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He's Rich, She's a Cop: The Miami Love story

Chapter 4 Fire and Friction

Word Count: 985    |    Released on: 17/07/2025

. The bullpen was alive with chatter, computer keys clacking, and steaming coffee cups

sk, eyes flicking betwee

uttered. "Told you. The sp

rk. "Ferraris don't run on discipline. You expected him t

monitor. "I bet ten bucks he gho

ere. This is a department that's stretched thin alre

disbelief, a low, throaty engi

out. A sleek black Bugatti Chiron rolled to a

tood and pressed a

ent was

s. Officers lined both sides, and beyond them stood C

custom-cut navy suit and dark aviators. The camera

ed. "You've got t

t's his first day... and they

ward, arms outstretched,

firm, his smile wide for the press, at least. "Th

. "Anything to serve justice," he said dryl

ng dignitary. Cameras trailed him, and every few feet an officer gave him a

e final part

unced, raising his voice for the press. "He'll be embedded for t

es widene

for the briefest moment, the

e contac

respect, my team is in the middle of a serious operat

a brow. "Rea

one. "This comes directly from the Mayor

melted steel. Jason, meanwhile, looked

o bond," he s

t hallway, escaping the noise. For a moment, the arrogance drop

A 13-year-old Jason sat beside his mother, Anna, on

she said gently. "They'll label you before you ev

if I mess up? What i

kind of man he wishes he hadn't lost. The best

mise me. Be someone you'd adm

stood straighter, checked his reflection in the glas

his for Andrew. N

he woman who raised him when t

for their first joint assignment surveyi

t for issuing cold, clipped instructi

rd the vehicle bay, Leah read something o

rms folded, amused. "You always th

idn't

r didn't see the cra

oot t

ped, st

forward wit

just in time to stop the fall. He

her face inc

steady, stron

m his eyes. What remained was something els

eyes l

the world arou

ts. No viral sca

ht in a flicker of u

uiet and conflicted.

d... then gent

aring her throat, rea

to his pockets, a small s

ntirely useless

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1 Chapter 1 Crossed Wires2 Chapter 2 No Good Deed3 Chapter 3 Smoke and Strings4 Chapter 4 Fire and Friction5 Chapter 5 Clash of Codes6 Chapter 6 The Echo of Guns and Glares7 Chapter 7 Lines in the Dark8 Chapter 8 Shadow Lines9 Chapter 9 Smoke and Mirrors10 Chapter 10 The Echoes of the past11 Chapter 11 The Old Man of Jersey City12 Chapter 12 The Architect's Shadow13 Chapter 13 Echoes in the Current14 Chapter 14 The Empty Sanctuary15 Chapter 15 The Unspoken Truths16 Chapter 16 Maya's Deep Dive17 Chapter 17 A Hospital Bedside Confession18 Chapter 18 The Shadowed Alliance19 Chapter 19 The Digital Labyrinth20 Chapter 20 The Unveiling of M21 Chapter 21 A Dangerous Alliance22 Chapter 22 The Web of Control23 Chapter 23 The Mole in the Machine24 Chapter 24 The Pursuit of the Mole25 Chapter 25 The Ultimate Target26 Chapter 26 Putting the Plan Together27 Chapter 27 The Confrontation Begins28 Chapter 28 A House of Cards29 Chapter 29 The True Face30 Chapter 30 Aftershocks31 Chapter 31 The Unspoken Promise32 Chapter 32 The Serpent in the Garden33 Chapter 33 The Viper's Gambit34 Chapter 34 Unholy Assembly35 Chapter 35 The Ghost in the Machine36 Chapter 36 Echoes in the Abyss37 Chapter 37 Operation: Black Vault38 Chapter 38 The Cost of Victory39 Chapter 39 Repercussions and Reflections40 Chapter 40 The Looming Shadow41 Chapter 41 THE DEEP DIVE42 Chapter 42 First Probes43 Chapter 43 A Ghost in the System44 Chapter 44 Revelations of The Hand45 Chapter 45 The Hunt Begins46 Chapter 46 A Fragile Hope47 Chapter 47 Betrayal in the Ranks48 Chapter 48 The Mole Revealed49 Chapter 49 The Gambit Escalates50 Chapter 50 Desperate Measures51 Chapter 51 The Unleashed Echo52 Chapter 52 Tracking the Phantom53 Chapter 53 A Message from the Past54 Chapter 54 The Obsidian Nexus55 Chapter 55 Infiltration56 Chapter 56 The Heart of the Hand57 Chapter 57 The Final Gambit58 Chapter 58 Fallout and Repercussions59 Chapter 59 A New Dawn, A New Path60 Chapter 60 The Unseen Thread61 Chapter 61 Whispers of Forever62 Chapter 62 The Ghost in the Machine63 Chapter 63 The Shadow of the Past64 Chapter 64 The First Strike65 Chapter 65 The Digital Whisperer