The moment the car vanished dinto the morning mist , a hollow silence settled ove the Blackwood estate . Soren stood on the stone steps far longer han necessary, staring at the driveway long after the taillights disappeared . His hands were clenched at his sides , his jawa tight with helpless fury.
He had always been a mepan of control. Measured. Strategic. But in the past week,his works had unraveled thread by threat - and now , the one women he cared for was walking into den of shadows to protect a lie they' d both built .
He couldn't eat . Couldn't sleep . The house felt too quiet without her gentle footsteps, without her presence in the halls . Even Mrs.Blackwood , whose health was failing , noticed the shift . " You look like a ghost ," she told him softly one afternoon . He simply nodded , not trusting himself to speak.
What haunted him more than anything wasn't the contract . It wasn't even the danger Ryan posed . It was Vivienne's eyes before she left - brimming with silent strength , asking him to trust her . And he had . But it felt that betrayal all the same.
Each night , he's d sir in his study , staring at the chair she once sat in across from him . He kept replying moments - her laugh, the way she's d wrinkle her nose when reading , how her hand fit perfectly in his .
She was gone.
And for the first time in years , Soren Blackwood - heir , businessman, protector - felt powerless.
But not for long .
Because if Ryan laid so much as a hand on her , Soren wouldn't just bring her back.
He'd burn down the entire empire Ryan had built to do it .
One day while he was in his study thinking about Vivienne, he found the signed contract of Ryan .
He took it and started reading it full. Then he observed the line , which tells that , " Vivienne should remain with me and I can do anything with her " he was dumbstruck.
And his realisation started to vail . He was very shocked and frightened and thought that , " Did he do anything to my Vivienne?" . " How stupid could I be that I didn't read the whole paper before signing" " and after all iam a businessman" he started regretting and drops of tears in him eyes.
He then called Mr.Sha ... And started to get information about Ryan . A very deep information that no one would have ever found...