Chapter 4 - Little Lily Spots a Terrifying Familiar Detail
Later that afternoon, Marcus Vale entered the private study unannounced, carrying a stack of quarterly financial reports.
He stepped up to Adrian’s desk, his movements smooth, calculated, and entirely devoid of any nervous hesitation.
“The European shipping dividends require your signature before five o’clock, boss,” Marcus said smoothly.
Adrian reached out his hand to take the leather-bound folder, his eyes narrowing slightly at the paperwork.
Sitting on the rug beside the desk, little Lily stopped coloring with her purple crayon and looked up.
Her large dark eyes fixed on Marcus’s left hand as he rested it casually against the edge of the mahogany desk.
Wrapped around Marcus’s wrist was a heavy silver bracelet engraved with a jagged, interlocking geometric pattern.
Lily’s small brow furrowed in sudden concentration, her memory flashing back to a terrifying night three years ago.
“That’s the bad man’s bracelet,” Lily whispered loudly, pointing a tiny pink finger directly at Marcus’s wrist.
May you like
The temperature in the study plummeted instantly as Marcus’s carefully maintained composure fractured for a single second.
***
Related Stories
