LOGINShare
CHAPTER 47: THE TRUTH HE COULDN'T HIDE
publish date:
2026-08-26 18:54:55
Latest chapter
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION EPILOGUE: WHERE FREEDOM BEGINS
Five years later, Lyra stood on the wooden deck of her home at the ocean, watching the morning sun spread across the water.The sea was calm, its surface catching the light as the waves rolled gently toward the shore. For years, she had avoided looking at the ocean for too long because it reminded her of the yacht, the betrayal, and the moment she believed her life was ending. Now, she could stand beside it without remembering herself as the woman who had nearly drowned. She was simply Arora. And she was home.Behind her, the kitchen door opened.“You're going to let your coffee get cold again,” Hayden called.She glanced over her shoulder with a faint smile. “I'm enjoying the view.”“You've been enjoying it for twenty minutes.”“Are you timing me?”“Someone has to make sure you don't forget the rest of the world exists.”“You could always come and enjoy it with me.”Hayden appeared beside her a moment later, carrying his own cup. He slipped an arm around her waist, and she leaned int
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 107: THE LIFE WE CHOOSE
The first morning after Project Hawk fell, Lyra woke up to silence.For months, silence had signaled danger, its tense lull before the next threat or alert. But this morning, her phone lay quiet. Sunlight filtered through the curtains, warming the cool air.Hayden stood near the window, holding two coffee cups. When he noticed her stir, he walked over and handed her one.“You're staring,” he said softly.“Checking if you're real.”A faint smile touched his face. “Your conclusion?”“Still under investigation.”He laughed softly, an ordinary sound that made Lyra smile before she could stop herself. She took a sip of coffee. “What's the damage?”“Financially, Vance Biotech has lost several international contracts,” Hayden replied. “A few subsidiaries are under review, and the board wants an emergency meeting today. But Project Hawk is disconnected, the systems are isolated, and Cross remains in custody.”Lyra nodded slowly. It wasn't a clean victory, but for the first time, an invisible
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 106: THE PRICE OF FREEDOM
The countdown froze at forty-seven seconds.REMOTE OVERRIDE DETECTED.“Cross,” Hayden said, his fingers flying across the console. “Someone’s cancelling the shutdown from outside the facility.”“Can you stop him?” Lyra asked, staring at the flashing red prompt.“I’m trying, but he’s locked the primary console. We can trigger the wipe, but he can interrupt it before the core safeguards trigger.” Hayden opened a schematic. “There’s a manual authorisation route through the original Vance safeguards, but it runs through the contingency interface.”Leo leaned over the second terminal. A title flared across the glass: SUBJECT TWO - NEURAL CONTINGENCY INTERFACE.“What is that?” Leo asked, his voice suddenly small.Hayden scanned the file, his face going pale. “Leo... when you were at West Bridge, did they ever perform a medical procedure on you?”Leo flinched. “I don't remember.”“The logs show a surgical authorisation,” Hayden said quietly. “An implant to monitor neurological responses tied
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 105 : THE ARCHITECT OF CONTROL
By midnight, Lyra understood why her father had lost everything to keep his legacy hidden.Sitting in the secure conference room at Moretti Tower with Hayden and Leo, she reviewed the files recovered from the records facility. At the top of the executive authorisation records stood a single name: Gideon Cross. Below it lay transactions connecting Vance Biotech, the Hawk Society, and international financial institutions.“Your father didn't create the Hawk Society,” Hayden said, examining the final document. “He built a financial intelligence system to detect fraud and market manipulation. Cross turned it into a weapon.”“An artificial intelligence,” Leo realised, scanning the development notes.Hayden nodded. “An advanced AI trained on the strategic records of the original Vance founders. Cross expanded its authority until it could initiate actions, manipulate markets, and alter identities. The system grew more powerful than any single person operating it.”That was why Richard Vance
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 104: THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION
By six-thirty that evening, Lyra was done waiting.The file recovered from West Bridge lay open on the table, its final entry glowing on the monitor:SUBJECT ONE: ARORA VANCESUBJECT TWO: LEO VANCEFINAL AUTHORIZATION: PENDINGHayden stood beside the display. “We traced the authorisation request to an old Vance system on a protected network outside this building.”“Can you kill it?” Lyra asked.“I’m trying to isolate the route, but whoever initiated this has access to legacy systems sealed years ago. We have twenty minutes, maybe less.”Footsteps sounded at the doorway. Leo stood there, clean-clothed but tense, his gaze locking onto the open screen. “Is that about me?”“It concerns both of us,” Lyra said gently.Leo’s eyes lingered on his name. “At West Bridge, they kept saying I had to be ready when the final authorisation cleared. They said it was the reason I was kept alive.”A chill settled over the room. Before Lyra could speak, Leo looked at her. “If this is about me, I’m going.
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 103: THE TRUTH THEY BURIED
By midmorning, Leo had checked the lock on his bedroom door six times.Lyra knew because the security team had installed a discreet sensor after Hayden explained that the young man might panic if he felt trapped. She had asked them to remove it, then changed her mind when she realised she was making decisions about Leo without asking him.She instructed the team to leave his room alone. No cameras, no monitoring, and no one was to enter without Leo’s permission. It was a small concession, but it was the first thing she could give him without demanding anything in return.Downstairs, Hayden stood at the dining table with the West Bridge reports spread before him. A laptop displayed the records his technical team had recovered before the facility's servers went offline.“Anything useful?” Lyra asked.“Incomplete transfer logs and a list of scheduled movements,” Hayden said, turning the screen toward her. “Most of it was damaged or had been deliberately erased.”“And the manager?”“The i
You May Also Like
Please Me, Mr. Reed
EliJa727.7K viewsSIN
MercyCrown1.1M viewsBillionaire's Match
Tangy Candy4.8M viewsThe Heartbreak Prescription
Glazed Snow1.4M viewsRegret After The Divorce
Abbymicah179 viewsWILD WEDDING HOOK UP
Sassenach W394 viewsI Raised His Daughter, Now I Want a Divorce
Amber Hawthorne26 viewsAshes of My First Life: Enter the Tycoon
Diffident Writer191 views
