Chapter: Chapter 114: Who Took Christiana?Chapter 114: Who Took Christiana? **Bryan’s POV** I saw her phone lying on the coffee table, the screen dark, face down. My heart plummeted. Christiana would never have left without it. The sight was like a punch to the ribs, knocking the breath out of me. If it was still here, then she hadn’t left by choice. She was taken. The word burned through me like fire. The door to Christiana’s apartment was still hanging open when I stumbled back outside. My legs felt unsteady, my hands trembling so badly I could barely pull my phone from my pocket. The night air was sharp, but it offered no relief. The weight pressing down on me was suffocating, thick with dread. I felt powerless. If something happened to her… or to the child she carried… My stomach twisted violently. The bile rose up, burning my throat, but I forced it down. I couldn’t afford to fall apart. There was only one person I knew who might have an idea where she could’ve gone if she had not been taken like is suspect. E
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Chapter: Chapter 113:Chapter 113:**Bryan’s POV I stared at Bella, wondering what sort of devil possessed her “So this… all of this… was about money.” “Of course it was,” she said smoothly, as though it were the most natural thing in the world. “You were perfect. The perfect man to guarantee I would never go back to being… nothing.” Her lips twisted. “Do you know what it’s like to be invisible, Bryan? To be the girl everyone overlooks? To be reminded, every second, that you are replaceable, worthless? I swore I would never feel that way again. I desired to be like Christiana. I dated her father to have her kind of life, but I didn’t want to settle with an old man like Giveon Salazar, I wanted someone hotter, someone I can show off to my friends, one who is active in bed, one who I wake up to, looking at his handsome face… and then you came along.” Her voice cracked, but her eyes stayed hard. “You were the answer to my prayers. And I won’t let that go. Not for anyone. Not even Christiana.” The venom in
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Chapter: Chapter 112 : Are you the devil?Chapter 112 : Are you the devil? Bryan’s POV “Are you the devil?” The words tore from my throat, hoarse, broken, desperate. My chest heaved, my voice raw, but I couldn’t stop staring at her, at the blood streaking down her forehead, running in jagged trails across her cheekbones, dripping steadily down her neck. Her eyes caught the dim light, wild and glittering, feverish with something I couldn’t name. She had that twisted, unnatural curve of her lips, too wide, too pleased, too wrong. It didn’t belong on Bella, didn’t belong on any human face. She was the devil, no doubt. She stood in the middle, her silk dress torn and hanging askew, her bare feet sticky against the polished wood floor where droplets of blood had already begun to pool. The rise and fall of her chest was sharp, unhinged, as though every breath fuelled the madness burning inside her. “Yes,” she whispered at last. The sound crawled down my spine. Her voice cracked, raw yet sharp, like glass breaking under press
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Chapter: Chapter 111: Got married to a devilish monsterChapter 111: Got married to a devilish monster **Christiana’s POV** The quiet of my apartment was a rare comfort, a kind of silence that wrapped itself around me like a gentle shield from everything outside. I curled deeper into the couch, knees tucked beneath the blanket draped across my lap, the soft fabric warming the ache in my body. On the coffee table sat the remnants of my latest craving, a plate with crumbs, streaks of honey glistening under the lamplight, and a faint smear of butter still softening at the edge of the bread. Pregnancy had turned me into a creature of strange hungers; tonight it had been bread drenched in honey, the sweetness so overwhelming it coated my tongue until, finally, it settled the restless knot in my stomach. The lavender candle flickered on the side table, its fragrance threading through the room, delicate but grounding. Shadows swayed along the walls with every tremor of the flame, wrapping the space in a warm cocoon. For the first time in what
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Chapter: Chapter 110: BitchhhhhhChapter 110: Bitchhhhhh**Bryan’s POV** My eyes widened. “Bella…” She didn’t flinch. Instead, she smiled wider, almost euphoric, as a red mark bloomed across her porcelain skin. Her palm collided with her face once more. Louder. My gut twisted. “Stop it!” She ignored me, hitting herself again, the rhythm sickening. “Bella!” I stepped forward, reaching for her wrist, but she jerked away, stumbling backward with wild eyes. And then she did something that made my blood run cold. She turned to the wall. Her head snapped forward, striking the plaster with a dull thud. I froze in horror. She did it again and again. The sound of bone against wall, her hair flying with each violent thrust, the crack of impact echoing in the empty hall. “Bella, stop! Are you insane?” My voice broke, raw, as I grabbed for her shoulders. She twisted, writhing out of my grip, her laughter jagged and breathless. “Don’t you see?” she panted, her forehead smeared with a darkening bruise. “This is what y
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Chapter: Chapter 109: Insane BitchChapter 109: Insane Bitch **Bryan’s POV** The engine ticked as it cooled behind me, the only sound in the stillness of the night. I closed the car door quietly, the weight of the day still pressing against my ribs, my chest knotted with exhaustion. The keys in my hand felt like lead, each one a reminder of a house that had ceased to feel like mine long ago. All I wanted was to slip in, gather a few things, and retreat back to the fragile promise of hope I had begun to find with Christiana. Bella was outside, waiting as though she had known exactly when I would arrive. Perched cross-legged on the swing, that’s her favourite spot outside, she looked like a grotesque guardian in the moonlight. The very same swing she had claimed the night I returned from kissing Christiana for the first time, as if she had marked it as her watchtower. The chains groaned softly with her swaying, a slow, deliberate rhythm that carried a strange menace. Her hair that was always perfectly polished was a
