Aiden’s POV

I told myself she meant nothing to me. That Rue was just a ghost I’d already buried—a mate I didn’t want, a mistake I’d already corrected.

But when the notification popped up on my phone—the headline screaming in bold letters, “Percy Group’s Neural Interface Dominates Global Market, Aiden Group Faces Massive Contract Withdrawals”—my chest tightened like a vice.

For a few seconds, I couldn’t breathe.

Then I hurled the phone across the room.

It hit the floor with ...