The Heiress Returns: Reclaiming My Legacy
I am trapped in the middle of a war I never asked for. A war written in blood, money, and betrayal. And if I don’t fight back, I will lose, and I don’t lose.
It began the day I discovered the truth. I wasn’t who I thought I was. My real family, the Black family were billionaires, powerful and merciless, their legacy dripping with old money and ancient grudges. Bound by ties to the Bristo empire, their world was one I was never meant to enter. I was dragged into it, whether I want to be or not.
To my newfound siblings, I am an intruder, a threat, a mistake that should have stayed buried. And above all, a rival. Because in their world, everything is a game of possession, including Lucas Bristo.
Lucas, with his arrogance and impossible charm, infuriates me to my core. I despise the way his eyes pin me in place. I despise the heat that coils in my chest whenever he dares to touch me. Loving him was never part of the plan. But my heart doesn’t obey plans, and neither does his.
Now my greatest enemies are not outsiders, but blood. My adopted sister, the one who lived the life meant for me has joined forces with my blood brother whom she is having an incestuous affair with.
Together, they will stop at nothing to destroy me, to strip away the man I love and the empire that is rightfully mine.
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Chapter: Chapter 183 Chapter 183 Lucas' POV It happened in less than a second. One moment, we were laughing — Hannah's hand warm in mine, her fingers intertwined with my own, her smile glowing beneath the Halloween lights that cast everything in shades of orange and gold. She'd been mid-sentence, telling me some story about her childhood Halloweens at the orphanage, her eyes bright with the kind of joy I'd been fighting to restore in her for weeks. The sound of fireworks boomed overhead, children shrieked with delight somewhere nearby, and the air smelled like caramel apples and smoke. It was perfect. We were perfect. The next moment, Damon was suddenly in front of us, his face twisted with something I'd never seen before, pure, undiluted terror. His eyes were wide, wild, his mouth open in a shout I couldn't quite hear over the music and crowd noise. He was running, sprinting toward us with an urgency that sent ice shooting through my veins. I didn't understand why he was panicking. I knew somethin
Last Updated: 2025-12-19
Chapter: Chapter 182Chapter 182 Damon's POV We had moved from the benches to the open field where the Halloween crowd was thickest with families with kids running around with glow sticks and candy bags, couples laughing and taking endless photos, fireworks booming above in bursts of red and gold that painted the sky. Street performers were doing fire acts, a band was playing somewhere to our left, and the energy should have been infectious, celebratory. It should've felt festive, alive, full of that particular magic that only Halloween nights can create. Instead, something about the night carried a weight I couldn't shake, a tension sitting heavy on my shoulders that I couldn't quite name or explain. Maybe it was the awkwardness with Piper still lingering in my chest like a bruise or it was just exhaustion from too many late nights and too much coffee. But something felt off, wrong in a way that made my instincts prickle with warning. My phone buzzed insistently in my pocket, breaking through my th
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Chapter: Chapter 181Chapter 181 Lily's POV The crowd was a blur of color and noise, music pulsing through the streets with a bass so heavy I could feel it vibrating in my chest, laughter echoing off buildings in waves of sound that should have felt joyful but only grated against my nerves, lights spinning in dizzying halos overhead, casting everything in alternating shadows and brightness. Halloween revelry at its peak, thousands of people celebrating, living, enjoying their perfect little lives. But none of it reached me. None of it mattered. My breath was slow, controlled, measured like I'd practiced in the mirror for hours. In for four counts, hold for four, out for four. My heartbeat was steady, rhythmic, like a ticking clock counting down to inevitability, to the moment I'd been planning for days, to the end of all this suffering. I adjusted the peacock mask on my face for the third time in as many minutes, feeling the cool silk press against my cheekbones, the elastic band pulling slightly
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Chapter: Chapter 180 Chapter 180 Gavin's POV I knew there was something off, something fundamentally changed in Piper's demeanor the moment she saw Damon standing there in the crowd. It was in the way her smile faltered, not completely disappearing but losing its genuine warmth, becoming something more performative. t was in the way her voice softened almost imperceptibly, like air catching in her throat before words could fully form. It wasn't dramatic or obvious, not enough for most people to notice or comment on, but I did. I noticed everything when it came to her. The nervous swallow that made her throat work, the way she suddenly looked anywhere but directly at him, as if eye contact might betray something she wanted to keep hidden. And it told me everything I needed to know. So this was the man who was supposed to be my rivalry. I remembered seeing him once before, briefly, during that morning I'd driven to Piper's apartment building looking for Hannah and had encountered Piper and Damon, b
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Chapter: Chapter 179 Chapter 179 Piper's POV The city was alive with neon lights reflecting off wet pavement from an earlier rain, laughter spilling from every corner, and the electric buzz of excitement that only Halloween could bring. People in costumes filled the streets like a moving painting with superheroes striking poses, witches with elaborate makeup, vampires with fake blood dripping dramatically, and a few who clearly didn't understand the concept of dressing up at all and were just wearing their regular clothes with cat ears. I adjusted the black braided wig on my head, making sure it sat properly, and glanced at Gavin, who looked absolutely ridiculous in the best possible way. He'd gone all in on his Thing costume, wearing all black with one hand covered in a prosthetic that made it look pale and disembodied, complete with detailed knuckle wrinkles and painted fingernails. He kept making it "crawl" up his arm, which had already scared three different children and made me laugh every time.
