Chapter: CHAPTER 95: Finally CHAPTER 95: Finally Rea didn’t flinch. She turned, scalpel glinting in hand, a mocking smile curling her lips.“Well, look who finally showed up,” she said calmly. “Took you long enough, little brother.”Nero’s rage was too cold, too controlled. His gaze flicked to his pregnant wife, who was barely aware of her surroundings. The sight of her uncovered belly and the thought of what they were about to do to her filled him with raw, unfiltered fury. “You.” His voice was a quiet storm. “I should’ve suspected you earlier.” After the incident with Marena, he had begun to suspect Rea. He confided his suspicions to Nico, who had secretly investigated Rea, and discovered that she wasn't who she claimed to be.“Of course it was you all along.”“Oh, please.” her laugh was sharp. “Don’t act like you’re so surprised. You always knew I’d be the one to end you. Deep down, you've always known that it would come to this.”She was right.Nero took a step forward, his gun unwavering. “Maybe you're ri
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Chapter: CHAPTER 94: It was the one that had known him the longestCHAPTER 94: It was the one that had known him the longestThe bright white lights of the operating room burned through Olivia’s eyes, causing her to squint.Her wrists were restrained against the metal table, her breaths came shallow and rapid. Her chest and her stomach rose and fell with each panicked breath she took, each second heavier than the last.“Please…” she whispered hoarsely, twisting against the leather straps. She turned to the man in blue scrubs who she suspected to be the doctor. “Don’t do this…”Her pleas fell on deaf ears. The man ignored her, and went on suiting up like he was about to enter the theatre for an operation. Her pleas dissolved into the hum of machines. No one was paying attention to her. Then the door creaked open. Olivia did not recognise the man that entered. He was tall, broad-shouldered, and his icy blue eyes glinted under the fluorescent light. She could feel the danger that rolled off him in waves, even before he spoke. But she had no choice bu
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Chapter: CHAPTER 93: The Ghost that livedCHAPTER 93: The Ghost that livedThe silence in the room was unbearable.Olivia's eyes were swollen from crying. She could not even tell how long she had been in that room. The fear that Luigi could come back any moment to harm her or her babies kept her muttering prayers under breath. She could not remember the last time she had prayed, but it was all she could do at that point. She was whispering to herself now, desperate prayers under her breath.“Please, Nero… find me. Find us. Please…”It was only the intrepid nature of her husband that she could hope on. Then, the door opened with a faint click.Her stomach dropped when the door swung open and Luigi stepped inside, wearing the same self-satisfied smile. But this time, it wasn’t smooth or charming. This time it was feral. His eyes burned with something that made Olivia’s blood run cold. She knew that this was not going to end well.“Waiting for me?” he asked, his tone almost playful.She scrambled backward onto the bed, clutchin
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Chapter: CHAPTER 92: The room with no windowsCHAPTER 92: The room with no windowsWhen Olivia opened her eyes, the world swam in and out of focus.The first thing she felt was the weight. She was still under the effect of whatever she had been knocked out with. The sluggishness and heaviness, pressed down on her as though her limbs were wrapped in fog. Her head throbbed painfully. The faint scent of something, chemical, and strong still lingered in her nostrils. Cradling her head in her hands, she groaned softly, pushing herself up on trembling elbows. The cool white sheet clung to her skin, too white, too foreign. It didn't feel like their silk sheets. It wasn’t their bed. It was then that Olivia noticed her environment, the strangeness and unfamiliarity of it.The walls gleamed white and gold, polished marble with a chandelier that glittered like broken ice above her. It was a luxurious room, elegant, rich, but sterile. There was no open air, no sound of the outside world. It was totally sealed and shut off from the world, li
