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Mia could no longer hear the rain.She could no longer hear the city outside the window.All she could hear was Ethan's confession repeating inside her head.That's the reason I married you.Her lips trembled."You married me... because of my father?"Ethan didn't answer immediately.That silence was enough to break something inside her.Mia stepped backward, shaking her head."No.""Mia—""No."She raised a trembling hand."Don't come near me."Ethan stopped.For the first time, Mia saw helplessness in his eyes."You let me believe that our marriage was unexpected. That we were brought together by circumstances.""It was.""But you knew!""I knew about your father.""And you still married me."Ethan swallowed hard."Yes."Mia laughed bitterly, though tears were already streaming down her cheeks."How could you?""I had my reasons.""Revenge?"Her voice cracked."Was I your revenge?"Ethan closed his eyes."At first..."Mia felt her heart collapse."At first?"He looked at her."I won

The rain had been falling since midnight.Mia stood beside the floor-to-ceiling window of the penthouse, watching the city lights blur behind the sheets of rain. She had barely slept. Every time she closed her eyes, the words she had heard earlier kept returning to her.There are things you still don't know about your husband.She wrapped her arms around herself.Ethan had always been protective of her. Sometimes too protective.But lately, she had begun to notice the changes.The secret phone calls.The meetings he refused to explain.The way his expression became serious whenever her family's name was mentioned.And now, someone was claiming that Ethan had been hiding something from her.Mia heard footsteps behind her.She didn't turn around."I know you're awake."Ethan's voice was quiet.Mia slowly closed her eyes."How long have you been standing there?""Long enough to know you're upset."She finally turned.Ethan stood near the bedroom door, still wearing the black suit he had

The rain continued to pour as Adrian drove through the dark countryside.Elena sat beside him, staring through the windshield. Every few seconds, lightning illuminated the road ahead, revealing nothing but trees, fields, and endless darkness.Victor sat in the back seat, holding the flash drive tightly.No one spoke.The silence was heavier than the storm.Finally, Elena broke it.“Victor…”“Yes?”“How could my father's house still exist?”Victor looked out the window.“Because your father never lived in the house people knew about.”Elena frowned.“What does that mean?”“After the company scandal began, your father realized someone was watching him. He built another property beneath the vineyard. Only a handful of people knew about it.”Elena's heart pounded.“Why didn't he ever tell me?”“Because he wanted to protect you.”She looked down.Her father had always been distant during the last years of his life. She remembered the locked study, the secret phone calls, and the way he wou

The rain had been falling for nearly an hour when Elena stepped out of the elevator.She hugged her coat around herself and glanced toward the darkened hallway of the penthouse.Something felt wrong.The lights were on, but Adrian's car had not been in the driveway when she arrived. He had also ignored every call and message she had sent since dinner.“Elena.”She froze.The voice came from behind her.She slowly turned.Adrian stood several feet away, his black suit damp from the rain. His expression was unreadable, but his eyes were filled with something she had never seen before—fear.Not anger.Not coldness.Fear.“Adrian?” Elena whispered. “Where have you been?”He didn't answer immediately.Instead, he walked toward her and stopped directly in front of her.“You shouldn't have come here tonight.”Her heart tightened.“What do you mean?”Adrian looked toward the penthouse door.“There is someone inside.”Elena's eyes widened.“Who?”Before he could answer, a loud crash came from

The name stayed in Mia's mind throughout the entire drive home.Elena.She kept staring at the silver pendant resting in her palm.Her mother's pendant.At least, she had always believed it belonged to her mother.But Daniel had recognized it from his father's diary, and now everything she thought she knew about her family seemed uncertain.“Daniel,” Mia finally said, breaking the silence.“Yes?”“Where is your father's diary?”Daniel's hands tightened around the steering wheel.“I don't know.”Mia turned toward him.“You don't know?”“My father kept it in a locked drawer in his private study. After he died, I searched for it. I found several pages, but the diary itself was gone.”“Someone took it.”“Probably.”“Then someone knew what was inside.”Daniel nodded.“And that person may know where Elena is.”Mia looked out the window.“Do you think she's still alive?”“I don't know.”The answer frightened her more than anything else.When they arrived at the penthouse, Daniel immediately

The rain had not stopped since midnight.Mia stood beside the floor-to-ceiling window of the penthouse, watching the city lights blur beneath the curtain of rain. She had barely slept. Every time she closed her eyes, she heard Daniel's voice from the night before.“There are things about your family that you don't know.”She had wanted to demand answers immediately.But Daniel had disappeared before he could explain.Now, at six in the morning, Mia was still holding the photograph she had found inside the old wooden box.It showed her mother standing beside a young man.A man who looked exactly like Daniel's father.Mia's fingers tightened around the photograph.“What were you hiding from me, Mom?”A knock came from behind her.She turned.Daniel stood at the entrance, his black suit slightly damp from the rain. His expression was unusually serious.“You're awake,” he said.“I couldn't sleep.”His eyes fell on the photograph in her hand.For a moment, his face went pale.“Where did yo