LOGINNaomi instinctively shook her head as she took a step backward. "No. I won't go! Let me go!!!""You don't get to make the decisions here," Falcon retorted with a faint smile. He gave the guards another signal.Without wasting a second, several burly men immediately seized Naomi by the arms and forci
"He's still alive," Falcon replied shortly. "Just as you wanted."A faint grin spread across Silas's face. "Leave him."Falcon raised an eyebrow, somewhat surprised by the decision. "Why don't you want to finish him off? My men had the chance to shoot him.""Don't," Silas answered without hesitation
Several hours before Carrington Bay descended into total chaos.An old warehouse in the harbor district remained shrouded in an oppressive silence. Dim lights hanging from the ceiling cast a yellowish glow across the concrete floor. In the middle of the room, several fierce-looking men stood on guar
Then there were only two possibilities.They were really there.Or...They wanted Cale to believe they were there.Meanwhile, at TnC's Sun City headquarters, the atmosphere inside the conference room remained tense. Several directors from different divisions sat around the long conference table, whi
At that very moment, Cale's entire security network sprang into action on a massive scale.Vincent had just received an update from one of the staff members. "Mr. Cale, they lost the vehicle's signal thirty-one minutes ago. The last signal was near the route leading to the university. The CCTV foota
Daniel didn't truly know how he was still able to move. Blood streamed from his temple, soaking the collar of his shirt. His left shoulder was nearly numb after being struck repeatedly with an iron bar. Even breathing had become a struggle, each expansion of his lungs feeling unbearably heavy.Yet a
“I asked someone to keep an eye on Selena. You knew that, right?”Ah—right. One of Erick’s trusted people had been assigned to monitor Selena and her movements closely. “So what did he find?”“There was absolutely no change in her usual routine. Selena never met anyone else. All she did was shop, ta
“I didn’t realize you two were close,” Althea said, shifting slightly in her seat so she could speak more comfortably with Josh.The car rolled away from the restaurant at an easy pace. City lights flickered on one by one, their reflections sliding across the windows. Josh sat quietly in the passeng
“No,” she growled under her breath. “Not today.”Eli opened her eyes; her breath caught in her throat.“Tomorrow is important,” Selena continued, more to herself than to Eli. “Your face can’t look ruined.”Eli stared at her mother, confused. “Important for what?”“Go to your room,” Selena ordered. “
Oscar slowly lifted his head. His breathing was ragged, his chest rising and falling unevenly.“If you refuse,” Cale continued—his voice calm, stripped of any overt threat, which somehow made it far more terrifying—“you never should’ve thought about refusing in the first place. You do remember your







