Love's Betrayal: A Digital Wasteland

n't just crash; it evaporated. The social order we took for granted fractured into a

at we did. I was a cybersecurity expert, and she was the best data analyst I' d ever known

ed. Jake Anderso

the place, all charisma and easy confidence. They were tech en

a way of making you feel like you were the only person in the unive

skeptica

digital assets. Once we have them, we can reboot the core economic systems." He smiled, but it didn

ake focused his attention on me, his voice dropping lower. "I

loved me, and I poured everything I had int

unched a hostile takeover of our system. It was a brutal, no-holds-barred digital assau

he primary firewall!" he yel

ked in. Static flooded my vision, and a piercing whine echoed in my skull. I ignored it, pushing my own code into the breach, building walls of data to

egnant. Jake' s child. The joy wa

ssion. They were supposed to be in and out, a simple snatch-and-grab from a

away. Chl

lly, a violation so profound it nearly shattered her mind. They rifled through her memories, corru

scue and brought her back, she

vowed, holding my hands, his face a mask of fury. "Everyone

silent, ruthless war, eliminating the rival corp and the carte

s carrying Jake' s child. It felt li

he main briefing room and heard voices. Jake and No

y with the resul

ir assets are folded into her portfolio. The corporate rivals who backed the

our as

s tied to me now. Chloe is broken, but you can rebuild her. She' ll be depend

d over me, so inte

"What happened to Chloe... it was

-death experience solidified her loyalty and gave us the perfect excuse to go after the corporation. They were pawns, Noah.

rld synonymous with privilege and power. Our project, our sacrifices, my love,

nst the cold metal wall, my hand on my stomach, the li

n her room, staring blankly at a wall of static-filled screens. I didn' t have to say a word. She l

, but we were in it together. An