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I'M COMING
"Welcome home!" Adrian smiled looking at Christian who stepped inside.Christian smiled back at Adrian, "looks like already busy in kitchen."Adrian nodded his head with a chuckle, Christian walked to his room just to get freshen up so that busy day stress wouldn't disturb his better evening plans.Once he is freshened up, he sent a message to Rosaline hoping for a reply at least today, but as usual he got ignored by her, his call was declined as well."This woman.... I'm sure she is crazy," Christian frowned at his mobile, "let's see how long you're going to do this.... If I also start ignoring you, then you'll understand!" With that throwing the mobile in bed in frustration, he walked out of the room."Chris," Adrian said in a casual tone while leaning against the kitchen counter, his fingers loosely wrapped around his cup of tea, "have you ever felt danger before it actually happened?"Christian, who was standing near the sink rinsing his own cup, paused in the middle of the motio
TIME SKIP?
"Tell me," the man asked, his voice carrying quiet authority, "what do you see?" The analyst swallowed hard. "I see a normal subject."A pause, and the man said, "Look again!" The analyst did, this time his expression changed."…No," he whispered with a confused face. "He moved before the impact."Silence filled the room, then the man smiled faintly. "Seems like this needs our attention...." Miles away, in a sterile office washed in cold blue light, the flagged footage finished rendering on a curved monitor.The room was quiet in the way expensive places usually are, insulated, controlled, deliberately silent. Rows of screens flickered softly again and again, reflecting in the glass walls like fragments of an artificial sky."Anomaly confirmed," one analyst said, his voice came out to be low but steady."Time skip? Are we still talking about it?" Another asked without looking away from the data stream."No, it's about movement.... I think we need to check it out carefully once aga
A SECOND?
"It's time to go home," Christian mumbled to himself as he was eager to go home after a long day which made him to struggle in the company from morning to evening.The parking basement smelled faintly of oil, which never happened before.Christian stepped out of the elevator with his tablet tucked beneath his arm, shoulders slightly stiff from hours of sitting. The building above still buzzed with late-evening work, but down here everything echoed, footsteps, distant engines, the hum of fluorescent lights.He rolled his neck once."Looks like I need early retirement," he sighed to himself. "Body pains at twenty-something. This is tragic.... Truly tragic...." His car was parked three rows ahead, he didn’t notice the maintenance ladder leaning carelessly against a support beam.He was too lost in thinking of something that almost made him fail in noticing the loose bolts on the suspended lighting frame above him, he didn’t even notice the shadow near the far pillar, watching.He didn'
STORMBORN TRACE CONFIRMED
"Signs of getting old," Christian sighed leaning back in the chair, "never ending stress, and back pain as a result for sitting too long throughout the day.... Too young to suffer!" The evening had settled into a deceptive silence and pain.From the outside, the company looked normal, lights glowing on several floors, employees moving like small shadows behind glass walls, coffee machines humming quietly, keyboards clicking as if nothing in the world had changed.Inside Christian’s office, the silence felt heavier.He arched his back slightly, sleeves rolled to his elbows, fingers resting against his temple as he stared at the projections spread across the screen.Numbers were wrong, not by much, just enough to irritate him, small deviations, and tny delays.Adjustments that technically made sense… but together felt deliberate."Again…" he muttered under his breath. "I thought once I get rid of Oliver, everything will be fine, but looks like I'm wrong, there's still an insider who is
ABOUT WHAT?
"You?" Aurora blinked her eyes, once, twice, and she said flatly.Then her gaze shifted from Adrian… to Christian… and back again.Adrian’s lips curved faintly as he was amused by her facial expression, "Disappointed?" Christian dragged a hand down his face. "Can we not do this? It's really embarrassing to me...." Aurora folded her arms, recovering her composure with impressive speed. "I expected many possibilities," she said coolly. "But this was not one of them." Adrian tilted his head. "What exactly were you expecting?"Aurora shot Christian a look. "A woman.... Preferably someone dramatic enough to justify the secrecy." Christian groaned in frustration. "There is no secrecy! You're just exaggerating and over reacting for God's sake!" "You changed your residence without informing anyone," Aurora countered while arguing her point with Christian. "You’re not at the estate.... You’re not with your wife either, you don’t pick up calls properly.... What conclusion should I draw?"
A WHAT?
"Sugar less?" Christian raised an eyebrow while looking at Adrian, and Adrian smiled in return, "as always, no need to ask me again and again, it's not like my preferences going to change." Christian sighed while making the tea, "how can someone like bitter things?""When you reach my age, you'll understand!" Christian rolled his eyes in return, "if so, I prefer to stay young rather than turning old and liking bitter things..." "As if you can," Adrian laughed playfully at Christian's words.The evening sunlight filtered through the curtains, soft and golden, settling across the living room in a calm glow. The apartment felt unusually peaceful. The faint clink of porcelain echoed as Adrian poured tea into two cups, the steam rising between them like a quiet truce.Christian leaned back against the couch, one leg folded beneath him, watching Adrian with mild suspicion."You’re pouring tea like you’re negotiating a treaty, he said dryly. "I made tea and you're pouring it, that too i
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