Owned By The Enemy

or clicking shut echoed louder i

the hidden compartment now empty, as if it had released not just

she sat back on the edge of t

d of secrets did he bury inside it? What if the card had evidence - a

remaine

ade no sound against the expensive rug. Every instinct told her to st

.. what d

rd - just handed her the locket, squeezed her hand once, and walked into his trial like a man wal

cried at

't cried

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" she asked, h

the minibar in the corner, poured himself a glass

c?" she

les. Spreadsheets, emails, transaction logs...

- that means he kne

eans your father saw it comi

t her bre

ne inside the finance department siphoning money slowly over time. Your father created a secr

e bed again. "So... he was t

ured it out. They turned the blame on

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any of this in

't prove it without exposing the card. And i

So... he protected me b

flexed, and

," she whispered. "All th

nic said, finis

ded mis

er now. "I made myself believe it, too. It was easier th

e, the weight of too many regr

stood and wal

ens now?"

my legal team. We reopen the investigation. If this h

room

ked. "Where does

gaze. "Th

wh

you're sti

caught off gu

" he said, stepping closer. "Every word you say is dipped in cautio

d softly. "After everythin

hated you, Liana. Not

here? Why force me to face

got closure. And

his-this apartment, this city, t

it might help us sto

hest

held her like she was everything, then lef

ing in the ruins. And maybe... ma

't come here just to help with your PR disaster

rkened. "Sa

ose," she breathe

nds were on her waist,

dn't r

was deeper, slower. Like two people redisc

rt, she rested her f

s is," she said. "But

her jaw. "Then stay. Let'

let herself believe that maybe -

ed blinking light on the camera t

e had seen

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