Rebirth Of The Heiress And The Tycoon's Lover (Alina) novel Chapter 151

Chapter 151

Chapter 151

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“Maybe,” she whispered, “but not now. I can’t face him today. Maybe not tomorrow or not even a month’s time. I just… need to breathe without seeing him. Can you please drop it and stop pushing!” Alina finally snapped.

Talia raised her hands in surrender, brows lifting. “Okay, okay. I’m not pushing. I’m just… worried for you.” She gave Alina’s knee a squeeze. “But when you’re ready, I’ll be right there, whatever you choose, If you want me to go after him or tear someone’s inbox apart, I will. For now, rest. Let Mia deal with the shop. Let me start digging into Jessica. We’ll handle the rest when you’re stronger.”

Alina exhaled, guilty relief softening her expression. “Thank you so much Tally,I’m sorry for snapping, I am such a mess.”

“Don’t apologize for feeling,” Talia said, softer than before. “This sucks. You have every right to be furious and heartbroken.”

A beat passed, then Alina asked, shifting to distract herself, “How’s the coding job going? You said you’d tell me about what you are working on.”

“It’s going fine.” Talia responded not going into details.

Alina frowned, Talia never misses a chance to talk about her work, was she mad at her for yelling?

“Uhm just fine? Or is it confidential?” Alina asked.

“Oh not at all, just that you won’t get it anyway, I will end up boring you.” Talia laughed, looking at her friend. knowingly.

Alina never gets it whenever Talia talks about coding and computer stuff.

“It’s something about a firewall right? Honestly I’d rather hear about that than think about the rest.”

“You really want to hear it!” Talia asked a little surprised by her friend’s interest.

“Of course.” Alina responded.

Talia lit up, happy to have someone to share this project with. “All right. So I’m building an adaptive intrusion firewall for the client, basically it learns normal traffic patterns for their API endpoints, flags anomalies in real time, and quarantines suspicious packets automatically. Think of it as a guard dog that learns the faces of everyone who lives in the house and starts barking when a stranger appears. It’s complicated but fun.”

Alina let out a small laugh. “That actually sounds brilliant. You always did like puzzles and complicated stuff.”

Talia laughed too but before she could say anything else, then the doorbell chimed, sharp, efficient.

Talia jumped up. “That must be our food. I’ll get it.”

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She went over to the door and threw the door open to the staff with a grateful, exhausted smile. The attendant rolled in the food cart, steam rising in fragrant little clouds.

Talia thanked him, signed whatever form he handed over, gave him a huge tip which he appreciated and closed the door carefully behind him.

“Who’s hungry?” Talia asked, rolling the food all the way to Alina.

Alina’s stomach growled again as the aroma drifted to her nose and only then did she realize how hungry she

was.

“I am.” She responded moaning at the delicacies in front of her.

They settled back with bowls and small, tidy plates.

For a moment, between the quiet clinking of spoons and the warm, simple comfort of real food, the world felt marginally less breaking.

Talia kept talking,about deadlines, about the firewall’s next sprint, about trivial workplace annoyances, while Alina nibbled, letting ordinary conversation stitch her frayed edges together, if only a little.

After finishing her meal, Alina stood up, rubbing her eyes. “I think I’m just going to try to catch up on sleep, Talia.” She said, voice small and raw.

Talia set the plate she was holding aside and reached for her friend’s hand, her face soft. “Go ahead doll, lord knows you need it. I will clean this up then finish up with some work.” Talia told her.

Alina gave her a soft smile before walking to the room. She slipped into the bathroom, rinsed the day off, and crawled into bed feeling deceptively lighter.

The room smelled faintly of the hotel’s linen spray and for a moment she let herself believe she might actually sleep.

Her phone buzzed against the nightstand.

She thumbed the screen.

Mia.

Alina answered before she could think about it. “Hey… I was going to call you after my nap.”

“Ma’am!” Mia’s voice came filled with relief but thin over the line. “Oh my God, are you okay? I have been trying to reach you with no luck, Mr. Grey just checked in at the store, he left not quite long, he too has been trying to reach you but your number wasn’t connecting. I-”

“Breathe, Mia.” Alina forced a small laugh she didn’t feel. She sat up, wrapping the sheet around her knees. “I’m fine. I had to go on… an impromptu trip. Nothing to worry about. Keep the launch planning going. Tell Louis I’m out of town and he can handle whatever he needs to.”

There was a hesitation, a soft intake of air from the other end. “Okay, ma’am. Are you coming back soon?”

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