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Chapter: Chapter 178 Chapter 178 Damon's POV The city center was a carnival of chaos with laughter echoing off buildings, music blaring from multiple directions, colored lights strung between lampposts, and what seemed like a thousand people parading in every kind of costume imaginable. Vampires posed dramatically for selfies beside Disney princesses, kids ran around with candy buckets twice their size, their parents chasing after them with exhausted determination, and somewhere in the middle of it all, a street performer was juggling flaming torches like he had absolutely no sense of self-preservation or concern for public safety. And there was me, the lone third wheel, trudging a few paces behind Lucas and Hannah like an uninvited extra in a romantic comedy, the friend who should've stayed home but came anyway because the alternative was sitting alone in his apartment feeling sorry for himself. They were impossible to miss in the crowd. Lucas was dressed as Gomez Addams with his sleek black pinst
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The Billionaire Ex-Wife's Return
It is payback time!
Cynthia Laurent’s comeback is fueled by heartbreak… and a love that won’t let go.
The day she was told she had six months to live, her husband’s betrayal cut deeper than any diagnosis.
While grappling with a brain tumor, Cynthia overheard her stepsister’s cruel confession: “I’m pregnant.”
One look at her husband’s face told her the truth — the affair was real, and the baby was his.
Eight years of marriage, discarded like trash.
Her pleas were met with her mother-in-law’s venom who saw her only as a nanny, a cook, a housekeeper, a cleaner – never a daughter-in-law and her eight-year-old son’s chilling wish for a “new mom.”
Broken and abandoned, Cynthia vanished to Paris, ready to die.
But fate had other plans.
In Paris, three men of immense power burst into her life, claiming to be her brothers and vowed to protect her at all costs. Titans of industry, speed, and medicine, they rebuilt Cynthia from the ground up.
Now, as the Michelin-starred queen of Maison Cynclair, Cynthia returns to the city that destroyed her.
Her ex-husband falls to his knees. “We’re still married,” he pleads.
Her son cries, “Mom, don’t you love me anymore?”
The woman they once broke is gone.
“Thank you for your betrayal,” she replied, calm and clear. “It made me a hundred-million-dollar woman.”
A man’s love fades. An empire? Never.
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Chapter: #107Chapter 107Cynthia's POV While Nikolai was about to leave after dropping the packages in my trunk, a sudden commotion erupted nearby. A group of student protestors — protesting for something mild, from what I could hear, something about cafeteria hours and library access — rushed up toward the parking lot, completely oblivious to us but still chanting and waving their signs enthusiastically. The unexpected surge of people startled me. I stepped back instinctively, but there were so many of them, moving so quickly... Nikolai's arm came around me, pulling me close to shield me from the crowd rushing past. His other hand braced against my car, creating a protective barrier as students streamed around us on both sides, their voices loud and energetic. When the crowd finally passed and the noise faded, I suddenly became acutely aware of our position. Our bodies were touching. Pressed together, actually. I could smell his perfume—something woody and expensive, distinctly masculine.
