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The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Released From Prison
Andrew stepped out of the ICU, his head heavy with exhaustion. Hannah was still alive, but barely.The steady rhythm of the machines monitoring her fragile state echoed in his ears as he took slow steps down the hospital corridor. His body was numb. His thoughts, chaotic.Then, just as he stepped into the open hallway—"Andrew Everest!" A commanding voice rang out.He barely had time to react before uniformed officers swarmed him, their boots echoing against the cold tile floor.Two men grabbed his arms, forcing them behind his back. The sharp click of handcuffs rang in his ears.“You are under arrest for escaping from prison and the attempted murder of your uncle.”Andrew didn't fight, he didn't resist, he simply stood there, letting them restrain him.His body was there, but his mind was still in that ICU room, where Hannah lay unmoving.As the officers started to pull him away, he barely registered the frantic shouts around him.But as they led him out of the hospital, one thought
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Where Is She?
Andrew sat on the alleyway as he back was slumpe against the cold brick wall of the alley. His breath came in sharp, uneven gasps, his chest heaving as he buried his face in his hands.“Damn it… why?” His fingers tightening in his hair.She had been right in front of him. Or at least, someone who looked exactly like her. Was it really her? Or was his mind playing cruel tricks on him?He clenched his fists. "No. It had to be her." “Andrew.” A familiar voice snapped him from his thoughts. He looked up, his red-rimmed eyes meeting Fredrick, Leon and Taylor.Taylor’s sharp gaze softened slightly when he saw the broken expression on Andrew’s face.Fredrick sighed, rubbing the back of his neck. “Come on, man. It’s fine. Let’s go home.”Andrew stared at them for a long moment before shaking his head.“Not yet,” he murmured. Taylor narrowed his eyes. “Andrew—”“I need to see her.” Andrew’s voice was firm. “I need to know if she’s alive.”Fredrick, Leon and Taylor exchanged glances, then nodd
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain She Lost Her Memories
Andrew sat stiffly in the backseat of the SUV, his fingers gripping the edge of his seat as Taylor worked furiously on his laptop. The rhythmic clacking of the keys was the only sound in the tense silence.Fredrick and Leon sat nearby, waiting. No one spoke.Then, Taylor exhaled sharply, his eyes narrowing at the screen. “I found her.”Andrew’s head snapped up. Fredrick leaned forward. “Where?”Taylor turned the laptop around, showing an address on the screen.A small suburban neighborhood. Andrew frowned. The location was nowhere near the luxurious life Hannah once had. No penthouses, no five-star security.Just a simple, modest apartment complex. Andrew’s hands clenched into fists."Why would she be living here? Drive,” he ordered.Fredrick nodded and started the engine. The SUV pulled away from the curb, the city lights fading behind them.As they pulled up to the neighborhood, Andrew stared at the small apartment building ahead.It was nothing like the world Hannah once belonged
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Casually Drawn To Him
Andrew barely had time to react before Hannah grabbed his hand.“We need to run,” she whispered urgently. Andrew froze.What?Why?He stared at her, utterly confused. She didn’t know him—so why was she holding his hand like this?“Hannah!” Nelson’s voice boomed from behind them.But she didn’t stop. She only tightened her grip around Andrew’s hand and pulled him forward.“Come on!” Andrew staggered forward as she tugged him into a sprint.The wind rushed past them as they ran down the dimly lit streets, dodging pedestrians and slipping between narrow alleyways.Andrew could still hear Nelson’s furious voice echoing in the distance.But Hannah? She was laughing. Her face was filled wut happiness, as if she hadn’t felt this free in a long time.And that… shocked Andrew the most. Why was she acting like this?Why was she running away with him—a stranger she didn’t even remember? But he couldn’t focus on that now.He just ran, letting her guide him. They finally stumbled into a dark alley
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Come Back 1
