yes. Caitlyn gestured to her bodyguards. They grabbed Cherri by the arms and dragged

. She turned to Alia and raised an eyebrow. "Well, did you eat gu

She offered a tired smile. "When you are pushed to

the closet. She quickly pressed a finger to her lips, signaling Caitly

ionally. "I am going out to the terrace for a smoke. Chan

n the room. Alia took a deep breath, walked over to the cl

oor open from the inside. Alia let out a short gasp

ted one hand on the wall right beside her ear, trapping he

the role of Mrs. Vanderbilt quite fast," Ansel said. His voi

She met his intense gaze head-on. "Mutual benefit. It is better th

ing to dissect her very soul. He finally dropped hi

e high-end laptop Caitlyn had left on the co

ion," Alia said, her tone dismissing him completel

sat down, crossing his long legs. He watched her with a lazy,

r spine at his terrifying intuition. She did not confirm or

ters. Alia, operating under the alias '66', dove into the dark

ed phone in Ansel's pocket vibrat

nitoring Gaylen's every digital move for months, had just detected a massive anomaly. Someone else was currently launching a brutal,

e frost. His long fingers flew across the virtual keyboard. Ansel, known

ythmic tapping of keys and tapping on glass. The air grew heav

ylen's money trail, but it was protected by a terrifyingly comp

her breath. Her index finger tapped rapidly against the

liquid mercury, finding every tiny crack in his defenses. There was only one p

s of future experience, she finally tor

s about to extract the core data, her screen vi

ssible millisecond, severing the connection and planting a

ently yanked the power cord from the wall, physically kill

same time. Alia turned her head, her ches

nd extreme caution raged in his dark eyes. They both saw

on of top-tier hackers led them to

ward Alia, his voice dropping the temperature in the r