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Chapter: #106Chapter 106 Cynthia's POV During the class, I was in the middle of explaining the importance of supply chain management in maintaining restaurant quality when I noticed Nikolai. He'd walked in quietly and taken a seat at the back of the lecture hall, his arms crossed, watching me with that intense focus he always seemed to have. Listening to every word like it mattered deeply to him. It was uncomfortable. Not because he was doing anything wrong, but because I could feel his eyes on me, tracking my movements as I gestured at the presentation slides, as I wrote key points on the whiteboard, as I answered students' questions. I tried to ignore him and focus on my students, but my awareness of his presence never quite faded. After the class ended and students began filing out, chattering amongst themselves about their upcoming final projects, Nikolai approached me at the front of the room. "That was excellent," he said, his accent making the compliment sound even more forma
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Chapter: #105Chapter 105 Cynthia's POV My heart betrayed me. When Ethan had said that sentence — "I love you" — my heart had leaped like it longed to hear those words. Like some pathetic, desperate part of me had been waiting three years to hear him say them. That was betrayal in the highest order. As I drove away from Walker Mansion, I hit my chest really hard with my fist, trying to stop my heart from fluttering and my stomach from feeling butterflies. At thirty-five, I was easily swayed by words from a man? Jesus Christ! I really needed to grow up. Get it together, Cynthia. He doesn't mean it. He just wants control back. He just wants to win and get you back so he can make you a door mat again and make you apologise to Anna when she plays her evil game. "Your teacher, Mrs. Pierre, was amazing yesterday," I said, trying to distract myself from my traitorous emotions. I watched Amber through the rearview mirror. He was oddly quiet, staring out the window with a contemplat
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Chapter: #104Chapter 104 Ethan's POV She looked so beautiful this morning, and then I realized how much more I'd fucked up big time. That was why so many men wanted her in their lives now. Bryan, who'd just declared his intention to pursue her last night. Nikolai Cross, the boy i underestimated was the heir to Cross Energy, who just lost his father and is about to become chairman. Then, there is Kevin Laurent, the annoying F1 racer that had dared show up in the hospital like he was practicing how to be a step dad. And that mystery man with the kid I'd seen her with at the restaurant — someone I still hadn't identified. Those were just the people I knew about. Who else would be after her that I didn't know? How many other men had recognized what I'd been too blind to see? And these men weren't just ordinary men. They were men I couldn't easily compete with. Men of the same caliber as me, or even wealthier, like Nikolai. Successful. Established. Men who hadn't spent eight years
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Chapter: #103Chapter 103 Cynthia's POV "Oh my gosh!" I heard the voice from inside the car as soon as my eyes met with Grace's through the window. She was in the back seat, and my worst fear had just materialized right in front of me. I braced myself for the worse, for her hate speech and annoying ridicule, we have not talked in three years and I knew she hadn’t changed a bit. She is not one to become any better, she is just like Anna. Evil and serpentine. Grace stepped out of the car, and I immediately noticed something was off about her movements. "Cynthia! My dearest and latest renowned Michelin chef!" With the way she spoke, her words slightly slurred, her tone overly enthusiastic, I was sure that Grace was drunk. Then Grace started approaching me, staggering slightly with each step. Who in God's name drinks at 7:45 in the morning to stupor? Grace approached with her arms spread wide open, a huge smile plastered across her face that looked almost manic. "My daugh
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Chapter: #102Chapter 102 Ethan's POV I took a deep breath and tried to conceal my anger. I loved Bryan. We'd been friends since forever, who'd built our careers side by side, who'd been there for each other through every major life event. And sitting here, watching him bare his soul about his feelings for Cynthia, I tried to understand him. Bryan didn't know my actual feelings for Cynthia. He thought I'd never loved her, that I'd chosen Anna, that I was only with Cynthia now because of Amber. And he respected me enough to tell me this to my face instead of going behind my back. That had to count for something. Even if it was tearing me apart. "Have you told Cynthia yet?" I finally brought myself to ask, my voice surprisingly steady despite the turmoil raging inside me. Bryan shook his head. "No. Not yet. I wanted to talk to you first. Make sure you were okay with it." Relief flooded through me so intensely I almost sagged in my chair. He hadn't told her yet. That meant I still h
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Craving The Enemy's Husband
She seduced him for revenge… but didn’t expect to crave him passionately.
Christiana Salazar was born into privilege until the night her mother was murdered in cold blood. The culprit? Her own father, driven by a twisted obsession with her ex–best friend, Bella Calamida.
Left with nothing but rage and a ruined name, Christiana plots the ultimate revenge: seduce Bella’s husband and tear her perfect world apart from the inside.
Enter Bryan Adams. Billionaire, dangerously charming, and Bella’s unsuspecting husband. One stolen glance, one calculated touch, and he’s hooked. And when Christiana becomes his irresistible new secretary, playing the part of the loyal employee by day and temptation by night, the game begins.
But the deeper she sinks into Bryan’s world, the harder it becomes to remember why she started this in the first place.
Because the man she’s supposed to use for her revenge makes her heartbeat.
And he just might be the only one who can break her.
Now Christiana must choose: betray the man she’s falling for… or finish what she started and lose him forever.