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Chapter: CHAPTER 91: The moment the devil brokeCHAPTER 91: The moment the devil brokeThe moment Nero saw the masked man press a cloth over Olivia’s mouth, the world snapped out of motion.He didn’t hear her muffled cry or the frantic shrieks of guests scattering around them; he only saw her eyes. wide, terrified, locking on his for one split second before they rolled back. He saw her hands, flailing helplessly in the air like she was trying to reach for him. He saw how her body had sagged in that man’s arms as she passed out. Every detail seared into his mind. He had been watching everything, frozen, like he was in a trance. But as soon as the man began to carry his wife out of the hall, it was as if Nero was suddenly spurred back to life and into action.The man carried her toward the upper corridor, and Nero pushed through the pandemonium to follow after them.“OLIVIA!” his voice tore through the ballroom, loud and thunderous. His voice became a single command that made even the chaos pause for an instant. The masked man pause
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Chapter: CHAPTER 90: Connor’s eyesCHAPTER 90: Connor’s eyesThe waltz still played, soft and elegant beneath the golden chandeliers, but to Olivia it sounded distant, almost muted, like the echo of another world she no longer belonged to. Every noise and voice faded to the background, all her attention, fixed on the masked man.Her pulse drummed wildly in her throat as she stared at the man standing a few feet away. The mask he wore obscured his face, but not his eyes. Those eyes rooted her to the spot.She knew them. She knew them. They looked a lot like Connor’s. She could never forget those eyes.Her hands trembled where they rested on lap. “Who… who are you?” she asked quietly, forcing her voice past the tightness in her chest.The man didn’t reply. He simply tilted his head a fraction, as if he was studying her. This made Olivia more uneasy. She shrank back in her chair. “Is this some kind of joke?” she whispered, taking a shaky intake of breath. “Did Nero send you? If he sent you, this isn’t funny.” It might b
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THE GUARDIAN'S BRIDE
She was the girl he once raised, now she’s the wife he demands an heir from.
Just five years after their scandalous marriage and her immediate exile, Madelyn thought she had been left in the past by her cold, and untouchable guardian turned husband—a man she hated, but still couldn’t forget. Then Zachary returns with a proposition:
“Come home with me. Give me an heir and I'll help you get back what is yours.”
When her failing business, stolen inheritance and a thirst for revenge leave her no choice, she boards his jet and walks back into a past that she tried to forget.
But Madelyn will get to realise that Zachary isn't just the cold, aloof man that she thinks. He holds secrets. And she discovers one of them. A secret involving that dark night, and it changes everything she thought she knew. Betrayals and deceptions are revealed, and unexpected alliances— formed.
Will Madelyn survive in the dangerous game of ambition, greed, power, lust and deceit or will her impulsiveness cause her downfall?
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Chapter: CHAPTER 159: The death of VanceCHAPTER 159: The death of VanceThe metallic tang of Julia’s blood was still fresh and hung thickly in the air. The sound of my son’s boots had only just faded down the alley, carrying Julia’s corpse to whatever filthy ditch he meant to discard her in, and I was left alone with my thoughts. I sat rigid in the old wooden chair, my hands trembling, with the raw remnants of shock. I knew that Vance was capable of violence. But I had just watched my son kill a woman in cold blood. I realised that I had underestimated the level of his obsession and madness for Zachary Blackwood's pregnant bitch. I didn’t care about Julia. The woman had been a liability; a snake, yes, but she had also been an ally when we needed one. And now she was nothing but a cold, stiff body to be disposed of.Yet what disturbed me more was not just the gruesome act itself that I had just watched my son commit. It was the nagging curiosity that had been clawing at me for a while now. That cursed tape. The very one Jul
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Chapter: CHAPTER 158: The death of Julia CHAPTER 158: The death of Julia I never thought it would come to this. Me, Julia, standing in a filthy hideout that reeked of damp and decay, stripped of everything I’d built. Now I was fired. Humiliated. Wanted by the police. And all because of one little, infuriating, hateful little brat. I let myself trust men who never truly saw me, Zachary. Even the monster I was about to meet, Vance. I stalked deeper into the room, ignoring the ache in my chest and the cold air that gnawed at my skin. I had practically lost everything. I barely managed to escape from the office building after being humiliated by Zachary’s secretary. This was all Madelyn’s fault. When Vance took her hostage, I thought that was the end of her. But he was stupid enough to let her slip through his fingers. Now, all hell was let loose on us.Vance and Patricia didn't look pleased to see me. Vance's head was still wrapped in that ridiculous bandage, as a result of the blow he had suffered from God knows who. His ex
