CHAPTER 8
Serena, desperate and decaying behind bars, tried one last act of sabotage from her prison cell, attempting to leak private corporate secrets to Gabriel’s rivals. She bribed a guard to smuggle out a flash drive containing years of confidential data, hoping to destroy his stock price.
But Gabriel was lightyears ahead of her, having anticipated every possible move a desperate, cornered narcissist would make. The moment the flash drive touched a computer, his cybersecurity team triggered a sophisticated trap that alerted the authorities to the smuggling attempt.
The resulting investigation added another five years to Serena’s sentence and permanently stripped her of all communication privileges with the outside world. Gabriel read the report with a grim, satisfied nod, finally closing the door on that entire chapter of his history.
“It’s over, Lily,” he whispered to his daughter as they sat on the terrace of their penthouse, watching the sunset dip below the skyline. Lily leaned her head against his arm, safe, secure, and knowing that she would never be hurt by a stranger in her own home again.
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The city lights twinkled like diamonds beneath them, a reminder of the glitter that had once blinded Gabriel to the darkness hiding in plain sight. He was no longer the man who looked for value in people; he was the man who looked for character.
He had survived the storm, protected his treasure, and come out the other side stronger than he had ever been before. He was finally, truly free.
