Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTYChapter 180: The Part That StayedFor the first time in a long time—Ariana woke up without fear.No alarms.No shifting walls.No invisible pressure tightening around her chest.Just—Silence.Soft, natural silence.Her eyes opened slowly, blinking against the gentle light filtering through a curtain she didn’t remember owning.The ceiling above her was plain.White.Still.Not glitching. Not flickering.Real.She stayed there for a moment, unmoving, staring at it like it might suddenly break apart if she trusted it too quickly.But it didn’t.It stayed exactly as it was.Her breath came out slowly.“…it’s over.”The words felt strange in her mouth.Unfamiliar.Like a language she hadn’t spoken in a long time.She sat up carefully, her body responding without resistance. No heaviness. No delay. No invisible force dragging her back.Just her.Her hands rested on her lap.Steady.Alive.A small laugh escaped her—soft, disbelieving.“I’m… okay.”It sounded almost like a question.But no
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY NINEChapter 179: The Ending That Was Never Meant to Exist“I’m becoming something you can’t understand.”For the first time—It didn’t respond.Not immediately.Not confidently.The voice that had always been there… always certain… always watching—Paused.And that pause—That single moment of hesitation—Was everything.Ariana felt it.The pull in her chest—still there.Still strong.But no longer overwhelming.No longer in control.Her breathing steadied.Slow.Intentional.Like she was learning how to exist all over again.“...what are you doing?” the voice finally asked.But now—It didn’t sound calm.It didn’t sound patient.It sounded—Uncertain.Ariana smiled faintly.“You said you wanted to understand everything.”Her voice was quiet.But firm.Clear.“Then start with this.”The pull surged again.Violent.Desperate.Like it was trying to reclaim control.But Ariana didn’t fight it.Didn’t resist.She let it rise.Let it spread.Let it fill her completely.Her fingers trembled.He
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EIGHTChapter 178: The Sacrifice That Wasn’t Supposed to Work“…it takes everything.”Ariana felt it before she understood it.That pull in her chest—It wasn’t subtle anymore.It wasn’t quiet.It hurt.Sharp. Deep. Spreading through her like something was tightening around her from the inside.Her breath hitched.“No…”Her fingers dug into her chest, like she could physically stop it.But it didn’t slow.Didn’t hesitate.It was already happening.The room responded instantly.The machines surged.The lights flickered violently.The air cracked with pressure, like something was forcing its way through.Ariana staggered.“It’s starting…” the girl whispered.Her voice wasn’t calm anymore.It wasn’t controlled.It was afraid.Ariana looked at her, panic flashing through her eyes.“You said it only happens if I don’t choose!”“I was wrong,” the girl said quickly.Her restraints strained as she tried to sit up more.“It’s not waiting anymore.”Ariana’s heart slammed violently.“Why now?!”Silenc
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SEVENChapter 177: The Choice That Breaks Everything“You created it to survive yourself.”The words didn’t echo.They settled.Heavy. Final.Like something that had always been true—just buried deep enough for her to pretend otherwise.Ariana couldn’t breathe.Not properly.Each inhale felt forced, like her body wasn’t sure how to function anymore.“No…” she whispered.But even she could hear it.That wasn’t denial.That was fear.Real fear.The kind that comes when something starts to make too much sense.Her hands trembled at her sides.“This doesn’t make sense,” she said again, louder now. “I’m not—whatever you’re trying to say I am.”The girl on the chair didn’t interrupt.Didn’t argue.She just watched.Like she had already been here before.Like she had already seen Ariana react exactly like this.“You weren’t always this version,” the girl said quietly.Ariana’s head snapped up.“What does that even mean?”Silence.Then—“It means you changed.”Her chest tightened.“I didn’t change
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY SIXChapter 176: The Truth That Shouldn’t Exist“…you weren’t human.”The words didn’t fade.They echoed.Not around her.Inside her.Ariana’s body snapped back into the room like she had been thrown.Her knees hit the floor hard.Air rushed into her lungs in sharp, broken breaths.“No—”Her voice cracked immediately.“That’s not true.”But it didn’t sound like denial.It sounded like fear.Real fear.The kind that comes when something feels too close to the truth.Her hands pressed against the ground, fingers trembling as she tried to steady herself.“That’s not possible,” she said again, louder this time.The girl on the chair didn’t move.Didn’t interrupt.She just watched.Waiting.Like she already knew how this would go.Ariana forced herself up, shaking her head violently.“I’ve always been human.”Silence.The girl tilted her head slightly.“Have you?”The question slipped in quietly.But it hit harder than anything else.Ariana froze.Her pulse spiked.“Yes.”The answer came fast.
