Chapter 44 Escalation
The silence on the line stretched thin.
Her father was waiting.
Lorna forced her breathing to slow.
“Helix isn’t unstable,” she said carefully.
Across the room, Adrian’s jaw tightened almost imperceptibly.
“Oh?” her father replied smoothly. “That’s not what I’ve heard.”
“Then whoever you heard...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The wrong daughter
2. Chapter 2 The proposal
3. Chapter 3 Application
4. Chapter 4 Preparing
5. Chapter 5 The Interview
6. Chapter 6 First Day
7. Chapter 7 Adrian
8. Chapter 8 Decisions
9. Chapter 9 The trip
10. Chapter 10 The flight
11. Chapter 11 Arrival
12. Chapter 12 Rome
13. Chapter 13 In Trouble
14. Chapter 14 Assisting
15. Chapter 15 Being watched
16. Chapter 16 Rome
17. Chapter 17 Adrian
18. Chapter 18 Bag
19. Chapter 19 Back home
20. Chapter 20 Decisions and invitation
21. Chapter 21 Lorna
22. Chapter 22 Testing Trust
23. Chapter 23 The Dress
24. Chapter 24 The Gala
25. Chapter 25 Denial
26. Chapter 26 The next move
27. Chapter 27 Lorna
28. Chapter 28 Misdirection
29. Chapter 29 Desisions
30. Chapter 30 Lorna
31. Chapter 31 Summoned
32. Chapter 32 Helix
33. Chapter 33 Threat
34. Chapter 34 Lorna
35. Chapter 35 Help
36. Chapter 36 Scared
37. Chapter 37 Protection
38. Chapter 38 Intruders
39. Chapter 39 Escape
40. Chapter 40 Under attack
41. Chapter 41 Adrian
42. Chapter 42 Lorna
43. Chapter 43 Choices
44. Chapter 44 Escalation
45. Chapter 45 Lorna
46. Chapter 46 Demo
47. Chapter 47 Ownership
48. Chapter 48 Lorna
49. Chapter 49 Deadline
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