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Author: SKB
last update publish date: 2026-04-14 15:57:07

The air in the living room felt like a glass dome on the verge of shattering. Victoria Vance scrambled, her hands trembling as she reached for her son’s arm. "Arthur, it’s not what you think... let me explain..."

But Sarah Vance was a master of the timed strike. She didn't give the matriarch a second to breathe. "Oh, I remember now," Sarah said, her voice dripping with a feigned, airy realization. "I did say I only wanted Maddy. But you didn't tell me there were... strings attached to that offe
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    Chloe trembled, her fingers finding Xavier’s and interlocking with his, as if the physical connection could ground her. Just as the air in her lungs began to thin, a sharp, insistent ringing cut through the silence.Chloe pushed against his chest. "The phone..."Xavier’s face darkened with irritation. He reached out, grabbed the device, and silenced the call without looking, returning his focus to her lips. But the caller was relentless. The phone wailed again.With a low curse, Xavier finally snapped the phone open. "What is it?" his voice was like grinding gravel.Chloe watched him, a part of her wanting to laugh at his frustrated expression. But her amusement died instantly when she caught the voice on the other end.It was Blueberry. Her voice was frantic, breathless with terror. "Xavier, save me... I’m at the Dragon’s Den. I’ve been set up... please, come quickly... ah!"A scream tore through the speaker before the line went dead.The temperature in the room dropped to sub-zero.

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    Looking at Xavier Grayson’s darkening expression, Chloe felt her bravado evaporate. But she couldn't back down now. She swallowed hard, steeling herself. "You're angry, aren't you? That’s exactly how angry I was when you kicked me out. You even told me to 'get out.' I have dignity too, you know."As she spoke, her voice wobbled. She actually started to feel genuinely aggrieved.Xavier stood up, his tall frame casting a long, terrifying shadow over the bed. He looked down at her, his eyes like sharpened blades, an arctic chill radiating from his skin.Chloe shivered. Is he going to hit me? No, he looked like he wanted to skip the violence and go straight to strangling her.She gulped, forcing a smile that looked more like a grimace. "Um... dinner is getting cold."Xavier leaned in, hovering over her like a predator that had finally cornered its prey. The sheer pressure of his aura made it feel as though the walls were closing in.Chloe’s face turned ghostly white as she tried one last,

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    Donovan Tang stood on the darkened rooftop, a fresh cigarette between his lips. He moved with a cold, practiced efficiency as he typed out a message to his handler.Donovan: "Has Marius discovered that Blueberry is the biological mother of Liam Jr. yet?"The reply came almost instantly.Handler: "Xavier Grayson seems to know someone is digging. He’s locked down the information tight. Marius is still hitting walls."Donovan’s eyes narrowed, the glow of his cigarette illuminating the hard lines of his face.Donovan: "Drop him a hint. And find someone to shadow Blueberry. The moment she meets with Xavier, I want to know. If she needs a 'push' to get close to him, give her a hand."The Cold War at HomeAfter dropping off Sarah Vance and Lulu at their hotel, Chloe drove back to the Grayson Estate.It was 10:00 PM when the roar of a high-performance engine announced Xavier Grayson’s return. Chloe was already lying in the room adjacent to Liam Jr.’s, reading a book. The memory of Xavier kick

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    "Chloe," Sarah Vance said, her voice weary but clear. "Your marriage to Xavier Grayson has no foundation of affection. In his eyes, your position is inherently lower. You must guard your heart at all costs. Unless he is willing to give you genuine sincerity, absolute trust, and respect, this marriage will never last."Chloe lowered her gaze, her lashes casting long shadows against her cheek. "I know."She understood the cracks in her relationship better than anyone. Xavier didn't love her, and was she not also wearing a mask of compliance around him?After Marius’s betrayal, she found it nearly impossible to truly love or trust another man. To her, Xavier was less of a husband and more of a life raft in a stormy sea—someone she held onto out of necessity, not desire. She didn't dare depend on him, because she knew he could cast her aside at any moment.If she kept her heart locked away, then when the day came for him to leave, she could walk away with her dignity intact. The agony of

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    Sarah bit her lip hard, swiping away her tears with the back of her hand. "You've seen it now. Are you satisfied? Do you feel vindicated?"A decade ago, Julian Thorne had pursued her with a relentless, singular focus, yet she had chosen Arthur Vance, ruthlessly cutting Julian out of her life. She understood his resentment; Julian was a man defined by a dark, obsessive streak. No one truly knew the depths of what he felt.Julian didn't answer. He stood up and walked out without another word, leaving Sarah alone in the cavernous, hollow suite. Finally, the dam broke, and she collapsed into a fit of jagged, agonizing sobs.Julian heard the sound through the heavy doors. He paused for exactly two seconds—his hand tightening on the handle—before he turned and left the hotel without looking back.The Hangover of RealityThe next morning, Chloe Bishop woke up in a guest room adjacent to Liam Jr.’s suite. The air around her was thick with the stale scent of red wine.Last night, she had slept

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    "Sarah Vance?" Justin asked, his voice low. "She just finalized her divorce from Arthur Vance today. You aren’t seriously thinking..."Julian patted Justin’s shoulder, his expression unreadable behind his glasses. "I know exactly what I’m doing."Justin hesitated, a memory from their conversation earlier surfacing. "Wait... she isn't the one who knocked you flat on your back in high school, is she?"Julian’s lips curled into a faint, dangerous smirk, but he didn't offer a verbal confirmation."Damn," Justin exhaled, shaking his head. "It really is her!"Lulu was currently in the middle of a drunken tantrum, making it easy for Justin to have his guards hoist her up and carry her toward the garage. Within minutes, the suite was empty, save for the two ghosts of a shared past.Sarah Vance slumped back onto the sofa. Julian reached over and cut the blaring music, the sudden silence ringing in their ears. He sat directly across from her, watching her with the patience of a predator who had

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    The heavy canopy of the Haicheng wilderness filtered the afternoon sun into jagged shards of light. Donovan Tang reached out a gloved hand, grabbing Chloe Bishop by the shoulder of her tactical vest and pulling her firmly behind him. His voice carried the weight of a battlefield command."You have

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    The opulent restroom of the Cantonese restaurant felt colder once Bluebelle and Yvonne Blue had exited. Chloe Bishop stood alone, staring at her reflection in the gilded mirror. Her complexion was pale, the stress of the morning etching faint lines of exhaustion around her eyes.Bluebelle’s parting

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    The hospital corridor, usually a place of sterile quiet, was now a theater of high-society warfare. Sarah, her military training evident in the effortless way she controlled the struggling physician, dragged Julian Lang toward the elevators. His frantic shouts for security were met only by the stun

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    The atmosphere in the foyer fractured as Feifei, sensing the shift in the air, signaled to Serena and beat a silent, frantic retreat into the shadows of the estate. She hadn't forgotten the cold warning Xavier had delivered the day his security team tossed her into the street: Never show your face

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