Chapter 12

Gracia watched it as Brian’s car taillights vanished around the corner before she reluctantly turned away. She glanced at the box that housed a giant, six or seven–carat pink diamond and frowned in annoyance.

What she wanted wasn’t a flawless diamond but Brian.

“I told you Brian wouldn’t forget your gift. He must have just slipped up!” Lydia exclaimed beside her, thrilled.

It was Gracia’s twentieth birthday, and Brian had graced her party with his presence, a significant social coup for her. After having a few cocktails, she’d hoped to get closer to him in the buzz of the celebration. But then Natalie had appeared.

“So what? He’s probably rushing off to Natalie now!” Gracia complained irritably.

The forgotten birthday gift seemed like a minor oversight compared to the evening’s debacle.

What was there to be happy about? Even a diamond worth millions of dollars couldn’t mask the sting of humiliation that hit her harder than a slap in the face.

One hour later, Brian cradled the sleeping Nate in his arms at the hotel, frowning at the empty room before him.

“I just went down to the garage to grab a medicine, and she’s gone,” the family doctor said, shrugging helplessly.

“The surveillance footage?” Brian asked in a low voice.

got hacked. We couldn’t find anything.” at bodyguard

“Useless!” Brian growled.

just disappear

a distress call to someone right before the incident. That person had rescued

curious to know who dared to

as he carried Nate downstairs, followed by a silent

got into the car, Reid, sitting in the front, looked back

it out,” Brian snapped, his

we’ve

techniques used to hack the WL Center Building match

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Chapter 12

‘FireWing.‘ It’s almost certainly

ordered after a moment’s thought. “Offer

never before breached. But this ‘FireWing‘ had hacked their system in minutes,

tactics, he would find FireWing

make a deal at The

slightly, and he replied softly.

influential mingled. Yet, few knew that the owner of The

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