Bought by Midnight.

Chapter12

Trust is a luxury we can’t afford.

Maxwell’s phone rang very sharply during a late-night strategy meeting session.

Phillip’s voice was tense and shaky. "We have got a breach." Someone was leaking Xavier’s plans to Voss.

Maxwell’s jaw clenched. “Find the mole.” Now.

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Eva met Lena in the war room.

“We need to track the source,” Lena said.” But it could be anyone within us."

Suddenly, Eva’s phone lit up with a message.

“Look closer. The betrayal is closer than you think.”

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Maxwell’s trusted advisor, Gregory, was seen leaving a clandestine meeting with Selene’s lieutenant.

Eva and Roman exchanged a look of disbelief.

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The next day, during a board meeting, Maxwell confronted Gregory.

“You’re out,” Maxwell said coldly.

Gregory smirked. “You’ll regret this.”

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That night, Eva received a call.

“It’s me,” a familiar voice whispered.

Maxwell’s ex-fiancée, Selene.

“We both want the same thing: control. But only one of us will walk away.”

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The war was far from over.

Selene called, the whole room was chilled.

"I know where Elijah is," she said calmly. "If you want to keep your son, you'll back off."

Eva's heart froze; Maxwell's fist gripped the phone.

Eva refused to be controlled. "We won't give in," she said fiercely.

Maxwell returned to his team. "Find him. Now."

Meanwhile, Lena hacked deeper into Voss's network. She uncovers a secret deal between Selena and a secret billionaire, aiming to take down Xavier.

Eva's world tumbled. Enemies were multiplying. Maxwell and Eva's relationship was strained under the pressure.

But as danger closed in, Eva found new strength.

She confronted Selene. Alone.

"I'm not afraid of you," Eva said.

Selene smiled coldly, "You should be."

The battle for Elijah and their future was far from over.