’t need to ask. Not really. But still, her voice was soft when she spoke again. “How did it go?”He sat down beside her, elbows on his knees, hands clasped tight. A storm passed behind his eyes.“It’s him,” he said after a long pause. “It was Elias Wo
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The low hum of Elena’s voice drifted through Adrain’s office like a thought made audible.“If what that man said is true,” she said, her fingers tracing slow circles along the polished glass edge of the Adrain's office table, “then you were right from the beginning. Elias Wolfe has always been the one to watch.”Adrain stood across from her, arms crossed as he stared at the flash drive he had left behind. Sunlight from the tall windows glinted off the metal casing, but the weight of what it held was darker than anything light could touch.Elena pushed off from the table and walked toward him, heels silent against the marble floor. “We can use this,” she said, her voice firm now. “This… this could be the piece that breaks Elias.”Adrain’s eyes flicked up to hers, fire gathering behind their calm surface. “I’m heading to the station,” he said.Elena didn’t stop him.***At the precinct, the air was heavy with tension. They sat handcuffed, bruised and jittery, their masks of bravado stri
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The tension sat thick in the air like fog before a storm. Adrain, behind his desk, arms folded, watching the man in black who had just dropped a flash drive that could dismantle Elias Wolfe’s cyber operation.The silence was tight, stretching.Then, the man cleared his throat, voice low and rough like gravel under boots.“There’s something else you need to know. About Victor Langley.”Adrain’s eyes sharpened. Elena tilted slightly forward, her brows knitting together.“You already said Elias pulled the strings on the hack. What’s Victor got to do with it?” Adrain's investigator asked, arms still crossed, but his tone had shifted. More alert. Less skeptical.The man nodded, slowly stepping away from the center of the room toward a leather chair. He didn’t sit, only touched its backrest, as if grounding himself in what he was about to say.“I was hired by Victor,” he began, each word measured. “To end either you or your wife.”The words dropped like a glass shattering on tile. Elena’s b
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The soft hum of the air conditioner merged with the distant clatter of keyboards outside the office. Inside, the room was a contrast of silence and thought. Adrain sat at the head of his office desk, one arm draped loosely over the armrest while his other hand tapped a slow, deliberate rhythm on the glass surface.Elena stood by the wide window, watching the golden afternoon light pour in, casting patterns across the floor. Adrain's investigator flipped through documents on his tablet, eyes narrowing everything, so often as he took mental notes.“I still can't believe that Mr. Trent had a hand in this,” he muttered. “Also, the hackers’ skill level… the coordination… it's just different.”Adrain didn’t respond. His gaze lingered on nothing in particular. Still. Focused.A knock disrupted the stillness.Three raps. Calm. Confident.Elena turned. Adrain's investigator raised an eyebrow. Adrain looked toward the door and said, “Come in.”The door creaked open, and a man stepped inside, th
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The low hum of computers and distant chatter of staff filled the open space of Adrain's company. On the outside, it was another ordinary day—files exchanged hands, deals were closed, coffees brewed. But at the core of it all, in the executive wing, Adrain and Elena moved with a calm that was unnerving to anyone who paid close attention.Their composure was like still water over deep currents.Elena, seated at her sleek glass desk, typed away on her keyboard, occasionally glancing at her screen. Her brows were relaxed. No tension in her shoulders. If anything, she looked lighter than usual. Adrain had already walked past three departments with a slight smile and an easy nod. He'd even complimented the receptionist’s new haircut.No boardroom meetings. No whispers in corners. Just business as usual.But somewhere else in the city, that silence was setting a fire.**Elias Wolfe leaned over his desk, jaw set hard as he spoke into his phone. “They’ve said nothing,” he growled. “Not a sing
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They’re watching,” Elena replied, voice distant but assured. “They don’t need reassurance in words. They need to see their leaders walking forward. Calm breeds calm.”Sophie got up and joined her at the window, arms folded. “Still… doesn’t it burn? Knowing someone thinks they’ve outplayed you?”Elena’s smile didn’t falter. “Only if they truly have.”The two women stood in silence for a beat, overlooking the sprawling city. Cars moved like ants on their trails. People rushed without knowing whose war they were walking under.Sophie turned her head slightly. “So… what now?”Elena’s gaze sharpened. “Now, we wait. We let them get greedy. And when they do… we’ll be ready.”A quiet knock tapped on the door again, this time lighter, more formal.A junior assistant stepped in nervously. “Ma’am… Mr. Adrain asked me to tell you that the European proposal has been updated, and he wants your final thoughts before he sends it out.”Elena nodded. “Tell him I’ll be right there.”As the assistant sli
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“No. Don’t lock the leak. Keep the route open. We’re baiting them.”Another pause. Adrain’s fingers tapped the edge of the desk lightly.“They bypassed surface-level security. That wasn’t random. Someone’s been inside—knows our system language. I want full trace protocols on the backend. Key mirroring. Subtle algorithm shifts. Anything they’ve left behind.”He listened, eyes never leaving Elena.“Yes. Remote only. Do not alert IT. Don’t even breathe a word in our system channels. If anyone asks, say we’re on routine maintenance.”He ended the call.Elena came beside him, her fingers grazing the back of his hand. “You’re setting a trap.”“We’re giving them a stage,” he corrected. “Let them feel safe. Let them perform.”She tilted her head, her voice soft. “And then?”He turned to her, eyes gleaming in the low light. “Then the curtain falls.”He moved to the liquor cabinet and poured two glasses—one for him, one for her. He handed hers with a subtle grin, the tension between them meltin
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Elena was already rising, hurrying toward his seat with her tablet. “Look. Look at this! There’s been an unauthorized transaction—massive funds have just been moved out of one of the company’s sub-accounts.”Adrain snatched the device and scanned the screen. His breath caught. “Twenty-five million dollars... gone?”“It’s real. It just happened,” she said. “Our system just flagged it as an anomaly because of the destination account—it’s masked.”“Get the tech team on the line. Now!” Adrain ordered, already heading toward his office with Elena right behind him.Within minutes, the company’s head of cybersecurity, appeared on the large screen in the home office, his face pale.“Sir, we just noticed it as well. The system flagged it seconds after the funds moved.”“Who the hell did this?” Adrain’s voice was laced with ice.“We’re still tracing it. The hacker covered their tracks with precision. This wasn’t amateur work—this was planned. The account used was buried deep under layers of hid
