From Rags to Riches: The Untold Saga of the Trillionare

Chapter 318

Alex’s small makeshift room was dimly lit, the kind of light that cast shadows against the walls and sharpened the hard lines of his muscular frame.

Sweat glistened on his skin as he moved through push-ups, each repetition a relentless rhythm against the cold concrete floor.

His injuries were healed now—his ribs no longer ached with every breath, his bruised knuckles were no longer raw, and his body had regained the strength he once thought he’d lost forever.

But as he pushed himself to his limit, a single thought replayed in his mind, rising above the pounding of his pulse and the burn in his muscles:

*Laurel.* The need to find her was all-consuming, feeding the fire in his gut with each passing day.

He clenched his teeth, thinking about how he had allowed himself to get caught up in Jason’s games. He didn’t trust Jason, and he never would.

But finding Laurel had come with sacrifices—and his alliance with Jason was one of them. *If only there was another way.*

And as he kept wo