1 "My Billionaire Boss Locked the Door and Handed Me a Letter—Then I Read the Name of the Man I Escaped 3 Years Ago."/Chapter 1 / 5
Chapter 1: The Descent
The metallic slide of the elevator doors sealing them inside felt like the closing of a steel vault.
Elena stood rigid, staring at the glowing panel as the number 52 shifted to 51. The descent had barely begun, yet the air in the confined space had already evaporated. Adrien stood beside her, still clutching the cream-colored letter in one hand, his other hand resting casually in the pocket of his trousers. The physical distance between them was less than a foot, but the shift in their dynamic was a chasm. For eleven months, she had been the invisible engine keeping his corporate empire running. Tonight, the veil had been ripped away, exposing the criminal underbelly he commanded and the terrifying past she thought she had buried.