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CHAPTER 367
Rosalind didn't answer immediately. She rubbed her wrists where the zip-tie burns were still cooling, her mind replaying the image of the steel door buckling under Sean’s boot."Rosalind?" Chloe prompted, moving closer, her voice dropping to a sharp whisper. "I saw the door. I saw those men. No one trips into a shattered radius. Someone was in that room. Someone was there to help you, weren't they?"Rosalind looked away, her jaw tightening. "It doesn't matter, Chloe. What matters is the company is safe.""It doesn't matter! The police think you're harboring a hitman!" Chloe’s eyes widened as a thought struck her like a physical blow. She saw the way Rosalind flinched at the mention of the mystery man."Wait... no. No way. Rosalind, was it him?"Rosalind’s silence was deafening."Sean?" Chloe hissed, her voice rising in disbelief. "The loser? The guy who lived in your guest house and did nothing but drive you to work? He did that?"Rosalind bit her lip, her silence finally breaking wi
CHAPTER 366
The fluorescent lights of the precinct’s interview room hummed with an abrasive, low-frequency buzz that grated on Rosalind’s already frayed nerves. She sat stiffly on a cold plastic chair, the Springfield diamonds on her fingers catching the sterile light as she twisted her hands together.Across the metal table, two detectives, a seasoned veteran with a stained tie and a younger woman with an aggressive, inquisitive stare, didn't look like they were protecting her. They looked like they were hunting."Let’s go over it one more time, Ms. Springfield," the lead detective said, leaning forward until his shadow eclipsed her. "The door to the server vault wasn't just breached; it was structurally compromised by a localized kinetic impact.’’‘’In plain English? Someone kicked it off its hinges. And the two men inside? One has a shattered radius and a crushed throat; the other has a concussion and a dislocated thumb. You’re telling us nobody else was there?"Rosalind didn't blink. She ha
CHAPTER 365
Before Rosalind could take a single step toward the hallway, a tall officer with a clipboard intercepted them, his expression firm and professional.Behind him, several forensic techs snapped photos of the shattered door frame, their cameras clicking like a relentless metronome.“Ms. Springfield,” the officer said, tipping his cap slightly but firmly blocking their path. “I’m glad you’re safe, but we can’t let you leave just yet. We have a crime scene involving high-level corporate espionage… and two severely injured men who look like they were hit by a freight train.”“Officer, please, it’s urgent—” Rosalind began, her eyes darting past him to the dark corridor.“I understand, ma’
CHAPTER 364
Rosalind was stunned.The way he looked at her was something she had never seen before. Now, she had no choice but to sit down and be quiet, or risk him doing the same thing to her. That thought pinned her in place.“You… you’ve never talked to me like that,” she whispered, her eyes welling with shock. “Never.”“Because you never pushed me this far,” Sean snapped, stepping toward her until he was inches away, his shadow swallowing her completely.“You want an expert? You’re looking at the only person in this city who can stop that counter before it hits zero. Now, sit down and be quiet, or I’ll walk out that door right now and leave you to explain a total corporate collapse to your board of directors. Do you understand?”Sean turned back to the server. He didn’t touch the keyboard. Instead, he pulled a small, customized interface cable from a concealed pocket in his jacket and bypassed the external port, plugging directly into the motherboard’s relay.His fingers flew across the di
CHAPTER 363
The tension in the room thickened.Cruz’s fingers tightened around the tablet, his thumb hovering like a guillotine over the Delete command.He wasn’t just a thug; he was a man who understood that his only shield was the data and his only escape was the woman he held over the window.“Don’t move!” Cruz roared, his eyes darting toward the exit, calculating the distance. “I’ll drop her, Sean! I’ll do it!”Rosalind’s breath hitched as her heels slipped farther off the ledge.The drop below was a dark mouth waiting to swallow her.“Sean, the encryption keys… if they’re wiped, it’s over!” she screamed, her voice echoing off the server racks.She couldn’t understand how he was so calm, how he could stand there and watch her legacy and her life hang by a thread. He looked at her not with panic or concern, but with the cold, analytical gaze of a technician measuring distance and probability.Sean didn’t answer with words.He answered with a sudden, violent shift in physics. He didn’t run at
CHAPTER 362
The door didn’t just open.The locking mechanism exploded, the entire slab of steel buckling inward under the force of a single, devastating kick.Cruz spun around, amber liquid splashing across the floor. Denis, pressed against the back wall, reached for his holster, but his eyes told the truth: the nobody from the driveway had found them.Sean stepped over the threshold, calm and unhurried. He ignored the weapons. He ignored the threats.His gaze locked on Cruz.“You talk too much,” Sean said.The room plunged into suffocating silence, broken only by the hum of server fans and the ragged, panicked breathing of the two men.Rosalind stared at Sean, eyes wide, struggling to reconcile the man who had just kicked through a reinforced door with the quiet, unassuming ex-husband she thought she knew.“You!” Cruz shrieked, voice rising an octave as he scrambled behind Rosalind, using her as a human shield. “Denis! What are you waiting for? Kill him! Shoot him now!”Denis didn’t need to be
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