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Chapter: CHAPTER 157: FirestormCHAPTER 157: FirestormThe stink of mold clung to the walls of the hideout, and the air was thick with dust and the faint metallic tang of rusted pipes. I hated this place. It was a hellhole, a cage, a far cry from what I imagined my life was going to be. Everything had gone to shit in the blink of an eye. It was like having the rug pulled from under your feet without you even knowing it. The bandage around my head itched and throbbed, each pulse of pain reminding me of how close I’d come to having everything, but then losing it in the blink of an eye because of an unknown person. I almost had everything that mattered. Madelyn. Kade Corp. Those vaults. Now it all slipped through my fingers.I slammed my fist against the rickety table in front of me, the wood creaking under the weight of the blow. “She was right there, Mother. Right there. And somehow…” I gritted my teeth, the fury boiling over. “...somehow, she got away.”I kept wondering who it was that tampered with the lights and
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Chapter: CHAPTER 156: After all this timeCHAPTER 156: After all this timePregnant.My breath was totally stolen from my lungs. The word felt like thunder in my ears. It rolled through me, hollowing me out. I stared at Zachary as though he had spoken in a language I couldn’t understand. My lips moved, but no sound came. It was not possible. Maybe the doctor got the result mixed up. It couldn't be. When I finally found my voice, it was thin, broken.“No… no, that’s not possible,” I whispered, shaking my head fiercely. “It can’t be. I—I took the test. It was negative.”His gaze softened, steady. He was too calm, and for a split second, his reaction unnerved me, made something curl in the pit of my belly. “The doctor ran every test, Madelyn. You’re almost two months pregnant,” he said with unnerving certainty and calmness. “Which means…” He blinked once, his eyes never leaving mine. “…you conceived on the island.”Two months. The island. My heart stuttered in my chest. That one time, that night. Suddenly it all came together.
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Chapter: CHAPTER 155: A moment of truthsCHAPTER 155: A moment of truthsThe moment I stepped into the room, both sets of eyes locked onto me, Madelyn’s wide with shock, Nicole’s steady and calm. The air was thick, heavy, as though all three of us were standing at the edge of something we couldn’t step back from. Yet, my eyes were on the woman who was lying on the bed. My wife. It had only been barely forty-eight hours, but it felt like an eternity. I didn't realise how much I missed and craved her until that moment. Madelyn’s lips trembled as she turned toward me. “Zachary,” she whispered, her voice breaking on my name. “You’re here.”I stepped fully into the room, and shut the door. “Yes.”Her eyes and her face said so much, but the only words that slipped past her lips were,“You knew. You knew Nicole. You knew that she was alive all this time. Why didn't you tell me?” She shook her head, “Is it true that you're working together—”I didn’t let her finish. I moved closer, slowly, measured, because the fear and disbelief i
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Chapter: CHAPTER 154: Seen a ghost
CHAPTER 154: Seen a ghost The first thing I became aware of was the smell. The strong, clean, sterile, and sharp tang that didn’t belong to the suffocating villa or the darkness of last night. It was the same smell I had perceived when I woke up sore and groggy in the hospital after my appendicitis had been removed, with an anxious Lenny squeezing my hand gently. My eyelids fluttered open, and I was momentarily blinded by white light. I was right. It was a hospital.I panicked and tried to sit up, but a firm hand pressed lightly against my shoulder. It was then that I noticed that I was not the only one in the room.“Please, Mrs. Blackwood, relax,” a male voice said calmly. I blinked up at a man in a white coat, his features lined with concern but professional composure. “You’re safe. You’re in a hospital. But you need to take it easy. You're in a delicate state.”Hospital. Delicate state. I could not make sense of what he was talking about. The words made my stomach tighten. I slo
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