Chapter 39 – Betrayal from Within

Adrian's POV

I knew something was off the moment I left the meeting. The air had felt heavier, the whispers in the office sharper, too precise, too rehearsed. My gut had screamed at me—a subtle tightening in my chest, the kind that warned you without words that trust had been broken.

And i was fucking right.

By the time I drove home, my mind was already running through contingencies. I felt it before I even walked in: a betrayal had happened, ...