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DECOY
Andres stopped mid-step.His eyes flicked toward Yvonne, fast and careful, like a man who had just heard a dangerous name. His face stayed controlled, but the pause betrayed him. He knew her.Joaquin turned slowly, his gaze moving from Yvonne to Andres, then back. “You know him?” Joaquin asked, calm but alert.Margaret’s smile faded. “Yvonne,” she said, confused now. “Why are you calling a guard ‘Andres’?”Yvonne couldn’t answer.She stared at the gun on Andres’s hip, at the uniform on his chest, at the estate behind him that swallowed sound and truth. Her hand stayed on her stomach, but the pride she carried a minute ago began to crack.Because if Andres was standing here as security…Then who, exactly, had she spent that night with?Yvonne didn’t look at her mother. Her eyes stayed locked on Andres. “Don’t play games with me,” she said. “That night, you were announced. You stood before the elites. You were celebrated like a king.”Andres swallowed. His gaze flicked to Joaquin for a
THE WRONG MAN
“Mom, I saw Ethan,” Yvonne said, her tone tight. “In a Bugatti.”“And?” Margaret snapped, as if the word meant nothing. “Cars don’t prove anything. Maybe he’s a driver. Maybe he’s taking it to a mechanic. Maybe he’s cleaning it. You want to let one random sight ruin what you came for?”Yvonne’s jaw clenched. “He didn’t move like a driver.”Margaret scoffed. “He moved like a man acting important because he knows you’re here. That’s what losers do when they’re desperate. Your prize is inside this mansion, not on that road.”Yvonne forced her shoulders back. She stared at the high walls, the cameras, the calm discipline of the estate. Everything here felt expensive and controlled. It didn’t feel like a place that hired “losers” to touch luxury.Margaret touched her arm. “Focus,” she said. “You are carrying a child. That child is your key. Don’t throw away your future because you saw your past driving a fancy car.”Yvonne swallowed. “Fine,” she said, more to herself than her mother. “I’m
THE ILLUSION SLIPS
“No,” Yvonne said instantly. “We’re going straight to the Xavier mansion.”Margaret blinked. “Right now?”“I can’t wait,” Yvonne replied, voice full of hunger. “I want to tell him while that faithful night is still fresh in his mind.” She turned toward her mother. “And I want the staff to see me. I want the guards to remember my face.”Margaret’s smile returned. “You want to plant yourself into the house,” she said, approving.“Exactly,” Yvonne replied. “A woman doesn’t beg her way into a dynasty. She enters like she belongs.”The drive took about thirty minutes, and the city slowly changed from noisy streets to clean, guarded roads.Yvonne watched the gates rise ahead like a challenge built for ordinary people. High walls, cameras, silent men with weapons, and a calm that felt expensive. Even the air looked controlled.The SUV slowed at the entrance, and a guard stepped forward with a tablet in his hand. His face was blank, professional. “State your reason for visiting,” he said.Yvo
PREGNANT WITH POWER
Yvonne Blake stepped out of the consultation room with a glow that didn’t come from makeup.Her fingers were tight around a thin medical envelope, but her smile was loose and confident, like she had already won. The hallway lights caught the diamonds on her ears and turned them into tiny flashes of power. She didn’t even look at the other patients. She walked like the whole clinic was part of her story.Margaret Blake jumped up the moment she saw her. “Oh look at my baby,” she said, rushing close. Her eyes scanned Yvonne’s face like she was reading a contract. “Tell me. What is the news?”Yvonne lifted the envelope slightly. “It has been confirmed,” she said, almost whispering because the words felt too big to waste on strangers. “Mom… I’m pregnant.”Margaret froze, then her hand flew to her mouth. “Pregnant?” she breathed. Her eyes were filled with bright shock and greedy joy. She leaned closer, voice trembling. “You mean pregnant with the trillionaire’s baby?”“Yes,” Yvonne whisper
AUTHORITY HAS A PRICE
The first blow came without warning.One of the enforcers lunged for Ethan’s arm, fingers clamping down hard, trying to twist it behind his back. The move was rough and careless, the kind used on men who didn’t fight back. Ethan turned with the grip, not against it, and the sudden shift broke the rhythm.A sharp crack echoed as the enforcer’s wrist bent the wrong way.The man screamed and dropped to his knees, clutching his arm as pain tore through him. His rifle hit the ground and slid across the concrete. Before anyone could react, the second enforcer swung his weapon like a club, aiming for Ethan’s head.Ethan stepped inside the arc of the swing. His elbow drove forward, striking the man’s shoulder joint with brutal precision. There was a dull pop, followed by a howl of pain. The enforcer staggered back, his arm hanging uselessly, fingers twitching as if they no longer belonged to him.Everything froze.Workers stopped moving. The port clerk’s clipboard slipped from his hands and
ON THE RECORD
“I am a citizen,” Ethan replied. “And a witness. But I can be much more if you continue to be arrogant and unreasonable.”The inspector smiled slowly. “You can be whatever you want in your head,” he said. “Out here, you’re still nothing. By the way, this is how ports work.”“Then write it,” Ethan repeated, calm and steady. “If the cargo is truly under policy, you can put it on record that you intend to collect extra cash even though the documents for this cargo is complete.”The clerk glanced at the inspectors, then at the armed men, and froze. His fingers tightened around the clipboard.The lead inspector waved a dismissive hand. “No.”“Then give me the inspection checklist,” Ethan said. “And the seal logs. The container seals show when they were last checked. The logs show who touched what.”The inspectors laughed again, louder this time, making sure the workers heard. They wanted ridicule to do what violence hadn’t finished.“Listen to him,” the second inspector said. “Checklist. L
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