Chapter 27
Alex Benjamin had lived through his share of boardroom betrayals and courtroom battles, but nothing unsettled him like the whispers that reached him that week.
Ella. Alive.
The name echoed through the walls of his office like a haunting. At first, he dismissed it as rumor, the sort of cruel invention rivals might use to stir chaos. But then he saw her.
It happened outside the firm, a quiet street lined with tall glass buildings. Alex had stepped out to take a call when a figure crossed at the corner. Her profile was unmistakable. The delicate slope of her nose, the eyes that carried weight beyond their years. He froze, his phone slipping silent against his ear. Ella.
His breath caught. For a moment, the years collapsed, and he was staring not at a ghost but at flesh and blo
