The Night My Best-Friend Ruined Me
Aria Vale was raised to be invisible in a powerful family that never wanted her. At her elite university, she survives on scholarship and intelligence, quietly nursing a lifelong crush on Adrian Blackwood—her childhood best friend and the campus golden boy she has loved from afar for years. On graduation night, Aria finally gives herself to him, believing her feelings are returned and that’s love. That single night ruins her life.
Aria walks in on her stepsister in bed with the man she trusted most. Adrian turns his back on her, she is left pregnant, and her family casts her out in shame. With nowhere to go, Aria disappears and survives with the help of Julian Cross, a kind doctor who protects her and helps her rebuild her life.
Five years later, a global medical crisis erupts, and the only person who can stop it is Dr. Aria Vale, now a respected scientist. Adrian, now a powerful CEO, must work with the woman he once destroyed, unaware that the child she is raising is his. Julian stands firmly at Aria’s side—not just as her protector, but as the man who helped raise her son and heal her wounds. As the crisis stabilizes, the real battle begins, not for power or control, but for Aria’s heart. Caught between the man who abandoned her and the man who stayed, Aria must choose between a love that shattered her and a life that finally kept her safe.
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Chapter: Chapter 76Aria's POVThe summit I dreaded came and gone just like that.I rescheduled it for the following afternoon. A reprieve, perhaps, but one that felt less like a gift and more like an extension of this suffocating limbo.I should have been grateful for the extra time, for the chance to refine my strategy, to steel myself for the inevitable confrontation but instead, I found myself staring at the organized notes spread across the glass table in the penthouse's study, the words blurring into a mess.My mind refused to engage as it kept drifting, pulled by an invisible tether to the next room. Adrian.His presence was a constant, unsettling hum beneath the surface of my concentration.After his abrupt departure from the kitchen last night, a silence had fallen between us, heavier and more profound than before.I hadn't seen him since, not really. But I could feel him.I heard a faint laughter, child-like so it's definitely Leo, unable to keep away. I pushed away from the table, peeking arou
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Chapter: Chapter 75Adrian's POVI watched her pace, a restless shadow in the vast, silent penthouse. The awkwardness was a physical thing, like a heavy blanket draped over the room.She was a caged bird, and I was the one who had built the cage, however gilded."I'm not leaving," I'd said, the words forced out of my mouth, though the lie felt necessary, it was a desperate measure to keep her within arm's reach.The security system wasn't solely keyed to my biometrics; Julian's men had already integrated their own protocols, and the building was a fortress regardless.But I couldn't leave…not now.Especially not after what had happened. The thought of her alone, vulnerable, was a cold knot in my gut so I needed to be near her, to see her, to know she was safe.Yes indeed, it was a selfish need, born of a terror that had clawed at my throat when I thought I'd lost her.The guilt that pinched at my skin was a bitter companion.I felt guilt for the danger she was in, for the years of silence, for the pain I
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Chapter: Chapter 74Aria's POVThe ride was a silent one.The armored SUV felt like a coffin on wheels, rumbling through the city streets. I was in the back, squashed between Adrian and Julian like a human sandwich, a package maybe, but definitely not a person.My shoulders were stiff and my jaw tight. Every bump in the road made me flinch, made me aware of Adrian's body next to me, the faint scent of his expensive cologne, the tension radiating off him.Julian on my other side was just as rigid.Two men who, for the first time, agreed on something: I was a problem that needed to be contained.My mind kept replaying Mark's face and the coldness in his eyes. The way he'd said "little bird." That sure wasn't a security protocol…it was a threat…a personal one. And then Adrian's explanation about the stock, the merger. It was all so tangled making my head throb.We pulled up to a building that looked like it had been carved out of a giant block of ice and steel. Glass everywhere, it was a freaking fortress
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Chapter: Chapter 73Adrian's POV I waited for ten minutes.Ten whole agonizing, gut-wrenching minutes.After I received Mark's intercom, my racing heart came to a pause and I felt my knees buckle almost bringing me to the ground.She was found, thank goodness.After several deep breaths, I returned his call.“Sir–” I cut him off before he even finished“Where is she?” I demanded.After a seconds pause, the line broke, then I heard her voice, ”Adrian…” she called breathlessly.I found her.“A-are you okay?” I asked, she seemed out of breath as she took a while to respond before she did.“Yes, L-Leo, he's…okay.” She said and a tired small came on my face.“Julian got to him, thank God Mark intercepted me when he did.”After what felt like forever on the opposite line, I had this feeling curl up in my chest that just made me want to hold her tight and never let go.My suit was disheveled, tie askew, probably a button missing somewhere. My face felt like a sheet of ice, pale and clammy. I'd torn through the
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Chapter: Chapter 72Aria's POV"Time to go, little bird." That was the last thing I heard right next to my ear and before I could even scream, I was being pulled…hard.The darkness was absolute. I stumbled, my heels scraping roughly against the concrete.Next thing we were off the stage, off the carpet. What the hell? Who? I tried to twist and pull away, but his grip was too strong and he was too fast.My heart raced as I felt panic clawing at my throat. I couldn't see anything, I just felt the pressure of his hand.My breath came in ragged gasps."Let go of me!" I choked out, barely able to contain my fear.He didn't answer, just kept pulling. I could hear his heavy breathing, the scuff of his boots. We were moving fast, through what felt like a maze of narrow corridors.My arm felt like it was being ripped from its socket. I tried to kick, but my legs were tangled, useless. My head was spinning. This isn't happening. This can't be happening.The summit, my presentation, Edmund, my father… Adrian and J
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Chapter: Chapter 71Adrian's POVThe moment the lights went out, I knew something was wrong.I sprang to my feet, my gaze cutting through the chaos.One moment, Aria was on stage, her voice cutting through the tension, her eyes locked on mine. The next, the world dissolved into an inky black void, punctuated by the rising tide of panicked murmurs.I was out of my seat before the emergency lights even had a chance to flicker. Delegates, cameras, the entire carefully orchestrated chaos of the summit—none of it mattered.My only focus was the stage, the last place I'd seen Aria."Adrian!" Julian's voice, loud with urgency, cut through the din from somewhere behind me. I ignored it.Pushing through the suddenly frantic crowd was like swimming upstream in a torrent. Bodies jostled, shouts echoed, and the air grew thick with fear.I moved with a singular, brutal purpose, my elbows out, my shoulders braced, a silent apology on my lips for every person I shoved aside.Aria. Aria. Aria.Her name was a mantra in m
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