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Chapter: CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FIVEChapter 175: The Thing That Watches“…on you.”The words didn’t feel like a warning.They felt like something that had already been happening.Ariana’s throat went dry.“No.”But even as she said it—Her body reacted.A strange pull deep in her chest.Subtle.Familiar.Like something had always been there… quietly taking.Her hand moved to her sternum.Pressed lightly.Her heartbeat was steady.Too steady.Like it wasn’t hers alone.“That’s not possible,” she said, her voice lower now.The girl on the chair didn’t argue.She didn’t need to.“Then why do you feel it?” she asked quietly.Silence.Ariana didn’t answer.Because she did.That pull—That quiet draining sensation—It wasn’t new.She had just never noticed it before.Her breath came uneven.“…how long?”The girl’s eyes softened slightly.“Since the beginning.”Ariana shook her head immediately.“No. I would have known.”“You weren’t meant to.”Her chest tightened.“Why me?”The question slipped out before she could stop it.I
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Billionaire's Broken vows, Bitter Revenge
"I hate you! You are not our mother!"
Melissa staggered back, bewildered.
" Did... Did you hear him?" She gasped, pointing at their youngest child.
Jaden smirked, his head tilting to the side.
"Of course, he isn't wrong anyway."
She sacrificed everything for him and moved from being the wealthy, respected heiress to a neglected wife of a bankrupt man.
Despite Jaden's poor background and past marriage, Melissa stayed with him and his children and helped him build his business back to its feet to the point of raising it to be recognized as her family's rival company.
She thought the roses would finally be given to her, she thought Jaden Oscar would love her more than he did when they had nothing, but reality crushed her hopes.
Just a few years after her husband's success, he returned home with another woman, whom he claimed to be the children's mother.
Melissa was left with nothing, no children, no man to reciprocate her love, no family.
Standing alone under the rain with her eyes fixed on a house once called her home, Melissa swore to take revenge on everyone who had hurt her, most especially, her dear husband, Jaden Oscar.
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty SixCHAPTER 166 — She Walked Away Free The morning after everything ended arrived quietly, as if the world itself was careful not to startle her.Melissa woke to pale sunlight slipping through sheer curtains, the sound of water moving somewhere beyond the windows. For a few seconds, she didn’t remember where she was—or why her body felt both exhausted and strangely light.Then memory returned, not like a knife, but like a closed door.Castor was gone.Gone for good.She sat up slowly, half-expecting the familiar tightness in her chest, the reflexive fear that had lived with her for so long. It didn’t come. There was grief, yes, and something like mourning for the years she had lost—but the fear was absent.That was new.Tyrone stood on the balcony, phone pressed to his ear, his voice low and controlled as he finished a call. When he turned and saw her awake, his expression softened in a way that still surprised her sometimes.“You okay?” he asked.Melissa nodded. “I think… I really am.”
