Chapter 4 - The Woman in Room 814The attack forced Elena into protective custody.
Marcus stayed beside her.
He refused to leave.
She finally confronted him.
“You're not my assistant anymore.”
“What am I?”
She smiled.
“My partner.”
He stared.
“You're sure?”
“No.”
She laughed.
“But I'm tired of pretending I'm not.”
For the next several months, they built a life together quietly.
Elena continued as CEO.
Marcus became Chief of Staff.
Their relationship remained private.
Then Elena discovered she was pregnant.
The news terrified her.
Not because she didn't want the baby.
Because she knew their enemies could use it.
Marcus promised to protect them.
He kept that promise.
But the danger returned.
Jonathan escaped custody.
He began targeting Elena's company.
Then her pregnancy became public.
The media exploded.
Billionaire CEO Elena Ward engaged?
Who is the father?
No one knew.
Until one photograph appeared.
Elena and Marcus holding hands outside a clinic.
Jonathan saw it.
He smiled.
“He finally told her.”
A week later, Elena went into labor early.
Thirty-four weeks.
Complications.
Emergency surgery.
Marcus waited outside.
For eleven hours.
The babies were born.
Twins.
A boy.
A girl.
Both premature.
Both alive.
Elena nearly died from hemorrhaging.
Marcus broke down outside the operating room.
Hannah Cole, the nurse, found him.
“She'll survive.”
He cried.
“I thought I lost her.”
“No.”
“She was bleeding.”
“I know.”
“Please.”
Hannah looked at him.
“Go see your children.”
He did.
Then Elena woke.
The first thing she asked was,
“Where's Marcus?”
The nurse smiled.
“He's here.”
He entered.
Elena reached for him.
He took her hand.
She whispered,
“I knew you'd come back.”
“I always do.”
She smiled.
Then she said,
“I have something to tell you.”
“What?”
“Your father didn't only protect you.”
Marcus frowned.
“What?”
“Before he died, he asked me to find you.”
Marcus froze.
“What?”
Elena squeezed his hand.
“Your father knew you were in danger.”
“He knew?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because Jonathan wasn't your father's only enemy.”
Marcus stared.
“Who else?”
Elena looked toward the door.
“Your mother.”
Silence.
Marcus had believed his mother died years ago.
But the nurse had found something strange in an old medical archive.
A woman with the same name.
Same birth year.
Still alive.
Living in North Carolina.
Marcus's mother had disappeared voluntarily.
Why?
Because she had been protecting him.
She knew about Jonathan.
She knew about the poisoning.
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And she knew that one day Marcus would be the person who saved Elena.
The family secrets were bigger than either of them had imagined.
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