Lost In Pain
Aurora, be honest with me. What do you truly desire?" Zane asked, his gaze unwavering as he stared deep into my eyes.
"I'm...confused," I admitted in a low tone, struggling to maintain my sanity.
Just then, my phone chimed. I swiped the screen to see a message notification, it was from Mark. It read. 'We have a history together, Aurora. A future.'
A tear streamed down my cheek as I stared at my phone. "Well?" Zane's voice snapped me back to reality. "You have to make a choice."
"But-" my lips quivered as my mind reeled. "But what if I can't?"
He let out a sigh as he took a step back. "Then you'll lose everything."
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Aurora's tenth anniversary was supposed to be a celebration of a decade of devotion with Mark.. Instead, it became the day her whole world shattered. Dumped and heartbroken by the only man she had ever loved and trusted, she kept the secret of her pregnancy to herself. Seeking momentary oblivion in a bar, she finds her surrendering to a one night stand with an unforgettable stranger.
Fate's cruel test continued when Aurora starts a new job, only to find the man from her one night stand was Zane, her boss. Zane's interest in her was evident, while she was hesitant, still nursing the wounds from Mark's betrayal and the burden of her pregnancy, she tried her best to resist him in every way possible.
When an accident forces hee secret into the open, Zane jumps to the conclusion that the child was his, but kept it hidden to himself. After few months later, Aurora finally told him the truth, but to her surprise, he wasn't disappointed and still insisted that he wanted them both regardless who the child's biological father was.
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Chapter: Chapter Fifty FourGhosts Don’t Stay Buried Peace, Aurora had learned, was never silent for long. It only pretended to be. The days after her walk with Elias unfolded with a strange, unfamiliar softness—like the world had lowered its voice just enough for her to hear her own thoughts again. Meetings felt lighter. Decisions came easier. Even the relentless rhythm of New York seemed… less suffocating. And that terrified her. Because nothing in her life had ever softened without demanding a price. She tried not to think about Elias too much. Tried to keep him in the neat, controlled category labeled colleague. Tried to convince herself that the quiet warmth she felt around him was nothing more than temporary comfort—an illusion born from exhaustion, not emotion. But denial, she was discovering, had limits. She noticed the way her body relaxed when he entered a room. The way her mind sharpened during their conversati
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Chapter: Chapter Fifty Three A Different Kind of ManAurora had spent years becoming untouchable.Not physically. Not emotionally, at least not entirely.But in the ways that mattered—mentally, strategically—she had armored herself with discipline, control, and a refusal to surrender to anything that smelled like uncertainty.Elias tested all of that.He did not enter her life like Zane, who had stormed it with fire and domination, dragging chaos wherever he went. He did not speak in commands, nor did he push, nor did he measure her reactions as though they were a game to win.Elias was… quiet.And quiet, Aurora knew, was more dangerous than desire.Because quiet does not threaten. It observes. It waits. It penetrates the defenses you believe are invincible, and by the time you notice, the walls you spent years building have begun to crumble without you even realizing it.Their first proper conversation had been at the edge of a corporate strategy meeting. Aurora had been presenting a particularly risky projecti
Last Updated: 2026-02-08
Chapter: Chapter Fifty TwoThe Quiet ArrivalThe morning Elias entered Aurora’s life felt almost deliberately ordinary, as if the universe were disguising significance beneath routine so she wouldn’t recognize it too soon.There was no dramatic interruption.No sudden shift in the air.No instinctive warning that something permanent had begun moving toward her.Only stillness.The kind of stillness that appears after a storm has spent itself—when the world looks calm, yet the ground is still soft from everything it has survived.Aurora noticed him because he wasn’t trying to be noticed.In a conference room full of sharp voices and sharper ambitions, where men measured power by volume and interruption, Elias remained quiet. Not timid. Not invisible. Simply… composed. He listened with a patience that felt almost out of place in a city that rewarded speed over understanding.She told herself she was only observing out of
Last Updated: 2026-02-07
Chapter: Chapter Fifty One The World She BuiltAURORAMorning arrived gently, not with urgency, not with alarms or chaos—but with light.Sunrise spilled through the glass walls of my apartment, painting the room in soft gold. I lay still for a moment, listening to the steady rhythm of the city waking beneath me. Cars moved like distant currents. Somewhere, a horn blared. Somewhere else, laughter drifted upward.Life continued.And so did I.I rose slowly, wrapping a robe around myself as I walked toward the window. The skyline no longer felt like a battlefield to conquer or a reminder of how far I had climbed. It felt like home.For years, I had believed peace would arrive loudly—through achievement, victory, or recognition. But now I understood: peace arrived quietly, the way this morning did, unannounced yet undeniable.The board meeting later that day was decisive.The foundation would expand into three new continents. Funding had been secured. Partnerships finalized. Systems refined. What once began as a
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Chapter: Chapter FiftyCrowning ClarityAURORAThe city lights glimmered beneath me, endless, intricate, alive. From this height, it seemed as if everything I had fought for—every challenge, every storm, every whisper from the past—had converged into a single, unbroken line. A path of survival, mastery, and clarity.I stood at the balcony of my new office, the skyline reflecting in my eyes. The air was cool, carrying the faint scent of rain and asphalt, familiar yet invigorating. For the first time in years, I allowed myself a moment to breathe fully, to feel the weight of accomplishment settle without the undercurrent of fear or longing.
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Chapter: Chapter Forty NineThe Crucible of LegacyAURORAThe boardroom was silent, the kind of silence that feels heavy, almost tangible. The city outside pulsed with life, indifferent to the tension within these walls. I stood at the head of the table, surrounded by colleagues, mentees, and stakeholders who had gathered to decide the fate of our latest international project.This was the culmination of years of work, every late night, every strategic decision, every lesson painfully learned converging into a single moment. And now, it would be tested.The challenge came not as a shout or a demand, but as a calculated series of attacks. Legal loopholes, financial
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