Seven years ago, Jasmine Duvall vanished from the Crestfall Academy… heartbroken, humiliated and branded a liar. She was the scholarship girl who dared to fall for the billionaire heir…. only to be ruthlessly discarded, her reputation in ruins.

But Jasmine didn’t disappear.

    She rebuilt herself from the shadows, becoming the world’s most elusive hacker and the secret daughter of a late business tycoon. Now, she returns not as a fragile girl, but as the hidden heiress to a global empire she never knew existed.
    And sitting across the boardroom table? The CEO she must join forces with to protect her legacy… Ares Knight, the very man who betrayed and destroyed her.
     But Jasmine didn’t return for reconciliation. She’s here to reclaim everything she lost… and ruin him in the process.
What she never expected?
Power has a price. 
Old passions ignite. Buried truth unravel.
But Jasmine must decide: will she burn down the world that betrayed her… or let herself fall for the man who could shatter her all over again?

 The call came in at 11:47 p.m. - a breach alert from KnightCorp's internal system.


I was halfway through signing off reports when my phone buzzed with a red notification.


UNAUTHORIZED SERVER ROOM ACCESS – LEVEL 4.


 My brows pulled together. That alert only showed up when someone was deep in the system, past basic clearance… inside restricted zones.


 "Who the hell is still in the building?" I muttered, dragging the laptop closer as I tapped into the live feed. My fingers were steady, but my pulse wasn't.


 The monitor flickered once, twice… and then came to life.


 Her small frame filled the corner of the camera, hair tied back, eyes fixed on the console. Her fingers moved across the keyboard fast… too fast, like she was running from something invisible. Sweat glistened on her temple even in the cold room, and that familiar fire sat behind her focus.


 I froze, jaw clenched until my teeth ached.


Chapter 48 - The Rescue