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CHAPTER 18: THE LINE WE SHOULDN'T CROSS

Author: Shii Empress
last update publish date: 2026-08-12 21:12:29

Lyra woke up the next morning with the image of Hayden standing alone in his dark library still heavy in her mind. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't shake the unsettling feeling that he was hiding something.

Her mind drifted back to the previous night. She had walked down the hall to find him, stepping silently toward the library doors. She had intended to knock, but through the slight crack in the doorframe, she stopped. The room was swallowed by shadows, illuminated only by the faint
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  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 37: THE OBSESSION BEGINS

    Damian Kade stared at the glowing display of his phone.Lyra’s name remained fixed at the top of his recent messaging log. Three times over the last ten minutes, he had opened their direct thread, drafted a sentence, and cleared the input without sending a word. He had closed complex acquisitions without blinking, yet framing a routine message to Lyra brought an unexpected friction.He typed out a line.Damian: Are you awake?He held his thumb over the screen, paused, and cleared the text. A moment later, he tried again.Damian: Goodnight.He deleted that as well, letting out a sharp breath. “What is wrong with me?”“Are you finally acknowledging the problem?” a voice asked from the doorway.Damian looked up abruptly. Ashley stood near the frame, holding a thin manila folder, one eyebrow raised in mild amusement. He hadn’t heard the door opening.“Ashley,” he said, adjusting his posture. She stepped into his office, settling the document file onto the polished surface of his desk.

  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 36: THE SECOND MOVE

    Lyra stared at the Crown Heights file illuminated on her laptop screen.The project carried far greater value than she had initially calculated. Three major divisions of Damian Kade’s empire real estate, finance, and construction were deeply tied to its success. If Crown Heights prospered, it would solidify his holding company beyond reach. If it failed, the structural damage would ripple through his entire enterprise.She leaned back against the leather of her chair, letting the silence of the office settle around her. Over dinner, Damian had spoken of the development with the ease of a man convinced of his own invincibility, and that effortless confidence was precisely what rendered him vulnerable.Her fingers navigated the public registry. The waterfront parcel formed the linchpin of the entire blueprint; without ownership, they could not proceed. “Yet according to the record, the owner had not completed the final deed transfer.” A slow smile touched her lips; there was a fracture.

  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 35: THE FIRST CUT

    Lyra leaned back in her chair. The anonymous message from the previous night still lingered in her mind like a quiet threat.Don’t ask who entered the facility. Ask what they took.She had spent most of the night dissecting those words. Yet as morning light filtered through the blinds, another reality demanded her attention.Damian Kade.He was her original target- the man who had seized control of her father’s company and believed Lyra Moretti was nothing more than an ambitious businesswoman looking for an opportunity. He had no idea who she really was, and that was precisely how she intended to keep it.Opening a secure file on her desk, Lyra brought up a secondary folder labelled: KADE INDUSTRIAL LOGISTICS.She scanned the financial metrics. The division managed transportation and storage networks across Damian’s corporate portfolio. Lyra quickly realised that its supply chain relied heavily on three major independent distributors. One of those distributors was North Coast Distribu

  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 34: THE ATMOSPHERIC LOG

    Lyra couldn’t sleep. The anonymous message from the previous night kept replaying in her mind; a quiet threat kept pulsing through her thoughts.If you want to understand what happened to Richard, start with the night he died. Look at the atmospheric log.For years, she had expected that her father died in a car accident. But now, for the first time, she questioned everything. Beside her, Hayden slept peacefully, his arms resting across the space where she had been. Slipping carefully out of bed, she carried her laptop into the living room.Opening the Vance Biotech database, she searched for records matching the date of Richard’s death. But nothing appeared; she tried the eastern facility’s internal archive, only for a prompt to flash across the screen.RESTRICTED ACCESS- AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED.She remembered the designation; she typed RV-H07.The screen flickered. PARTIAL ACCESS GRANTED.A directory of archived records filled her screen. She selected the environment log for the eas

  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 33: THE TRUTH HE LEFT BEHIND

    Lyra couldn’t shake the split-second look Elias Hart had given her across the grand floor. It hadn’t lasted more than a heartbeat, but the sheer weight of it lingered beneath her skin like a sudden drop in barometric pressure. It wasn’t what she had read in his eyes, nor full understanding. It was something far sharper, a disorienting shock of a man who believed he was staring at a ghost.She glanced back toward the ballroom, where the crystal chandeliers cast a warm glow over the city’s elite, but Elias had already melted into the crowd.“You’re overthinking again.” Hayden’s voice broke through her thoughts. She turned to find him beside her with a subtle, reassuring smile. “You’ve been staring at that empty champagne glass for five minutes straight.”A quiet laugh escaped her. “Maybe you’re right.”“Come on.” Hayden extended his hand. “I’m rescuing you from a full of people who think portfolio yields can replace personality.”She slipped her hand into his. “You’re impossible.”“And

  • BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION   CHAPTER 32: THE THINGS HE COULN'T SAY

    Lyra stared at the words RV-HO7 until they blurred on the screen. She had searched every database she could access, but nothing could help; only the same restricted code was attached to her father’s name.Leaning back slowly, she tried to piece it together; there had to be a reason Richard was connected to it. It seemed the troubling of burying this file mattered.Her phone vibrated. When she saw the message was from Hayden, a small smile touched her lips.Hayden: Are you still awake?Lyra: Unfortunately.Hayden: Then I’m coming over.She frowned at the screen.Lyra: It’s almost midnight.Hayden: Exactly, you shouldn’t be working.Lyra: You’re becoming bossy.Hayden: Only with you.She set the phone down and closed the laptop. For tonight, she would let it go. Twenty minutes later, a knock sounded at her door, and when she opened it, Hayden stood there holding two cups of coffee.“You really came.”“You sounded tired.”She took a sip, the warmth grounding her. “Perfect.”“Always.”“Yo

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