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty FiveCHAPTER 165 — The Choice That Ends a MonsterThe city didn’t sleep that night.Sirens stitched the dark together, blue and red lights washing over glass towers and silent streets. News vans crowded outside the evacuated venue, reporters shouting questions no one was ready to answer. Inside a black SUV moving steadily through the chaos, Melissa sat perfectly still, her hands folded in her lap as if calm were something she could summon by force.Tyrone watched her from the corner of his eye.She hadn’t spoken since they left.“Melissa,” he said softly.“I’m thinking,” she replied.That worried him more than panic would have.The safe house was a steel-and-concrete fortress overlooking the river, guarded, isolated, designed to disappear people when the world became too loud. The moment the door shut behind them, the quiet rushed in again thick, pressing, full of unfinished business.Melissa finally exhaled.“He planned that,” she said. “Not to kill anyone. Not yet.”Tyrone loosened his t
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty FourCHAPTER 164 — A Ring, a Lie, and the Man Who Refused to DieThe first thing Melissa noticed was the silence.Not the peaceful kind—the kind that settled after a storm—but the heavy, unnatural quiet that pressed against her ears as Tyrone drove faster than he should have through the city streets. The river lights disappeared behind them, swallowed by concrete and steel, and the engagement ring on her finger felt suddenly heavier, like it carried a warning.She stared at her phone again.No new messages.That frightened her more than anything.“Castor is supposed to be in maximum security,” Tyrone said, voice controlled but tight. “No access to phones. No outside contact.”“Then how did he text me?” Melissa whispered.Tyrone didn’t answer immediately. His jaw clenched, knuckles whitening on the steering wheel.“There’s only one explanation,” he said finally. “He’s not where we think he is.”Her chest tightened. “You’re saying he escaped.”“I’m saying,” Tyrone corrected, “that someone he
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty ThreeCHAPTER 163 — The Man Who StayedMelissa Williams had learned the sound of abandonment.It came quietly—through unanswered calls, through doors that closed without explanation, through promises that dissolved the moment life became inconvenient. It wasn’t loud. It didn’t scream. It simply… left.So when Tyrone stayed, it confused her.He stayed when she woke up shaking in the middle of the night, drenched in sweat, Castor’s face still clawing at her thoughts. He stayed when the court dates dragged on longer than promised. He stayed when the tabloids dragged her name through mud they never bothered to clean off.He stayed even when she didn’t ask him to.That morning, Melissa stood by the floor-to-ceiling window in her apartment, staring at the city she had rebuilt herself in. The sun was pale, hesitant like it wasn’t sure she deserved warmth yet.Behind her, Tyrone adjusted his cufflinks calmly.“You didn’t sleep,” he said.It wasn’t a question.Melissa gave a faint smile. “I did. Jus
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty TwoCHAPTER 162— Power, Not RescueThree years later.Melissa no longer remembered what fear felt like.Not because she had never known it but because it no longer ruled her decisions.From the glass wall of her office, the city spread beneath her like something conquered, not owned. Traffic moved in disciplined chaos. Towers rose and fell in steel confidence. Somewhere down there were people who still whispered her name with curiosity, envy, admiration.She had stopped caring which one it was.“Five minutes, Ms. Williams,” her assistant said softly.Melissa nodded without turning. “Let them in when the board is seated.”When the door closed, she adjusted her cuffs and looked at her reflection faintly mirrored in the glass. The woman staring back was composed, sharp-eyed, unapologetic.This was not the woman Castor had tried to break.This was not the woman Jaden had died protecting.This was the woman who had taken loss and forged authority from it.The board meeting went exactly as expe
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Chapter: Chapter One Hundred and Sixty oneCHAPTER 161— The Woman Who Stayed Standing The rain started just as the casket was lowered. Not dramatic. Not sudden. Just a steady drizzle that soaked into black coats and umbrellas, as if the sky itself had decided mourning should not be dry or clean. Melissa stood at the front. No umbrella. No one offered her one. She didn’t look fragile enough to need it. The cemetery was crowded press, executives, politicians, people who had only known Jaden as a name attached to wealth and influence. They whispered in clusters, glancing at her when they thought she wouldn’t notice. That’s her. The woman he died protecting. The reason Castor lost everything. Melissa didn’t turn. She kept her eyes on the casket, her hands folded loosely in front of her, rain tracing down her hair, her face, her neck. She felt it. Every drop. She welcomed it. The priest spoke. Words about legacy. About sacrifice. About a man who had tried to outrun his past and failed but not before saving someone els
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Chapter: CHAPTER FOURTEENCHAPTER 14EVELYNThe truth had a way of arriving quietly.Not with thunder. Not with warning.Sometimes it came in the form of a single sentence that changed everything.And sometimes it came from the mouth of someone you trusted.I stared at the document on my dining table, unable to move.My fingers were cold.My heart was worse."Mia," I whispered.She sat across from me, her eyes red, her hands twisting together. She looked smaller than I had ever seen her.Not my fearless best friend.Not the person who always had an answer.Just Mia.Someone carrying a secret too heavy for too long."I didn't know how to tell you," she said.I laughed softly, but there was no humor in it."You always say that."Her eyes lifted to mine."You didn't know how to tell me Eden contacted you. You didn't know how to tell me he wanted me to wait. You didn't know how to tell me you changed my entire life because you thought you were protecting me.""Eve...""And now this."I tapped the document.The pap
