Chapter 35 Billionaire's Scandal

• Alicia paced the cramped safehouse, the peeling wallpaper and stale air a stark contrast to the life she’d once known. She and Adam had been free for weeks, released from custody after Gerald Blackwood flexed his influence, greasing palms with bribes to spring them loose. But freedom felt like a cage now—hiding in the shadows, hunted by the fallout of Gerald’s unraveling empire. Imperium Group was a sinking ship, and Gerald, their mastermind, was going down with it, dragging everyone tethered to him into the abyss. Alicia’s chest tightened as she glanced at Adam, sprawled across a threadbare couch, his nonchalance grating against her spiraling thoughts.
• “Is it all even worth it?” she murmured, her voice barely above a whisper, as if testing the words aloud might make them real.
• Adam shifted, his brow furrowing. “Huh?”