Chapter 187

ELORA’S POV There was something he wasn’t telling me. I could feel it the way one feels a storm before the clouds gather…heavy, pressing, wrong. “There’s something you’re not saying,” I said, my eyes fixed on the road as the streets of Manhattan blurred past us. “You’re hiding something from me, aren’t you?” “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Aiden replied casually. From the corner of my eye, I watched him toss a pill into his mouth and wash it down with water, his jaw tightening as he swallowed. “Cut the bullshit, Aiden,” I snapped. “You’ve always hated Maya. You can’t even stand the sound of her name, and now suddenly you’re dragging your half-dead body out of bed to confront her? This isn’t just about the company.” Silence filled the car. Then he sighed, the kind that carries weight, the kind that means a truth is about to spill. “She’s behind it all.” I blinked. My hands tightened on the steering wheel. “What?” “She planned it,” he said quietly. “Everything. The attack on Lu