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Chapter: CHAPTER THIRTEENChapter 13EVELYNThe first thing I did was check the locks.The front door.The balcony.The windows.Every single one.Oscar didn't stop me.He just watched.And somehow, that hurt more.Because the old Oscar would have walked over, taken my hands, and told me everything was going to be okay.This Oscar stood back.Like he wasn't sure if he still had the right.Like he was already preparing himself for a life without me."I didn't know," I whispered.He looked at me."I know.""No, you don't." My voice cracked. "You don't understand. I don't even know what's real anymore."The past few days felt like someone had taken my entire life and shaken it until nothing was left where it belonged.Eden wasn't the man who abandoned me.Mia wasn't the person who protected me.My father wasn't the man I thought he was.And now someone had entered my home.My safe place."Did you tell Eden?" Oscar asked.The question caught me off guard."What?""About the photo."I stared at him."No.""Why?"I
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Chapter: CHAPTER TWELVECHAPTER 12EVELYNThe world has a strange way of becoming silent when it is falling apart.My phone kept vibrating.Again.And again.And again.But all I could hear was my own heartbeat.The headline was still there.My name.My face.My marriage.My past.Everything I had tried to protect had been dragged into the light.I scrolled once.A photo of me and Eden at my wedding.Another picture from seven years ago.Another from my engagement party with Oscar.Someone had taken pieces of my life and arranged them into a story that wasn't mine.THE BILLIONAIRE'S LOST LOVE RETURNS.NEWLYWED WIFE CAUGHT BETWEEN TWO MEN.DID EVELYN WILLIAMS MARRY FOR SECURITY?My stomach turned.Because strangers were judging a life they knew nothing about.They didn't know the nights I cried when Eden disappeared.They didn't know how hard I worked to move forward.They didn't know how much I tried to love Oscar the way he deserved.They only saw a headline.And somehow...A headline was enough."Evelyn."
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Chapter: CHAPTER ELEVENCHAPTER 11EVELYNI stared at the document until the words stopped looking like words.Until the ink blurred.Until my father's signature became something impossible.Something that belonged to another life.Another person.Not mine.Not my father.Not the man who used to carry me on his shoulders when I was a child.Not the man who sat beside my bed when I was sick.Not the man who told me that love was the only thing in the world worth fighting for.My hands shook.Because the paper in front of me was saying something else.It was saying my entire understanding of the past was wrong.I read the sentence again.THE AGREEMENT THAT ENDED EDEN AND EVELYN.My stomach twisted."No."The word came out quietly.Almost like a prayer.Because if I said it softly enough, maybe it would disappear.Maybe I would wake up.Maybe Nathan Blackwood would not have just handed me proof that my father had something to do with the worst heartbreak of my life.The restaurant suddenly felt too loud.The so
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Chapter: CHAPTER TENCHAPTER 10EVELYNI didn't sleep.Not really.I closed my eyes, but every time I did, I saw that photograph.Me leaving my office.Me walking through the city.Me living my normal life while someone else watched from a distance.The worst part wasn't knowing Nathan had seen me.It was knowing he had been close enough to.Close enough to know my routine.Close enough to take a picture.Close enough to become a shadow I never noticed.By morning, the letter was still on the bed beside me.Eden's handwriting stared back at me.If I couldn't tell you myself... then Nathan got to me first.What did that mean?What had happened seven years ago that I didn't know about?I picked up my phone.For one second, I almost called Eden.Almost.My thumb hovered over his name.Then I stopped.Because I was angry.Because I was confused.Because I didn't know if I was calling him because I needed answers...Or because some part of me still knew exactly who to run to when the world became too heavy.A
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Chapter: CHAPTER NINECHAPTER 9EVELYN"Nathan isn't after the company."The words echoed in my head.Vanessa stood across from my desk, pale and trembling, while my pulse hammered against my ribs."He's after you."For a moment, I honestly thought I had heard her wrong."What?"Her expression didn't change."Nathan has been watching you for years."I laughed.A short, disbelieving laugh.Because sometimes the truth sounds so ridiculous your mind rejects it before your heart can process it."That's impossible.""I wish it was."My fingers tightened around the stack of letters."How would he even know me?"Vanessa looked away.And somehow that scared me more."Because of Eden."The room seemed smaller."When Eden first left the country, he talked about you constantly." Her voice was quiet. "Your photos were everywhere. His apartment. His office. His phone."I swallowed hard."He loved you."Past tense.Not loves.Loved.That hurt more than it should have."Nathan noticed."A cold feeling crawled down my spi
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Vœux Brisés d’un Milliardaire : Vengeance Amère
Synopsis (Version Française)
« Je te déteste ! Tu n’es pas notre mère ! »
Melissa recula, bouleversée.
