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Second Leak

Author: Garnet
last update publish date: 2026-07-08 20:25:33

Serena

The kitchen was the only room where the morning sun hit the floorboards directly, creating a small, bright square of warmth on the rug where Eli was playing.

I liked the quiet of these mornings. After years of noise of corporate strategizing, and the constant, low frequency hum of defensive planning, the simple sound of my son babbling as he pushed a wooden toy car across the floor was a luxury I never took for granted.

I leaned against the counter, my hands wrapped around a mug of b
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    Rose I waited, and my patience had already run out. Since she's trying so hard to make things difficult for me, I hope she never regrets this. I hurriedly rush off to see Dr. Vance. It wasn't a good idea but then, with money it'll be so easy to get him. Right at his office, Dr. Vance kept his back turned to me, his fingers adjusting the dials on a small digital incubator that gave off a faint click every few seconds. He had been working in this lab for two hours without saying more than a few words to me. The facility didn't have the usual reception or security desk, just a heavy door that locked from the inside. "The trace is very faint," Vance said, finally dropping his hands and looking at the screen beside him. "The material from the glove you brought to me was mixed with dirt and grease. If this were an official court request, I would have rejected the sample immediately. A standard sample needs a clean swab." "This isn't for anyone, Vance," I reolied, leaning my weig

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Change of Plans

    SerenaI slammed my palm against the side of the laptop until the screen flashed. I was trying to see if what I had in mind was going to work. Fray called Marvin because he was the only subject that could offer assistance. Beside me, the satellite uplink device emitted a dying beep, signaling another failed handshake with the Damien's Hale Group’s primary gateway. I pulled the cables, coiled them into tight loops, and tossed the kit onto the passenger seat. There was no point in forcing a connection that didn’t want to be made."The node is dead, Marvin," I said, catching my breath. "She didn't just password-protect the compliance portal. She scrubbed the routing protocol entirely. It’s as if the estate filing never existed in the corporate database."Marvin’s voice crackled through the earbud, sharp with caffeine-fueled agitation. "Serena, listen to me. I’m running a trace on the rejection packet. It’s not a system error. It’s a deliberate, manual exclusion. Every time I try to pu

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   The Shift

    SerenaThe chill inside the cabin didn't take long to break through the layers of my wool coat. Out here, the air carried a heavy dampness that clung to everything it touched, turning every breath into a pale cloud of mist. Fray had gone ahead with the flashlight, leaving me alone in the truck with Eli. In the dark, my son’s rhythmic breathing was the only constant thing left in my world. Small, warm, and entirely steady against the cold vinyl of the seat. I kept my arm draped over his back, my palm rising and falling with his small shoulders, terrified that the moment I let go, the quiet reality we had carved out over the last four years would simply vanish.A sharp tap against the glass made me flinch so violently my shoulder hit the steering wheel.Fray was standing outside the passenger window, his frame a dark silhouette against the dark skyline. He waved the beam of his light toward the low, sagging roofline, signaling that the interior was clear. I carefully unbuckled Eli

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   The Price of Protection

    DamienI sat in my office as my. phone lay on the desk, the screen dark.For a long time, I just stood by the window, watching nothing in particular. My hand was still cold. Part of me wanted to grab my keys, run down to the garage, and drive out to the valley. I wanted to stand on Serena's porch and tell her that I was on her side, that I would stand between her and Rose until the meeting was over.But I knew what would happen if I did.Serena would see my car coming up and think it was another attack. A warning from me would look like a threat. If I wanted to protect Eli, I had to stop the wheels from turning before they ever reached her gate. And the only way to do that was to use the very thing I had spent my entire life building... my weight in this company.I walked back to the desk and sat down.For the last few years, every decision I made had been about survival. I had protected this Group because I believed it was the only thing keeping my family alive, the only thing t

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   On The Run

    FrayI was still at Serena's place when her phone began to vibrate. It seemed she had kept it on silent since the afternoon we left the courthouse, but the hard, frantic buzzing against the stone countertop was loud enough to fill the place.I reached for it before she could, checking the display. The screen showed an unlisted city exchange. It wasn't Damien, and it wasn't her legal team's private line."Don't," Serena commented. She was standing near the back door, her arms wrapped tight around herself. She had spent the last two hours staring at the dark driveway, waiting for a car that hadn't come."I have to," I replied. "If the court dropped the custody filing, Rose’s is going to try to reach you before the offices open in the morning. They want to know if you're going to say anything."I slid my thumb across the glass and put the phone to my ear. I was mute for a moment. I just listened to the heavy, wet sound of windshield wipers on the other end of the line. Until I muttere

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   The Splinter in the Mind

    Damien I hadn't slept in hours. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Serena standing on the stone steps of her house, her face pale, her eyes filled with a cold, protective fury that cut deeper than any blade. "Choosing not to destroy me today doesn't mean I trust you with my son tomorrow." The words echoed in my head, a slow-dripping poison that I couldn't flush out. She was right. I had spent the years letting Rose mold me, letting her teach me how to look at people as assets and liabilities. I had turned my chest into a vault, and now, I was standing outside the gates of my own life, holding a key that didn't fit the lock anymore. I reached for the glass of whiskey on the desk, took a slow swallow, and set it back down. The alcohol burned my throat, but it did nothing to touch the cold knot in my stomach. I pulled my laptop closer, my fingers hovering over the keyboard. I had promised Serena I would stay away. I had promised myself I wouldn't hunt them. But the silence in

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Near Death

    Serena's Pov Beeping.That was the first thing.Not pain, not light, not the slow crawl back into consciousness that they show in films where everything is soft and gauzy and someone is holding your hand. Just beeping. Steady and indifferent, like the world had kept running while I was somewhere e

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   She Won

    Serena's Pov I sat on the couch muching on some snacks. My last encounter with the lawyer went smooth. I was watching an episode in a documentary. And it got me real bad. I was so engrossed that I didn't hear the doorbell ring.The sound of the cameras alarm brought me back to reality. I hesitated

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Grief and Strategy

    RoseI rubbed my now visible belly, which had grown into the size of a double football.Satisfaction seeped into my heart thinking about the fact that everything was falling into places just like I wanted.I was twenty-two weeks now. Damien had become a bit distance, but I don't mind. As long as I

  • The Divorce That Ruined Him   Bingo!

    Rose's PovThe moment I heard “mission accomplished" and saw the news on the internet. Every stress in me diminished. It's hard trying to compete when you're as white and pure as a baby horse. This is just the beginning. That night, I remember he came to me sweet and eyes filled with lust but got

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