The Fiancee Who Stole My Life

h developer, funneling my real work through back channels. All for her. So I could build a "normal" life with Olivia, a life she claimed she want

The home I had built for myself, the one Olivia had only ever been a guest in. The place where my rea

less than four hours. Agent Smith didn't ask questions when I demanded speed; he simply made it happen. That was the power I wielded, a power Olivia had never even suspected. It was a strange, d

erence. Olivia and Daniel, kissing. The headline flashed beneath them: "Tech's Royal Couple!" The world was celebrating their union while I was being erased from the picture.

was cool and smelled of ozone and industrial-grade coffee. Agent Smith was waiting for me in a sterile processing room. He was a man made of sharp angles and pragmatism, his suit

re about this, Ethan?" Smith asked, his tone betraying a rare hint of something other than professional detachment. "Walking away from your c

lar piece of strategic government property as a wedding present to her high school boyfriend? The one where she orc

everything. They would have seen Olivia' s communications with Daniel, flagged the suspicious timing of my trip. They let it happen, adher

reprimand in his voice. "Revenge isn't a valid rea

reclamation. She is publicly claiming ownership of Aegis. She is handing access to it to Daniel Sterling, a man whose company is already

My contract stated I could terminate our agreement under specific exigent circumstances. A publ

worn to protect. A system Olivia had just threatened. There was a brief flicker in Smith' s eyes-a moment of recalculation. He was

algia for a life she thinks she missed out on with a man who represents some kind of simple, high school fantasy. She has no concept of the world she just step

nfirmed. Your assets are unfrozen. Aegis is responsive only to your command." He sighed, a small, almost imperceptible sound of defeat. "She's going to r