The moment Hannah screamed his name, something inside Andrew snapped. It wasn’t just anger—it was rage. His fists clenched, veins pulsing as his eyes darkened.The memory of Hannah walking away from him, telling him he couldn’t protect her, burned in his mind.Not this time. One of the men, the tallest of the group, sneered at him. “You wanna be a hero, tough guy?”Andrew didn’t answer, he immediately moved. His fist flew forward like a bullet, colliding with the man’s jaw.A loud CRACK echoed through the restaurant.The man’s head snapped back, his body staggering before he crashed into a table, flipping it over.Before the next thug could react, Andrew’s elbow smashed into his ribs, knocking the air out of his lungs.The man choked, doubling over in pain. Andrew grabbed his collar, lifted him off his feet, and slammed him into a chair.Wood shattered as the restaurant erupted into chaos.Customers screamed, dishes crashed to the ground, but Andrew didn’t stop.Another thug swung a p
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain I'm The Real CEO
The Next Morning... Sunlight filtered through the window blinds, casting soft rays across the room. Andrew sat on the couch, fully dressed, his expression unreadable. His mind was already spinning with plans, but first, he needed answers. Taylor walked into the living room, stretching lazily. "Man, I haven’t slept this good in a while," he muttered, rubbing his eyes. Andrew barely looked at him. "Taylor, I need you to run a deep dive on Nelson Telsa. Find out everything about his financial downfall." Taylor blinked, then scowled. "Whoa, whoa. Hold up, Andrew. Since when did I become your personal investigator? You do realize I charge for this, right?" Fredrick, sipping his coffee, snorted loudly. He turned to Taylor with an amused smirk. "Yeah, sure. Just make sure to remind him that he was a billionaire." Leon nearly choked on his drink as both he and Fredrick burst into laughter. Andrew exhaled sharply, shaking his head. "Fine. I know I’m broke right now, but let’s get s
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Power Tussle
The manager’s face was pale white, his hands trembling as he took a hesitant step forward. His expensive suit now looked pathetic, his earlier arrogance completely shattered.“Mr. Everest,” he stammered, his voice shaking. “I—I didn’t know… Please, forgive me. I made a mistake.”Andrew’s sharp gaze pinned him in place, his icy stare devoid of emotion.The manager suddenly dropped to his knees.“Sir, I beg you! I was ignorant! Please, give me another chance!”The security guards, who had tried to manhandle him earlier, exchanged terrified glances before following suit, dropping to their knees as well.Andrew exhaled through his nose, unimpressed.“Tell me,” he said coolly, tilting his head. “When you insulted me, when you tried to throw me out of my own company—did you consider your actions to be a mistake then?”The manager’s throat bobbed, sweat dripping down his temple.“I—I was wrong, sir! It was a misunderstanding—”Andrew raised a hand, silencing him.“I don’t tolerate incompeten
The Hidden Legacy; I Will Rise Through Every Pain Meeting Gone Wrong
The boardroom remained silent, the influential figures around the long, polished table exchanged glances. Andrew sat calmly, arms crossed, an amused smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.One of the older board members, Mr. Caldwell, cleared his throat and finally spoke.“Given Mr. Everest’s… history, I propose a vote.” He looked around the table. “It’s in the best interest of the company that we determine who should remain at the helm—Miriam, who has led Stellarite Resources to unprecedented growth, or Andrew Everest, who—”He didn’t finish his sentence, but the meaning was clear.Miriam looked hesitant, her fingers tightening around the back of the chair she was standing beside.One by one, the hands of the board members began to rise.“All in favor of keeping Miriam as CEO?”Slowly, nearly every hand in the room went up.Andrew didn’t react. He simply watched, his expression unreadable.Miriam turned toward him, her face filled with false reluctance. “Andrew… you see, the board h
