From that day forward, I began preparing my escape.
I stopped going to the company altogether. Using recovery and an extended vacation as excuses, I stayed inside the villa and quietly started building a future that had nothing to do with Blake.
I paid only in cash and used disposable SIM cards to contact the most discreet jewelry dealers and art brokers on the black market.
One by one, the necklaces, watches, and luxury pieces Blake had given me were sold off and converted into money, which I carefully transferred into a network of anonymous overseas accounts that couldn't be traced back to me.
I trusted no electronic device. Every meeting was arranged in the crowded old districts of the city, where faces disappeared into the flow of people and nobody paid attention to anyone else.
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