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ESMERALDA'S POVI make the decision on a Tuesday.After my second therapy session.After another conversation with Damien that went nowhere.After staring at Julian's last voicemail for an hour without listening to it.I'm going to see him.One more time.Not for closure...Lila's right, closure is a myth.Not for revenge....though that's part of it.But because I need to look him in the eye and know:Am I over him?Or am I just pretending to be?************************I call Marcus first."I need you to set something up.""What kind of something?""A hotel suite. Hotel Carlyle. Private. Secure. I need it tomorrow night.""For?""Julian."Silence."Does Damien know about this?""Not yet. But he will.""Esmeralda—""Just set it up, Marcus. Please."He sighs. "Okay. What time?""8 PM. And Marcus?""Yeah?""I need it wired. Audio and video. Everything recorded."Another pause."You're going to seduce him. Get him on record.""Maybe. I don't know yet. I just—I need options.""Does this
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LILA'S POVEsmeralda looks exhausted.We're at lunch...a quiet café in SoHo—and she's barely touched her food.Just pushing salad around her plate."You okay?" I ask."Define okay.""Fair point."She sets down her fork. "Therapy was hard. She asked me what I actually need from Julian to heal. And I don't know. I thought I knew. But now—""Now you're questioning everything.""Yes."I take a sip of coffee. "Can I be honest with you?""Always.""I don't think you need anything from Julian."She looks up. "What?""I don't think destroying him will fix anything. I think you're using revenge as a distraction from actual healing.""That's not—""It is. And you know it. That's why you're stalling. Why you haven't released the evidence yet. Why you keep going to therapy and asking the same questions."She's quiet."You think I'm wrong?" I ask."No. I think you're right. And I hate it.""Why do you hate it?""Because if revenge won't fix me, then I have to do the actual work. And the actual wor
Ashes Of His Regret Chapter 93
ESMERALDA'S POVMorning comes too fast.I didn't sleep well.Kept replaying last night. Julian on his knees. Begging.The look on his face when I told him it was over.Part of me felt powerful.Part of me felt cruel.Both parts feel true.Damien's already up. Making coffee."How are you feeling?" he asks."Nervous. Ready. Terrified.""That's a lot of feelings.""It's a big day."Today we release everything.Today Julian's world ends.Today the revenge is complete.Marcus arrives at 9 AM.Spreads files across the dining table."Everything's ready. Legal team has reviewed it all. PR team knows what to say. We're coordinated with three major outlets—they'll all publish simultaneously at 2 PM.""What's the headline?" I ask.He shows me his laptop.VOSS INDUSTRIES CEO JULIAN VOSS CHARGED WITH FRAUD, TAX EVASION, SABOTAGEFederal Investigation Reveals $87 Million in Hidden Offshore AccountsThe subheadline reads:Evidence shows systematic fraud, including sabotage of rival Morrison Manufact
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DAMIEN'S POV8:07 PM.She's with him now.In that hotel suite.Alone.I pour another drink.Third one in an hour.Marcus is calling. I don't answer.He knows where I am. Knows what I'm doing.Sitting at home. Drinking. Losing my mind.Because the woman I love is with her ex-husband.And I have to trust that she's not going back to him.Have to trust that this is strategy. Revenge. Nothing more.But trust is hard when you're picturing them together.*************************8:15 PM.My phone buzzes. Not her.Marcus again.I answer."What?""Just checking in. How are you holding up?""Fine.""Liar. You're drinking alone and spiraling. I can hear it in your voice.""What do you want me to say? That I'm thrilled my wife is in a hotel room with the man she used to be married to?""She's not going back to him.""You don't know that.""Yes, I do. Because I've seen the way she looks at you. The way she talks about you. She's in love with you, Damien. Not him.""Then why does she need to see
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JULIAN'S POVI buy champagne.Dom Pérignon. The kind Esmeralda used to love.$400 I can't afford.But it doesn't matter.Tonight, I'm getting her back.I know the odds. Know she's probably just giving me closure.But there's a chance.However small.She wouldn't meet me in a hotel suite if there wasn't a chance.Would she?I get a haircut. Shave carefully. Put on the suit she always liked—the navy one.Check my reflection.I look thinner. Older. Tired.But presentable.Good enough.It has to be good enough.*************************My phone rings. Celeste.I don't answer.She's called six times today. Left three voicemails.All about the SEC investigation.About how they're coming after her too now.About how I "destroyed the family."I can't deal with her right now.Tonight is about Esmeralda.Only Esmeralda.********************I arrive at the Hotel Carlyle at 7:45.Fifteen minutes early.Too eager. I know.But I can't help it.The lobby is elegant. Expensive. Familiar.We stayed
Ashes Of His Regret CHAPTER 90
ESMERALDA'S POVMarcus spreads the files across the conference table.Eight months of work.Hundreds of documents.All the evidence we need to destroy Julian Voss."This is everything," he says. "Offshore accounts in the Cayman Islands. $87 million hidden from federal taxes. Wire transfers showing the sabotage payments to Morrison company insiders. Emails proving he knew about the fraud. Securities violations. Insider trading. All of it."I pick up one of the files.Read through it.It's damning. Completely damning."How did you get the emails?""We have someone on the inside. Someone Julian fired six months ago who was very motivated to help.""And it's all admissible?""Legal team says yes. We obtained it through proper channels. No illegal hacking. No stolen documents. Everything can be used."Damien's standing at the window. Silent."When do we release it?" I ask.Marcus looks at Damien."That's your call," Damien says without turning around.Mine.The decision is mine.I look at
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ESMERALDA'S POVThe first thing I notice when I wake up is that I'm not crying.I've been crying every morning for weeks waking up with my face already wet, my pillow damp, my chest hollow. But this morning, I open my eyes and feel something different.Not peace. Not healing.Anger.It starts small
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ESMERALDA'S POVI'm on the treadmill when Lila texts me.My phone buzzes on the machine's holder, and I glance down mid-stride.Don't freak out. Just hear me out. Coming home early. We need to talk.My stomach tightens. That's never good. "We need to talk" is never good.I finish my run thirty-five
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ESMERALDA'S POVThe day of the gala arrives faster than I expect.Two weeks of preparation, of training, of building myself into something stronger and suddenly it's here. The moment I'll have to prove I'm more than the broken woman Julian left behind.I wake up at six AM, my stomach already churni
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CELESTE'S POVI'm having tea at the club when Margaret Pierce slides into the chair across from me, her face alight with gossip."Celeste, darling. I heard about Julian and that Laurent girl. How exciting!"I smile, the practiced expression of a woman who's perfected social graces over sixty-two ye
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