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Andrew stood alone in the corridor outside the med bay, his back to the wall, arms folded tightly across his chest.It had been three days since she’d thrown a glass at him. Since she’d screamed that she hated him.Since she’d looked at him like he was a stranger.He hadn’t gone back in. Dr. Yuen had kept him informed—quietly, professionally. The scans were coming in clean. The baby was fine. Hannah was recovering. Physically.Emotionally? That was a different story.Taylor passed him once, pausing with a hesitant glance. “She’s still not speaking to you?”Andrew didn’t answer, Taylor didn’t press. He just gave a short nod and disappeared down the hall.Inside the med bay, Hannah sat curled on the edge of the bed, knees to her chest, gaze locked on the blank wall across from her. Her hair was pulled into a messy bun. Her IV had long been removed, but the tape still clung to her wrist.She hadn’t spoken more than five words to anyone since that night. Only to Dr. Yuen, and only when sh
She Knows
She collapsed in his arms the moment the second attacker hit the floor, Andrew didn’t breathe.For a few seconds, her head was against his chest and her breathe was shallow. He knelt, cradling her gently, brushing damp strands of hair from her forehead with his fingers still red from the fight.“I’ve got you,” he whispered. “You’re alright now. I’m here. He scooped her up, and walked out through the front door, boots crunching glass behind him. By the time he reached the secure exit and loaded her into the black SUV waiting in the alley, his voice was steady again — but his hands trembled.“Drive,” he told the AI. “Take us to fallback safehouse: Pudong sector. Level-three lockdown."He clenched his jaw, teeth grinding silently and that meant one thing: Liu Wenjie had just signed his death certificate.The SUV pulled to a hard stop in front of the secured safehouse. The reinforced doors slid open.Taylor, Leon, and Frederick stood waiting under the pale light of dusk.They barely had
They Don't Take A Break
Hannah was bored of staying at home as she wrapped her scarf tighter as she stepped out of the glass tower, with sunglasses shielding her eyes. She needed fresh air. Space to think. And for once, just feel normal.She was only going down the street. She didn't have a destination..maybe she might go to the Pharmacy, or a tea shop or maybe just walk back. But something felt wrong the moment she crossed the first intersection. The wind hit harder than it should have. "Ahhhh?" She felt pain he her stomach as she clutched her belle hard.The nearest pharmacy was only six blocks a familiar spot she’d passed during her first two days here. The route cut through a narrow café-lined street where. She kept her head down, one hand in her coat pocket.By the time she stepped into the pharmacy, her vision had begun to blur at the edges.The woman at the counter greeted her with a familiar smile. “Morning, Ms. Hannah.”Hannah forced a smile. “Hi.” She handed over her prescription card.The woman
What Did They Do To My Baby?
They sat under high-spectrum scan light, connected through a double-isolated channel into Taylor’s offline decoding rig. Three plasma monitors flickered to life, feeding raw signal patterns into algorithmic scramblers.Taylor’s eyes narrowed as lines of corrupted metadata unraveled in bursts of red and white static.“This is deep-locked military encryption,” he muttered. “But not national. Private-sector stuff. Unregistered… compartmentalized black-tier development.”Andrew stood over his shoulder, arms crossed, jaw tight. “Keep going.”“I’m looking at this code,” Taylor muttered, “but it’s like... Some of this feels familiar. But I don’t remember decrypting it.”Andrew didn’t move.“You did,” he said.Taylor looked up.“Four days ago,” Andrew continued, eyes fixed on the screen. “You hacked into Liu’s restricted medical network. You found a file tagged Carrier 6B. You told me Hannah was already being scanned.”Taylor blinked. “I… said that?”Andrew nodded. “Then you forgot.”Taylor t
Interception
The van rolled quietly through the east industrial corridor of Shanghai, escorted by silence and low fog. Its windows were blacked out. Its GPS route was shielded by encrypted pings feeding directly into Liu Wenjie’s private surveillance channel.To everyone in the command chain, everything was proceeding exactly as it should.But Andrew had built the lie before the route even began.Two Hours Earlier...In a dimly lit garage beneath a fake shell company in Baoshan District, Taylor stood beside an identical replica of the auction van. Same model. Same make. Same tires, even matched wear on the sidewalls.Andrew stood across from him, zipping up a matte-black delivery suit that bore the same credentials as Liu’s logistics personnel.“Thermal sync patch is ready,” Taylor said, holding up a small node. “Once you’re inside the real van, press this against the core. It’ll copy the biometric read pattern in case they try to match it later.”Andrew pulled gloves tight, checked the scanner ri
