CHAPTER 6 — The Woman He Never Saw
Adrian replayed everything.
Every moment.
Every conversation.
Mara never argued.
Never demanded.
Never fought.
He thought that meant she accepted her place.
Now he realized—
She was observing.
Studying.
Waiting.
He remembered her asking questions about accounts.
About structures.
About “redundancy in financial systems.”
He had laughed at her once.
“Why do you care about that?”
Her answer now echoed in his head:
“Just curious.”
Adrian stood up slowly.
“No,” he whispered.
“She couldn’t have planned this.”
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But even as he said it—
He knew she had.
