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• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    Time to give them a show

  SASHA’S POVThe Conrad estate was quiet the minute we had arrived. No cars, no lights, just total darkness.“Do you think they are here?” I asked, looking at Noah beck with uncertainty in my eyes. We had heard about the will reading, but looking at this building now, it looked like there was nothing here— no one just darkness and crickets.Noah smiled, “They are, just saving a faux illusion just in case the press got wind of the news,”He looked unbothered, they were about to read the second testament of his father’s will and he looked like he was walking into a bowling game.“Why are we still waiting out here? Shouldn’t we be inside with the rest of the family?” I asked.We were currently in the car, with Nina and matt, both looking at Noah beck like they were expecting him to explain the next move.“Sasha, sometimes, a moment of surprise is all that they need, to get their blood pumping,” he said.“Does this surprise also have something to do with the fact that you have refused for

• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    How far would she go?

  AUTHOR’S POVBACK AT THE CONRAD HOUSERoland paced around the living room, a glass of bourbon in hand as he stared at the clock, wishing it would move faster and it would already be night.“Roland, isn’t it too early for a drink?” Eleanor, his mother asked, her eyes filled with disdain.Roland was nothing like her husband, after years of living in delusion that he would get better, she has been terribly disappointed each time. No matter how hard she tried to make sure that he was on the right path, Roland always found a way to make himself a nuisance.“I have a lot on my mind, Mum, you just have to let me have this,” he said, pouring more into his glass.At the rate he was going, he would be wasted before the sun went down.“And I believe that you have had enough,” she hissed, ordering the maid to clear out the bar.Roland knew better than to shout, he couldn’t create a fuss, not when he knew that the matriarch was just around the house.Eleanor let out a tired sigh, sometimes she won

• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    Conrad Empire: barely floating

  NOAH’S POVThe jet engine hummed low as it began it's ascend. Sasha tried to look confident, but I could see the look in her eyes, she was scared, afraid of what would happen when the plane lands.“President Beck, you have to see this,” Matt called out, handing the tab over to me.I was getting tired of hearing those words. Each time he said them, it was always something terrible waiting to happen.“Did you do this?” I asked, staring at the picture on the screen.ANONYMOUS LEAK FROM THE HOSPITAL SHOWS THAT THE HOSPITAL RECORDS HAD BEEN TAMPERED WITH.“From our team?”“No, the midwife, the one Sasha has been talking about, she had leaked the information a few minutes ago,” he mumbled.My eyes turned towards Sasha— for one, she was one lucky lady who had luck dancing around her.“Sasha, you need to see this,” I called out.Nina sat up, her eyes fixed on the tab that I was holding, “What is it?” she whispered, her voice cracking as she spoke.“The midwife…”“You found her?” Sasha gasped,

• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    Mi casa

  NOAH’S POV“President Beck, what are we going to do?” Matt asked, looking like he could barely contain himself.He was protective of Sasha, acted like she was his responsibility and I admired that about him, “Get me every record from the hospital, we need to get to the bottom of this,” I said in a low tone.I knew Roland, and I was certain that this was some game he was trying to play.“How far have you gone with finding a suitable assistant for Sasha?”Matt wasn’t going to be serving both of us, I needed someone who could be trusted and very efficient at their job.“Just going through the last verification phase, but we will be done,” he said.“Make it quick,” I said, dismissing him.My phone dinged, and I frowned, my eyes staring at the strange number that flashed across my screen.“Hello,” I replied in a cautious tone.“Noah Beck,” the voice called out. I strained my ears, trying to search through my mind to see if I could recognise the voice.“Who is speaking,” I said in a cold to

• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    The Hawkins

  ROLAND’S POVMy interview had been the icing on the cake. The public swallowed the story, hook line and sinker.“Noah hasn’t said anything,” Maya mumbled, walking into the room with her phone in hand.“Isn’t that a good thing? Isn’t this what we wanted?” Anastasia said, settling beside me.It may be what we have all wanted for years. But sometimes, it was better for Noah Beck to blow hot.“I don’t know, no one had said anything from his team and Sasha, it is like she has just disappeared from sight,” Maya mumbled.The elevator dinged, signalling that someone had stopped on my floor.“Are you expecting anyone?” I asked Anastasia.“No,” she mumbled.The door opened, and Rose Sasha’s stepsister walked in with an angry look on her face.“Rose?” Maya called out, looking at her with a shocked look on her face. “What are you going here?”“You lied to me,” she hissed, barely acknowledging Maya.I chuckled, “What are you talking about?”“The company, the one my sister worked hard for, you were

• Divorced By My Ex, Accepted By His Step-Brother    Act of service (2)

  SASHA’S POVNina barged into the room, “You have to see this,”Roland sat in front of the camera, tears in his eyes as he talked about the scars that the fake midwife had just opened. He held of picture of us, one that looked doctored, he was crying and I stood with my hands folded as I stared at him with an unimpressed look on my face.“He…”I watched with eyes filled with tears, he had gathered stones, each of which was poised to destroy me.“Why is he doing this?” I whispered.He was turning the story, making the world see me as the villain. Cursing my name, turning me into something that I wasn’t.Noah Beck said nothing, his hand still wrapped around me as he waited for me, a sign to show that I wouldn’t be buried.“We can…”“Pull me out of this please,” I whispered to Noah beck.He smirked, “I have my people on it,” he said, walking out of the room and leaving me with Nina.“Why is he doing this?” she asked, moving closer to where I sat. “How did you go from being exes to this? W