They carried him out quietly without any stretchers or ambulance sounds. There were only quiet black cars and silent movements as they took him away.
Before leaving, a man with silver hair named Atlas walked up to Quinn and said just one thing:
"Handle everything. No one must know he's missing. Especially not her."
And Quinn, who had always been loyal, nodded.
Even though it scared him. Even though he didn't understand what was happening.
He obeyed.
***
From that day onward, Assistant Quinn handled everything.
He replied to every business message.
He attended meetings. He answered Lilith's calls.
He sent fake replies in Alexander's name.
And to the rest of the world, Sebastian Carter was just abroad handling international business matters, working hard as always.
Nobody knew the truth.
That their CEO—the powerful, perfect man was lying in a bed somewhere, his mind shattered, his soul silent, and every part of him lost inside his own broken world.
**
