Morris's POV
Darkness enveloped my apartment as I sat alone, unable to even look at my bed. Every glance reminded me of that night with Monica—a memory now tainted by betrayal. The emptiness in my chest felt like a physical wound. How could I have been so blind? So foolish?
Since losing my parents years ago at that damned party, I'd sworn off love. I built walls, kept everyone at a distance. Then Monica appeared and somehow breached every defense without effort. She didn't just enter my life—she consumed it. And like the snake in Eden, she'd struck when I was most vulnerable.
Hours ago, I was floating on cloud nine. Now I was drowning in hell. When the hacker called requesting only Darren, Paula, and me to meet, insisting he knew where the information leak originated, I never imagined it would lead to her. The woman who had somehow made me fall in love again.