Operation: Lot Forty Three
Andrew stepped out of the car without a word, coat collar turned up against the wind.The driver didn’t wait. The door shut, and the sedan rolled off without hesitation.He stood at the entrance of what looked like a derelict opera house—abandoned, forgotten, walls choked in vines. But beneath the flaking columns, two men in black suits stood with biometric scanners.He approached slowly. “Invite,” one barked in Mandarin.Andrew handed over a sealed card embossed with a gold crescent. Inside was a chip and nothing else.They scanned it. No names were exchanged.The door opened with a soft hydraulic hiss, and Andrew stepped into a new world.The auction hall was nothing like he expected.Carved deep into a retrofitted bomb shelter, the chamber resembled a museum merged with a theatre. Velvet seats, polished floors, and glass exhibits under halo lights surrounded the central podium.No one spoke loud enough to be heard.Above it all, a massive chandelier shaped like a spinal cord rotated
Experiment
Rain fell slowly, steady rain drops fell across Shanghai skyline, turning the penthouse windows into a blur of lights and water. Andrew stood frozen in the hallway, his hand still gripping the handle like it might anchor him to something steady. But nothing about him felt steady.He had seen not just her bare skin — the soft curve of her shoulder, the flash of skin above her waistband — but the shock in her eyes. The way her arm moved, instinctively covering herself. “You idiot...Damn it, she is still as sexy as ever" he whispered, pressing a palm to his forehead.He leaned against the wall, chest rising and falling faster than it should’ve."You shouldn’t have walked in. You should’ve knocked, called out—anything." He swallowed hard, running a hand down his face.“I’ve seen it all before,” he murmured, almost in defense of himself. “There’s nothing there I haven’t held. Nothing I haven’t kissed.” It was a weak excuse. But it gave him a thread to hold onto. They’d shared a past—eve
What's Going On?
Andrew jolted upright, gasping. His breath came in short, ragged bursts as he scanned the room—dim morning light filtering through gray curtains, the quiet hum of the air vents, and the soft weight of his coat folded on the chair.He was in his room. “But… how?”His eyes darted around, confused. The last thing he remembered was… the rooftop. Hannah. The conversation. And Taylor—Taylor was tracing the KAIROS list.He staggered out of bed, his bare feet brushing the cold floor, tension rippling through every muscle.Something was off.He murmured, “I don’t remember coming back.”He rubbed the side of his neck, checking for signs. No injection point. No bruising. Just a faint pressure behind his eyes, like something had been pressed into his mind and then hastily pulled back.His gaze landed on the phone lying face-down on the desk.He walked over slowly, picking it up.“What was the last thing I did?” he muttered.“Taylor…” The memory came back in pieces. “We were tracking access to Han
KAIROS ACCESS 6B
Liu's penthouse was unusually quiet. Andrew stepped out of the elevator onto the top floor of Liu’s tower, his footsteps muffled against the marble. He turned into a narrow corridor and approached a blank wall panel concealed behind a decorative wood carving. He pressed his palm against the biometric scanner. A soft beep, He stepped inside. It was the surveillance room, on the main display, six monitors cycled silently through camera angles—each one a different section of the penthouse. He tapped a command key, isolating the feed from the lounge. There she was Hannah, she was curled up on the far couch, wrapped in a soft gray blanket. A cup of tea rested untouched on the table beside her. She looked tired. Andrew watched her in silence, she shifted slightly, pushing the blanket off her legs. As she stood, her hand moved instinctively over her lower stomach. He stared as she walked to the kitchen and opened a cabinet, and retrieved a small pill bottle. Two tablets into he