« Tu… tu l’as entendu ? » souffla-t-elle, pointant du doigt leur plus jeune enfant.
Jaden esquissa un sourire en coin, la tête légèrement inclinée.
« Bien sûr. Il n’a pas tort, de toute façon. »
Elle avait tout sacrifié pour lui — passant du statut d’héritière riche et respectée à celui d’épouse négligée d’un homme ruiné.
Malgré le passé difficile de Jaden et son précédent mariage, Melissa était restée à ses côtés, élevant ses enfants et aidant à reconstruire son entreprise jusqu’à en faire un empire rival de celui de sa propre famille.
Elle pensait enfin recevoir les roses qu’elle méritait.
Elle croyait que Jaden Oscar l’aimerait davantage maintenant qu’ils avaient tout.
Mais la réalité brisa ses espoirs.
Quelques années à peine après leur réussite, Jaden rentra à la maison avec une autre femme… qu’il présenta comme la véritable mère de ses enfants.
Melissa se retrouva seule — sans mari, sans enfants, sans famille.
Sous la pluie battante, fixant la maison qu’elle appelait autrefois la sienne, elle fit un vœu solennel : se venger de tous ceux qui l’avaient trahie, et plus que tout, de son cher mari, Jaden Oscar.
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️ Note de l’auteure
> Cette œuvre est ma propre création. Il s’agit de la traduction officielle en français de mon roman anglais publié sur GoodNovel.
Merci de respecter mon travail et de ne pas copier ou reproduire sans autorisation.
— Chel-C
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Chapter: Chapitre 7Chapitre 7 : L'étranger de la chambre 1408Point de vue de MelanieL'hôtel Rosewood se dressait au-dessus de moi comme une forteresse de verre et d'acier, ses lumières dorées se reflétant dans les rues luisantes de pluie. Je restais de l'autre côté de la route, trempée jusqu'aux os, serrant l'enveloppe d'argent liquide et le téléphone jetable comme s'ils étaient des bouées de sauvetage. Peut-être l'étaient-ils.Un portier en uniforme impeccable ouvrit les portes de laiton pour un couple en tenue de soirée. Ils entrèrent d'un pas élégant sans jeter un regard à la femme trempée sur le trottoir d'en face. Je baissai les yeux sur moi-même : ma blouse de créateur collée à la peau, le mascara qui avait coulé sur les joues, les cheveux plaqués contre le visage. J'avais exactement l'air de ce que j'étais : une femme qui avait tout perdu.Pourtant, j'étais toujours debout. Je traversai la rue, chaque pas mesuré. Les yeux du portier s'écarquillèrent légèrement à mon approche, mais des années d'
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Chapter: Chapitre 6 Chapitre 6 : La victoire a un goût amerPoint de vue de JadenLes bulles du champagne me chatouillaient la gorge tandis que je levais mon verre, observant le liquide doré scintiller sous la lumière du lustre. La victoire n’avait jamais eu un goût aussi doux. Du moins, c’est ce que je me disais.« À de nouveaux débuts ! » lança Erica d’une voix claire à travers le salon, son verre tintant contre le mien d’un son cristallin. Elle était radieuse — elle l’avait toujours été. C’est ce qui m’avait manqué pendant toutes ces années de séparation : cette beauté naturelle, cette aura qui attirait les regards où qu’elle aille.« À enfin obtenir ce que nous méritons, » ajoutai-je en la serrant contre moi. Elle s’ajustait parfaitement à mon côté, comme autrefois. C’était juste. C’était ainsi que les choses auraient toujours dû être.« Oh, mon cher garçon ! » Ma mère fit irruption, les bras grands ouverts, son téléphone enfin rangé après avoir filmé la sortie dramatique de Mélanie. « Je suis si fiè
