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Abel’s brows tightened, and a feverish light burned in his eyes. It carried the weight of something obsessive, something that refused to let go.
“I only want you.”
His hand pressed down hard on the stack of papers Tess tried to turn. The weight of it pinned her in ce and forced her to meet his stare.
She lifted her eyes against her will. For one piercing instant, the depth in his gaze startled her. It carried a likeness to Finn so close that it sliced straight through herposure. Her breath caught, and she turned away at once. Her voice sharpened with rising heat.
“You’re going straight back to Finn if you’re not going to drop this from now on.”
She shoved his hand away from her desk.
The office fell into silence. The only sound left was the steady scrape of her pen against the paper as she forced herself to keep writing.
Abel rose slowly without a word. His tall frame stretched over her desk, and the weight of his shadow covered her like a storm cloud.
<i>That </i>shadow lingered for a long moment before it finally pulled away.
Abel turned and walked out in silence.
The tip of Tess’s pen hovered in midair. She stayed frozen like that for a long time until a heavy sigh slipped from her lips.
Abel did not understand the danger of what he was doing. She could not let herself act without caution.
She tried to dive back into her work, but the moment her pen touched the page, a sharp pain split through her head. She set the files aside with weary hands.
Her fingers pressed against her temples as she reached for herputer. The screen flickered to life, and just as she feared, the headline ring across it made her chest tighten. The top story zed with a photograph of her and Abel standing side by side.
She hated to say it, but the photographer hired by Henry’s people was rmingly skilled. It was only one simple picture, but the way it had been captured made it look like a professional portrait of two people who belonged together.
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She scrolled down through thements, and her suspicions were confirmed. Hardly anyone cared about the business itself. Most of the chatter was about how striking she and Abel looked as a pair.
Some people were even searching for the journalist’s and the photographer’s X ounts.
The entire thing felt senseless, yet against her better judgment, she saved the photo anyway.
That very article spread into the highest floor of the Lock Group.
The moment someone stepped into the CEO’s office, the air inside struck like walking into the middle of winter.
Zane shuddered and saw Finn sitting before theputer, his face locked in a frozen re.
“Take those photos down. Erase every trace of this story from the trending lists.”
Finn’s voice hit like ice the moment Zane approached.
Zane nced at the glowing monitor, and in that instant, he understood what had turned his boss‘ expression so cold.
“Yes, sir.”
He answered quickly, but sweat was already breaking down his back.
At Ember Group, Henry almost stumbled in his rush as he pushed a warm sheet of from the printer into Kylie’s hands.
Nadine followed at his side, pressing a pen into her mother’s palm.
paper
fresh
“Honey, as soon as you sign this, you should go home. There are things I need to handle here at thepany, and Nadine will stay behind to help me.”
Henry spoke with practiced charm, and Nadine nodded eagerly beside him.
“What could Nadine possibly do to help you?”
The unease in Kylie’s chest grew heavier.
She knew Nadine had risen to be one of the most respected attorneys in Aetheris, but Kylie had raised her. She had watched Nadine grow from the start, and no one knew her limits
better than she did.
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“Of course I can help Dad. And it will be good for me to watch how he works. I can learn from
him.”
For a heartbeat, Nadine’s face flickered with something unguarded, but she smoothed it away and tugged at Kylie’s arm with practiced sweetness.
“Don’t worry about a thing. A long, long time ago, I promised you that when you married me, you would never need to worry about thispany. You were only meant to live infort. Leave all of this to me and Nadine.”
Henry’s honeyed voice covered her doubts, but the pen in Kylie’s hand hovered above the signature line. Something shed across her thoughts, but it slipped away before she could reach it.
“Darling, once you sign this, I need to prepare the public notice for the shares. With your help today, the rest will be simple.”
“Mom, just sign it already.”
Both of them urged her at once.
Kylie bit her lip until it ached, pushing every echo of doubt out of her mind.
Her hand rose, and she signed the agreement.
The moment the final stroke left her pen, Henry snatched the agreement with a burst of excitement.
The sharp motion startled Kylie, and Henry noticed at once. He softened his voice, trying to soothe her. “Go home and catch up on some sleep, honey. Nadine will see you out.”
Inside, Henry burned with triumph. From this moment forward, she no longer had Ember Group. None at all.
any
ties to
Still, he did not let his excitement show. On the outside, he was still the gentleman he pretended to be.
“Come on, Mom.”
Nadine slipped an arm around her and steered her toward the elevators.
Kylie followed, but the farther she walked, the tighter her chest grew. Panic crept in like a shadow, and just before they reached the door, her hand mped down hard on Nadine’s
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Nadine froze. A flicker of irritation shed in her eyes, but she swallowed it down. “Mom, what is it?”
Kylie’s throat tightened, and she forced the words out. “You and your father are really busy at work. I should get you some refreshments.”
Her lips trembled as she spoke.
Nadine blinked, confused, then curved her lips into a gentle smile. “There is no need for that, Mom. Please don’t trouble yourself.”
Kylie’s grip tightened again.
Pain shot through Nadine’s arm, and her voice rose in a cry. “Mom, you are hurting me!”
The sound tore through Kylie’s ears like ss breaking. She flinched and let <i>go </i>at once. “Nadine, are you alright?”
She grabbed her daughter’s hand and studied her fingers with care. In that moment, she missed the sudden change in Nadine’s face, the way her expression had darkened.
“Mom, please just go home!”
Nadine’s hands pressed against her shoulders, guiding her firmly toward the waiting car.
Kylie stumbled in a haze, her eyes searching Nadine’s impatient face. Confusion spread through her chest like a fog she could not shake.
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