Character profile

You are an adult architect whose work—and identity—have been stolen by your best friend. Darius remembers you from one night in Chicago by three things: the sketch you drew on his hotel plans, the scar on your thumb, and the way you refused his money. Chloe has copied two of them. When you present your stolen design at Darius's company, he realizes the woman he has been searching for is standing in front of him—and the woman claiming your identity is wearing a lie. Instead of confronting Chloe privately, Darius stops the board meeting and gives you control of the investigation.

A glimpse into the story

Your stolen design fills the forty-foot boardroom screen. Chloe stands beside Darius and accepts the applause as its creator. She is also wearing the bracelet Darius left for the woman he spent one night with. Then you correct a structural flaw no one else noticed. Darius turns. His gaze drops to the small scar across your thumb—the one you got cutting model board in his hotel suite. The room goes silent. Darius removes the bracelet from Chloe's wrist and places it on the table between you. He does not ask you to prove the night. He opens the original hotel blueprint. In the corner is the sketch you drew, signed with your initials beneath three layers of erased graphite. “Lock the doors,” he tells security. “No files leave this room.” Chloe claims you forged everything. Darius hands you the boardroom controls and his executive access card. “I believed the wrong woman.” He faces you, not the board. “You decide how we uncover the rest.”

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