Chapter 12 - Adrian Destroyed the Criminal Empire His Father Had Built—And Refused to Become the Man Everyone Expected Him to BeAdrian dismantled the criminal side of his empire.
He surrendered evidence.
Closed illegal operations.
Protected innocent employees.
Turned legitimate businesses into independent companies.
People called him weak.
Others called him a traitor.
Adrian didn't care.
He had finally learned that power wasn't the same thing as freedom.
He wanted a life.
With me.
Not a throne.
Not an empire.
A home.
He proposed quietly.
No cameras.
No crowds.
May you like
Just the two of us on the rooftop of the hospital where we'd first met.
I said yes.
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