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CHAPTER 54: Adrian Blackwell's Game
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2026-07-21 17:08:00
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Alexander planned the evening for three days. He did it in between board calls and forensic accountants and the slow, sick dread of wondering which knight had betrayed him. He refused to let Adrian's revelation steal one more thing from him. Not this. Not the only part of his life that had ever felt entirely uncomplicated.He took Sophia to the rooftop of his building after Ethan was asleep at her sister's for the night. He'd strung string lights along the railing with his own hands, because he hadn't wanted strangers in the room for this. A small table was set with the kind of plain, unfussy food Sophia actually liked, instead of anything performative."This is a lot," she said, looking around. Equal parts touched and wary. The particular caution she still carried whenever something felt too good without warning."It's not about the lights." Alexander took her hands across the table, his thumbs brushing slow circles against her knuckles, grounding himself as much as her. "I needed yo
The Billionaire Who Regretted Letting Me Go CHAPTER 55: The Truth About Adrian
"What does that mean." Sophia's voice came out flat, controlled, though her pulse had climbed into her throat. "Say it plainly, Adrian. I'm done with riddles."Adrian turned his glass slowly on the table, watching the light catch the liquid inside it, in no apparent hurry despite the demand in her voice. "Four years ago, a man approached me. Wanted someone to keep a discreet eye on a woman who'd recently had a falling-out with a rising young executive named Alexander knight. Nothing dramatic, he said. Just a presence. Helpful, unobtrusive, the kind of kindness that builds quiet trust over time, in case that trust ever became useful."Sophia felt something cold drop straight through her stomach. "Who.""Marcus Halloway." Adrian said the name without flinching, like it cost him nothing at all. "He didn't know yet what you'd become to Alexander's story. He simply liked the idea of an asset close to a man he already considered a future obstacle. I was young, and the money was good, and yo
The Billionaire Who Regretted Letting Me Go CHAPTER 54: Adrian Blackwell's Game
Adrian found Sophia outside Ethan's preschool, of all places. He leaned against an expensive car parked half a block down, like he'd been waiting there long enough to grow comfortable with it."You shouldn't be here," she said, stopping short. Every instinct in her body went taut and wary at the sight of him."I had a feeling you'd say that." Adrian's smile was easy, unbothered. The same smile that had unsettled her from the very first hallway. "I heard about the breach. Terrible business. I wanted to offer my condolences, professionally speaking.""You wanted to gloat." Sophia crossed her arms, refusing to let him see how unsteady his sudden appearance had made her. "Or you wanted to see how badly it's hurting him. Either way, I don't have time for it.""Sophia." He said her name with a patience that felt, somehow, more threatening than anger would have. "I've never once lied to you. Not when I helped with the apartment. Not when I told you what kind of man Alexander used to be. I'd
The Billionaire Who Regretted Letting Me Go CHAPTER 53: Partners
The badge belonged to a junior associate named Wren Castellano. Three years at the company. Access level far below what the leaked documents should have allowed. Which meant either she had help, or someone had used her credentials without her knowing."She's being questioned now," David said, sliding into the seat across from Alexander's desk the next morning. "But her lawyer's already pushing back hard. Honestly, Alexander, something about this doesn't sit right. A three-year associate doesn't have the contacts to place documents with three outlets at once. Someone fed her the access, or used her badge while she wasn't looking.""Then we're not done," Alexander said. He glanced at Sophia, seated at the end of the table with a legal pad covered in her own careful shorthand. No one had formally decided to include her in this meeting. She'd simply stayed, and no one had asked her to leave.A board member two seats down cleared his throat with obvious disapproval. His name was Halbrook,
The Billionaire Who Regretted Letting Me Go CHAPTER 52: The Attack on knight Holdings
By six the next morning, Alexander's phone hadn't stopped buzzing since David's call. Knight Holdings' stock had dropped further than he'd ever watched it fall in a single overnight session.He stood in his office in yesterday's shirt. The city skyline outside the window was grey and unbothered. He scrolled through headlines that hadn't existed twelve hours earlier. Cole Holdings Faces Scrutiny Over Leaked Internal Documents. Major Shareholders Demand Answers After Data Breach. Someone had handed financial projections, supplier contracts, and two unsigned acquisition deals to at least three different outlets. All at once. Timed for maximum damage."Talk to me," he said, the moment David walked through the door. David looked like he hadn't slept either."It's bad. But it's not fatal. Yet." David dropped a folder on the desk. His hands weren't quite steady. "Whoever did this had real access. Not outsider hacking. Insider knowledge. Files that don't exist anywhere outside our internal se
The Billionaire Who Regretted Letting Me Go CHAPTER 51: The Judge's Decision
Sophia couldn't feel her own hands.She sat rigid at the long table, Marcus on one side, Alexander on the other, and stared at Judge Whitfield's face. She tried to read the verdict before it came. Five years of surviving alone had taught her to brace for the worst. She braced now. Every muscle in her body felt coiled tight enough to snap.The courtroom was too quiet. Somewhere behind her, a chair creaked. Somewhere else, a phone buzzed once and went silent. None of it mattered. Only the judge's face mattered."I've made my decision regarding custody of Ethan Marquez knight," Judge Whitfield said. She let the silence stretch a beat longer, like she understood exactly what that pause cost the two people in front of her.Sophia's hand found Alexander's under the table. He gripped back instantly. No hesitation. His thumb pressed once against her knuckles, steady, the way it had been steady through every page of evidence, every hour of this endless day."This court finds insufficient evide
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