All Chapters of Owned By The Enemy : Chapter 51 - Chapter 60

The elevator doors slid open.Slow.Deliberate.Every eye in the room locked onto it.Sebastian didn’t move.Lucien stilled at the console.Jaxon’s fingers hovered over the controls.Rafael shifted slightly—Just enough to react if needed.Ivy stood where she was.Not behind Sebastian.Not hidden.Watching.Waiting.The doors opened fully.Empty.Silence stretched.Thick.Heavy.Jaxon frowned.“That’s not possible.”Lucien’s voice came sharper.“Someone triggered it manually.”A beat.Then—A soft click echoed through the penthouse.Ivy’s head turned.The sound hadn’t come from the elevator.It came from behind them.Near the center of the room.A small device sat on the marble floor.Unnoticed.Until now.Sebastian moved first.Fast.But careful.“Don’t touch it,” Lucien warned.Already scanning.“It’s not armed,” he added a second later.A pause.“…It’s transmitting.”Jaxon’s expression tightened.“From where?”Lucien didn’t answer immediately.Because the answer didn’t make sense.

Rafael didn’t move from the doorway.Neither did Ivy.The silence between them stretched—Not empty.Heavy.“You shouldn’t be here,” he said finally.Ivy let out a quiet breath.“I figured that part out.”Her voice wasn’t shaky.But it wasn’t steady either.Rafael watched her for a moment longer.Then stepped inside, closing the door behind him with a soft click.Not trapping her.Just… sealing the moment.“You saw enough,” he added.Ivy shook her head slowly.“No,” she said.“I didn’t.”A pause.“Because this?” she gestured toward the screen.“This isn’t random.”Rafael didn’t respond.“And neither was the accident,” she continued.Her voice tightening now.Still—No denial.That told her more than anything else could have.Her chest rose sharply.“Who did it?”Rafael exhaled quietly.Ran a hand through his hair.“You’re asking the wrong question again.”Her patience snapped just slightly.“Then stop saying that and tell me the right one.”A beat.“Why would someone target your siste

Ivy didn’t sleep.Not really.The photograph sat on the table across from her—Like it was watching.Waiting.By morning—She was done waiting.She walked into the main room without hesitation.No pause.No second-guessing.Sebastian was already there.Of course he was.Standing near the windows—Still.Controlled.He turned slightly when she entered.“You’re up early.”“I didn’t sleep.”A beat.“That’s not surprising.”Her fingers tightened around the envelope in her hand.“We need to talk.”His gaze sharpened slightly.“About what?”She didn’t answer.Instead—She stepped forward—And dropped the photograph onto the table between them.The sound echoed louder than it should have.Sebastian’s eyes flicked down.Then stilled.Just for a second.That was all she needed.“You recognize it,” she said.Not a question.Silence stretched.Then—“Yes.”No hesitation.No denial.Her chest tightened.“Then explain it.”Jaxon appeared from the hallway.Lucien not far behind.They didn’t interru

Ivy stopped pacing.That was the first change.No more testing the door.No more checking the corners.No more visible resistance.She sat.Still.Quiet.When the door opened—She didn’t look up immediately.Sebastian stepped in.Alone this time.That was new.“I expected more of a fight,” he said.Ivy turned her head slowly.“Would it have changed anything?”A pause.“No.”“Then I’m conserving energy.”That answer lingered.Because it wasn’t defiance.It was calculation.Sebastian stepped further into the room.“You’ve been very quiet.”“I’ve been listening.”His gaze sharpened slightly.“To what?”Ivy tilted her head just enough—“To what no one is saying.”Silence.Because that?That was dangerous.“You think you’ve figured something out,” he said.“I think I’ve figured out enough.”A beat.“Enough to do what?”She didn’t answer.And that—That unsettled him more than anything else she’d done.Later—They let her out.Not fully.Just the main floor.Supervised.Watched.But it was

The door shut behind Rafael.Quiet.But the sound lingered anyway.Ivy didn’t move.Neither did Sebastian.The silence between them stretched sharp enough to cut through.“You’re starting to make reckless decisions,” Sebastian said finally.His voice stayed calm.That calm was becoming dangerous.Ivy folded her arms tighter.“Because I asked questions?”“Because you ignore every warning I give you.”A humorless laugh slipped from her lips.“You mean every order.”Something flickered behind his eyes.Brief.Gone.“You think this is about control,” he said.“It is about control.”Her voice echoed harder than she intended.But she didn’t take it back.“Locked doors. Surveillance. Following me everywhere—”“Because people are trying to use you.”“And what exactly are you doing?”Silence.There it was again.That pause he kept giving her instead of truth.Ivy shook her head slowly.“You see? That right there.”Sebastian stepped closer.Slow enough for her to back away if she wanted.She di