Chapter 10 Damien POV I stood frozen in the hallway as she disappeared into the crowd. Aria. My wife. The woman I’d thrown out four years ago. “Mr. Blackwood?” My assistant’s voice cut through the chaos in my head, tentative and concerned. “The investors are waiting in Conference Room A
Chapter 9 Damien. She didn’t need to say it. My voice turned cold. “Then he sees what he threw away p> After we hung up, I stood at my window for a long time. Noah’s face floated in my mind—those ice-blue eyes that I saw every day, that reminded me
Chapter 8 One year later. “Happy birthday, Noah!” I clapped as Noah smashed his tiny hands into the small cake I’d baked. Blue frosting went everywhere—his face, his hair, the high chair tray. Olivia laughed from across my new flat’s kitchen table. “I think he’s enjoying it p> I grinned,
Chapter 7 I nodded, my voice caught somewhere deep inside. Back at the café, I worked until closing. My feet screamed. My back ached as the baby kicked at my ribs. That night, in my studio apartment, I sat at my tiny desk with my laptop open. Olivia had left
Chapter 6 Six months later. London in winter was nothing like Ravenwood. The rain here felt softer somehow, mixing with fog that turned everything grey and dreamlike. I’d grown to love it. My studio apartment in East London was tiny—one room with a kitchenette and a bathroom you couldn’t turn
Chapter 5 The rain didn’t stop. I walked for hours, my suitcase wheels catching on every crack in the sidewalk. My clothes clung to my skin as my shoes squelched with each step. I had nowhere to go. The cheap motel where I’d been staying had kicked me out this
Chapter 4 The taxi dropped me at the Monroe mansion gates just as the sun set behind the estate. I paid with crumpled bills from my purse. My hands shook as I counted them out. The driver glanced at me in the rearview mirror. “Are you okay, miss p> I
Chapter 3 She wouldn’t meet my eyes. The elevator ride felt eternal. My reflection stared back at me from the polished doors—pale, thin, exhausted. I’d barely eaten in days. The doors opened to reveal a sharp-faced woman in a designer suit. Her smile was professional. “Mrs. Blackwood.” She gestured down
Chapter 2 The whispers followed me back to the ballroom. I walked with my head high, my wedding dress trailing behind me like a burial shroud. Two hundred pairs of eyes tracked my every step. Camera phones pointed at me from every direction. Whispers floated through the air. “Did you
Chapter 1 Aria pov The champagne bubbles mocked me. I stood alone in the corner of the Blackwood Estate ballroom, watching two hundred guests celebrate a marriage that felt like a funeral. My wedding dress custom Vera Wang, paid for by my new husband’s assistant, felt like a beautiful cage.
Chapter 46 “That’s good. When I leave in a month, I will take you with me.” Karl made a promise that got me excited so much I almost jumped from my bed. “Calm down calm down. Don’t hurt yourself or you wouldn’t have recovered enough to leave even after a
Chapter 45 “What? Are you in a hurry to reunite with your mate?” Karl asked in what I would have thought was jealousy if I didn’t know better. “What mate?” I decided to play dumb for now to throw him off because I just needed him to protect me while
Chapter 44 “You really have the nerve to ask? When we were younger, you treated me like a charity case. Always inviting me to your house to eat the food your mom cooked or to have your father teach us together. Do you know how much I hated you for
Chapter 43 Innocent showed up on my third day in the hospital. Unlike other days when she was all high and mighty in front of me, there was a slight awkwardness in her speech and even body language. Anita had already filled me in on what had happened in the
Chapter 42 Valerie’s POV I woke up feeling like crap. My head felt as if it was going to split open and my brain felt as if it had shifted. My neck was in pain too and basically, every part of my body freaking hurt! I tried to open my
Chapter 41 Karl’s POV I watched as Mike walked towards me with worry nearly twisting his face, but I couldn’t bring myself to feel sympathy for him. Looking at him, I remembered the doctor’s words. “Valerie had a two inch fracture on her head and a burst vein. If you
Chapter 40 “Mike, did you hit her too hard? Maybe we should let it go, after all it could have been an accident while cleaning that caused the vase to break. I don’t care about the vase that much but now Valerie is hurt, she has to go back to
Chapter 39 I reported my progress to my mentor who advised me to try creating some programs from what I had learned hacking into different companies. He also asked for my phone number so that he could communicate with me when needed and I wasn’t online on the dark web.
Chapter 38 I stayed in the hospital for a week before being discharged. My injuries were mostly healed which surprised even the doctors. Doctor Sam commented as she examined me for the last time, “For someone without a wolf, you heal pretty fast p> I couldn’t possibly tell her that
Chapter 37 Since Anita had chosen to protect me before, it was time for me to do the same. I never paid kindness with enmity. Also, since she was voluntarily taking care of me when I couldn’t do anything for myself, I had the obligation to help her. “Karl asked