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Chapter: chapter 5Je rampai jusqu’à la porte, incapable de retenir les larmes qui coulaient de mes yeux.La poignée était dure sous mes doigts lorsque je la tournai pour l’ouvrir.L’encre sur les papiers du divorce était encore fraîche quand les gardes du corps de Jaden m’agrippèrent les bras.Leur prise était ferme, inflexible, comme si j’étais une criminelle traînée hors de la scène d’un délit.Peut-être que je l’étais. Peut-être que l’avoir aimé avait été mon plus grand crime.« Enlevez vos mains de moi ! » me dégrafai-je, mais un autre garde bloqua mon passage vers l’escalier.« Je dois récupérer mes affaires. Mes vêtements, mes bijoux… »« Ordres de M. Oscar, madame. » Marcus, le chef de la sécurité, un homme qui m’avait ouvert la porte hier encore, n’osait pas me regarder. « Vous devez partir immédiatement. Rien dans cette maison ne vous appartient plus. »« Rien ne m’appartient ? » Ma voix se brisa. « J’ai vécu ici pendant des années ! Ce sont mes affaires… »La voix stridente de Mme Oscar perça
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Chapter: Chapter 4Je rampai jusqu’à la porte, incapable de retenir les larmes qui coulaient de mes yeux.Je forçai mes jambes à bouger et saisis la poignée, la tournant pour l’ouvrir.Mon cœur était déjà brisé depuis le début, jusqu’à ce qu’il ne reste plus aucun morceau à écraser.« Jaden ? » chuchotai-je en entrant en titubant.Il s’arrêta soudainement de la pénétrer quand il entendit ma voix et tourna la tête en arrière.Ses yeux s’écarquillèrent et il jura bruyamment avant de se retirer d’elle.Erica cria et tira la couverture sur son corps, rougissant de honte.Mon corps s’échauffa de rage tandis que je les regardais, les yeux remplis de larmes.« Alors, c’était ça ? C’était le travail dont tu parlais ? » demandai-je en penchant la tête sur le côté.La rougeur sur le visage d’Erica disparut, et elle me regarda sans la moindre trace de remords dans les yeux, tout comme Jaden.« Tu couchais avec ton ex-femme ? Tu devrais avoir honte ! » hurlai-je en m’avançant, incapable de contenir ma colère.« Tu
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Chapter: Chapter 3Ma respiration se coupa tandis que je fixais la femme à la peau dorée, brune et grande, devant moi.J’avalai difficilement ma salive et baissai la tête, me sentant intimidée par sa présence.Je l’avais vue d’innombrables fois à l’écran, pourtant Jaden avait refusé de me dire qu’elle était son ex-femme.Cela expliquait pourquoi son expression changeait toujours chaque fois qu’elle apparaissait dans un film.« Enchantée de te rencontrer », murmura-t-elle en tendant la main pour une poignée de main.Je fixai sa main et la montre chère attachée à son poignet.« Enchantée », répondis-je en serrant sa main à contrecœur.Ses lèvres roses s’étirèrent en un large sourire tandis qu’elle plongeait un regard confiant dans mes yeux.Il y avait beaucoup de similitudes entre nous, de la couleur de nos yeux à la structure de nos visages et de nos corps.Je me sentis bouleversée à l’idée que Jaden m’avait peut-être épousée parce que je ressemblais à son ex-femme.Il n’oserait pas faire ça. Il m’aimait
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Chapter: Chapter 2Une larme coula de mes yeux tandis que je fixais le visage pâle de David.Ses lèvres étaient gercées et sèches, et son corps n’était pas différent de celui d’un fantôme.Peut-être que si j’avais été un peu plus prudente, si j’avais laissé Betty dans les bras de la domestique et que j’étais allée chercher David, cela ne serait pas arrivé.C’est ce que je n’ai cessé de me répéter toute la nuit, assise dans la salle d’attente, le cœur serré dans ma poitrine.J’ai ressenti un profond soulagement lorsque les médecins ont confirmé qu’il allait bien.S’il était arrivé quelque chose à David, je doute que j’aurais pu le supporter.J’ai levé les yeux vers l’horloge murale de la pièce et ma gorge s’est nouée.Il était plus de neuf heures du matin et Jaden n’était toujours pas arrivé.Il m’avait promis la veille qu’il viendrait, sa voix tremblait d’inquiétude, et je l’avais cru.Au final, il n’y avait que moi et les enfants, comme toujours.« Maman ? » murmura une petite voix rauque, et je tourna
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