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Chapter: Chapter 250: Epilogue.Chapter 250: Epilogue.**Christiana’s POV**Bryan and I sat nestled in the master suite of the Salazar mansion, the golden glow of the bedside lamp casting flickering shadows that danced across the walls like whispered secrets. His gaze hadn’t left me for what felt like an eternity, his eyes tracing every curve of my face with a reverence that made my heart stutter. It was as though he were committing me to memory, as though I were a rare relic he feared might vanish.“What?” I murmured, my voice barely above a whisper, a nervous flutter under the weight of his stare.He offered a soft, almost secretive smile, shaking his head. “Nothing. Everything. You.”A flush crept up my cheeks, and I dipped my gaze, but his fingers found my chin, tilting it gently yet firmly until our eyes locked again. His touch was an anchor, grounding me in a way only he ever could.“Christiana,” he said, his voice a low, resonant rumble that sent shivers cascading through me. “Do you know what it was like tha
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Chapter: Chapter 249: Tatiana, Stella, RyanChapter 249: Tatiana, Stella, Ryan**Tatiana’s POV**The merciless sun pressed down on my shoulders, heavy and suffocating, as if it wanted to remind me that grief itself could burn. The cemetery was already filled with people dressed in shades of black and gray, murmuring low condolences, the occasional sound of sniffles carried by the wind. I walked between my parents, my heels sinking slightly into the damp grass.It wasn’t our family we were burying, it was Tony Amazli. Yet the weight in the air was the same: death made no distinction.Two people my mother knew had died in one night, Bella Calamida and Tony Amazli. She had cried uncontrollably when she heard that Tony was dead.I honestly wondered who that was, because I had never heard that name before. My father got better the next day as though the death of Bella had given him life, and he explained to me who Tony Amazli and Bella Calamida truly were.My mother’s best friends.I stayed in between my mom and dad as the priest pr
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Chapter: Chapter 248: Stella AmazliChapter 248: Stella Amazli**Stella’s POV**I buried my mother quickly, too quickly because she didn’t have any family other than me, she also didn’t have any friends.No grand speeches. No lavish tributes. Just a quiet, efficient service arranged by men in black suits who didn’t dare meet my eyes for long.I have my father's funeral to attend, which i know would be filled with rich people. The scent of lilies still clung to my clothes when I returned to the Amazli estate, but instead of grief tightening my chest, I felt… light.There was no mother breathing down my neck, plotting with her endless schemes and my father, who is a billionaire in the oil and gas sector had died also. Both of them were gone. Now thinking of it, I actually didn’t lose them… they just gave me everything.Just like in church, the reverend preached that we didn’t actually lose Christ on the cross, what he did was for our salvation.He gave his life, so we could have life.I guess that was what my parents had
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Chapter: Chapter 247: I'm SorryChapter 247: I'm Sorry**Ryan’s POV**The world after the sound of the gun was a series of slow, terrible things.For a second there was only a ringing that had nothing to do with the monitors.It was inside my head, a single, persistent note that wouldn’t stop, since that gunshot.I opened my eyes and looked around.Tatiana had dropped on her knees by the bed, her arms wrapped around Christiana like she could hold two people in the same breath; Bryan’s eyes were opened now, he was making movements as though desperate to see what exactly had happened after that gunshot; and Bella… Bella on the floor.My heart jumped at the sight of her struggling for her life. Little did I know that she would aim for herself and not Christiana. Is that how worthless she felt her life to be? Didn’t she think she had hope to make it better?I didn’t know this woman’s pain would hurt me so much, well I guess no matter what she did, it didn’t change the fact that she was my mother, my blood and it would j
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Chapter: Chapter 246: Tony and MatildaChapter 246: Tony and Matilda**Stella’s POV**Everything was just happening to fast. My father… that I had just met few hours ago, returned back like a desperate man.He said he wanted to pass it down to me as soon as possible and this excited mom so much.The pen still felt warm in my hand, my signature resting beneath Tony Amazli’s bold one on the last document. My father. The word still felt foreign on my tongue, awkward, like a coat too heavy for me to wear. He had just signed me in officially as his heir, his successor, his only child.He closed the folder, his hands slow, deliberate. His face was strong, weathered with age, but it softened as his eyes landed on me.“There,” he said finally, his voice gravelly. “It’s done. You’re my heir now.”I swallowed hard, my heart racing. This moment should have felt triumphant. It should have felt like victory, like stepping into a destiny I had always dreamed about. But all I felt was a strange emptiness.Tony leaned back in his chair, l
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Chapter: Chapter 245: Pulled The TriggerChapter 245: Pulled The Trigger**Ryan’s POV**While I was in the drive way of the Adam’s mansion, just thinking of how I would be able to access it, I received a notification of a trending live video.A live video by Tatiana Adams.Clicking on it, I saw my mother, my fucking goddamit mother pointing a gun at Christiana, it was a little blurry as Tatiana was trying to hide the angled phone from her.The city lights blurred as I sped through the streets, weaving between cars like a madman. My grandmother’s voice still echoed in my mind, frail but urgent: “She bought a gun, Ryan. Bella’s gone after someone… she’s gone after Christiana.”I saw the location, Tatiana was a smart girl. St Mathew’s hospital.I pressed harder on the accelerator, praying the traffic lights would stay green. They didn’t. Sirens flashed behind me. Police cars and ambulances clustered around the hospital entrance, their red-and-blue beams slicing through the night sky.A barricade of officers stood at the entranc
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