Madison looked down at the blueprints. The potential for a future she had given up on flickered faintly again. For the first time since leaving Logan, she felt something powerful awaken within her. It wasn’t fear. It wasn’t doubt. It was possibility.
She placed a hand on her stomach.
“Let’s rebuild our life,” she whispered.
And deep down, she knew it wasn’t just a comeback. It was the beginning of becoming someone Logan could never control again. Someone unstoppable.
Logan Reed never considered himself a man who panicked. But when he burst into his office, panic was already coursing through his veins.
The staff parted as he passed, murmurs following him like shadows. He slammed the door and locked it. The moment he turned, the truth hit him with brutal force.
His desk was different. Files were in disarray. A drawer he always kept closed was ajar.
Someone had been there.
He ran to the drawer and opened it completely. Empty. The external hard drive—the one that contained years of manipulated numbers, hidden accounts, and falsified reports—was gone.
“No… no…” he murmured, desperate.