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CHAPTER 72: THE FILE THAT DISAPPEARED
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2026-09-19 19:47:28
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BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 76: THE HOUSE HE LEFT BEHIND
Hayden stopped the car several meters from the property. Neither of them spoke.The house stood behind a rusted iron gate, nearly swallowed by overgrown trees. The windows were dark, and the peeling walls showed years of neglect. But fresh tyre tracks cutting through the mud told a different story. Someone had been here recently.Lyra stared through the windshield. “This place was supposed to be abandoned.”Hayden looked at the tracks. “It was.”“Then someone changed that.” He reached for the handle. “Stay close.”She gave him a sharp look. “I can take care of myself.”“I know.” He pushed the door open. “I'm still staying close.”She almost smiled.They stepped out into the cold, still air. Hayden checked the perimeter before forcing the gate open with a low metallic groan. Lyra followed him up the weed-choked path.The structure was smaller than she expected, completely stripped of any outward sign connecting it to Vance Biotech or Richard. There were no cameras, no visible alarms, n
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 75: THE PERSON HE TRUSTED
Lyra woke before sunrise, staring silently at the ceiling as she replayed Hayden’s words in her mind: If keeping that promise kept you alive, yes. She understood what he was trying to do, but she also knew he was hiding something not out of distrust, but because of a promise.Turning toward him, she watched Hayden sleep for a moment before quietly slipping out of bed. If he wouldn't tell her who Richard had trusted, she would uncover the truth herself.By eight o'clock, she was in the Vance Biotech archives. When she discovered that the protective authorisation had vanished once again, she wasn't surprised. Instead of chasing a ghost, she broadened her search to old security contracts, private agreements, external consultants, and any personal payments Richard had authorised.Buried in a financial archive, she found a recurring payment starting six years ago, the exact year everything had changed. The transaction was authorised by Richard Vance himself, but the recipient's identity ha
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 74: THE NAME SHE COULDN'T FORGET
Ashley couldn't stop thinking about the name: Arora Vance.It had appeared beneath a protective authorisation that was still active six years after Richard Vance's death. She searched the record more times that night, but the result never changed. Primary subject: Arora Vance. Dead. At least, that was what the world believed.Ashley closed the file and leaned back in her chair. There was something about Lyra that bothered her. Not the way Damian looked at her, and not even the strange gaps in her history. It was the timing. Lyra had appeared in business circles months after Arora's disappearance, carrying enormous financial resources and almost no verifiable history. Then she had dismantled Damian's empire with a precision that suggested she understood exactly where its weaknesses were.Ashley opened Lyra's photograph from the gala and studied her face. There were differences, enough to dismiss the idea, but not enough to forget it. She picked up her phone and called Damian. He answer
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 73: THE SECRET BETWEEN THEM
Lyra barely slept. Richard's letter remained on the bedside table, folded exactly as she had left it. She had read it many times, and the words felt like a warning. Someone had been assigned to protect her, someone her father trusted, and someone she had never known existed. By morning, she had decided to find that person.Hayden was already awake when she entered the study. He looked up from his laptop. “You're already up.”“I couldn't sleep.” His expression softened. “Because of the letter?”Lyra nodded and placed the folded page on the desk between them. “I want to know who he was talking about.”Hayden's fingers paused for a fraction of a second, but Lyra caught it. “You know something.”“I know your father had people he trusted.”“That isn't what I asked.” She crossed her arms. “Then answer me.”Hayden remained silent. The silence confirmed everything. “You do know,” she said, her expression shifting. Hayden remained silent for a moment. “I know there were arrangements made to p
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 72: THE FILE THAT DISAPPEARED
Lyra hadn't slept well. The words from the security report kept returning to her:UNKNOWN INTERNAL AUTHORIZATION.Someone had stopped the breach. It wasn’t Damian, Ashley, or anyone from her current security team.The following morning, Lyra sat behind her desk, staring at the screen while Hayden stood by the window.“Run it again,” she said.“I already did.”“Run it again.”Hayden turned toward her. “Lyra.”“I know what you're going to say, he said. “That you're looking for something because you don't like the answer?”She gave him a faint smile. “Exactly.”He walked over and placed the report on the desk. “The authorisation wasn't created yesterday. It existed in the system before your company was registered.”Lyra's expression changed. “What?”“That's what I found. The credential is very old.”“How old?”“Six years.”Lyra stared at him. Six years. Her life had changed six years ago. Everything had changed. She reached for the report. “Who had access?”“That part is missing.”“Missi
BETRAYED BY MY FIANCE; REBORN AS HIS OBSESSION CHAPTER 71: THE QUESTIONS LEFT BEHIND
The house fell silent after Damian and Ashley left. Lyra remained at the dining table, staring at the empty chairs across from her. She had expected questions, but the way Ashley spoke about her father's name, Richard Vance, lingered in the air.Hayden came around the table and stopped beside her. “You're thinking about him.”Lyra looked up. “My father.”Hayden pulled out the chair and sat down. “Ashley wasn't asking about you anymore.”“No,” Lyra lowered her gaze. “She was asking about him.”For a moment, neither spoke. Lyra had spent years rebuilding herself around the pain of losing Richard, learning to live with unanswered questions and memories she thought she had buried. But tonight, they had reopened them.“She found something,” Lyra said quietly. “I saw her reaction when she mentioned my father's name. She wasn't guessing.”Hayden reached for her hand. “Then we'll find out what it is.”Lyra looked at him. “We?”He gave her a small smile. “You don't have to investigate everythi
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