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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 34: Reverse Psychology and Bad TimingChapter 34: Reverse Psychology and Bad Timing**Lucas’ POV**“You…” My voice cracked, tangled somewhere between disbelief and amusement. “You really do like me.”Hannah groaned so loud it was almost theatrical, her face burying itself in her palms like she could block me out completely. “Oh, snap out of it, don’t you get it?!”Her voice was muffled against her hands, frantic, desperate. She was ready to explain, to claw back every ridiculous word she’d just thrown at me. I could see it in the twitch of her shoulders, the way she peeked at me through her fingers like I was holding her humiliation hostage.And I was, because I wasn’t about to let this go. Not when she’d just admitted to stalking me online and declaring she’d be happy to marry me. Oh, I was going to milk that until the end of time.She finally dropped her hands, cheeks flaming, lips parted in a rush of words that stumbled over one another in their haste to escape. “Just… forget I said anything. I was trying to… I don’t kn
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Chapter: Chapter 33: The DeclarationChapter 33: The Declaration*Hannah’s POV* “You’re such a…”The word snagged on my tongue, sharp and poisonous, begging to be released. ‘Arrogant jerk.’ That’s what I wanted to spit at him for calling Piper’s apartment ugly. It was burning at the back of my throat, itching to leap across the dark car and slash the smug curve of his mouth.But I swallowed it, holding the venom back. I wasn’t about to give him the satisfaction of calling him out, wasn’t about to sound like some shrill witch who couldn’t keep her temper in check.Lucas smirked anyway, as though he knew exactly what I was going to say. His fingers tapped lazily against the steering wheel, a slow, steady rhythm that grated on my nerves. The faint glow of the dashboard painted shadows across his face, catching the hard lines of his jaw, the slight arch of his brow, the dangerous ease in his expression.He didn’t have to speak to make me feel like I was already losing.Piper at the back seat snored faintly, her curls smashe
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Chapter: Chapter 31: Witch in the Parking LotChapter 31: Witch in the Parking Lot **Hannah’s POV** “Careful, she’s slipping again,” Lucas muttered, adjusting Piper in his arms as we stepped out of the suffocating heat of the party into the cool night. “I’ve got her,” I said quickly, though I really didn’t. Piper’s head lolled against his shoulder, her messy curls bouncing with every step. She groaned something unintelligible then she giggled and hiccupped. The other guy, who Lucas had called, Damon was at my side, calm as though this wasn’t a scene at all. He held the exit door open for us like it was all part of his job description. We crossed into the parking lot, the muffled bass still thumping behind us. I was relieved thinking I had finally been able to escape the judgmental and calculative eyes of those spectators, but my relief was short lived. “Oh… Hannah!” I can recognize that voice anywhere, unnecessarily sweet, syrupy and poisonous. I stiffened in shock while Lucas slowed down. Damon raised a brow like he’d be
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Chapter: Chapter 30: The InterruptionChapter 30: The InterruptionLucas’ POVThe spotlight swung with me, swallowing me whole until I reached the stage. The brightness was blinding, the heat of it prickling my skin. Jack still had Hannah’s wrist, his knuckles pale with the force of his grip. His face twisted between shock and rage, but the second my shadow loomed over them, I saw his bravado faltered.I reached out and took Hannah’s free hand. Her skin was cold, trembling so badly it shot through me like electricity.“Let. Her. Go,” I repeated, quieter this time, the words dropping heavy and sharp as a blade pressed to the throat.Jack sneered, trying to mask his unease with bluster. “Who the fuck are you? Oh wait…” His eyes flickered, recognition dawning, his smirk crawling back onto his lips like rot returning to fruit. “The library guy.”The crowd stirred, murmurs rising, laughter spilling in small bursts. They weren’t sure what they were watching yet. Romance, drama, or a fight about to break loose. Phones angled hig
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Chapter: Chapter 29: Let Go of HerChapter 29: Let Go of HerLucas’ POV“I swear, Damon, if I have to watch one more second of this circus, I’ll do something.”Damon slid up beside me with his usual smirk tugging at his lips as though this was a theater show and not an unfolding disaster. He moved with that casual air he always carried, like nothing in the world could surprise him, not even this public implosion.I could almost hear his thoughts: he’d gotten bored sitting in the car, and now that the scene had escalated, he wasn’t about to miss front-row drama. He must have arrived right around the moment Jack went down on one knee…the crescendo of lunacy.“You mean this little Broadway debut?” Damon tilted his chin toward the stage. “The guy is either auditioning for a soap opera or trying to hold New York hostage until she says yes.”My jaw tightened. “He’s bent on either having her or…” I ground the words out, “…having her. And it’s starting to irritate me.”Damon gave me a side-eye, sharp and amused. “irritate?”I
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Chapter: Chapter 28: Spotlight ConfessionsChapter 28: Spotlight ConfessionsHannah’s POV“My beautiful Hannah.”The words rolled out of Jack’s mouth with all the confidence of someone who believed the world had been waiting for him to say them. He clutched the microphone like it was a sword, smiling as though he had just slain a dragon and I was his trophy to claim in front of the entire school.I froze under the sharp heat of the spotlight. My heart thudded in my chest so loud I was sure the DJ’s speakers picked it up. The crowd screamed, cheered, clapped, their voices crashing into one another until the sound became a single roar. Phones shot into the air, flashes popping like fireworks. My cheeks burned as though every light in the building had been turned on me alone.Jack stretched out his hand, his grin plastered wide. “First of all, thank you for coming here because I asked you to,” he announced proudly, as if my very presence were proof of our great love story.I wanted to sink into the floor. I hadn’t come because of
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