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218 - Shattered Trust

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last update تاريخ النشر: 2026-06-20 15:02:56

Ariana's ears rang after the gunshot. For a moment, nobody moved. The paper slipped from her trembling fingers and floated to the ground. Her eyes searched the darkness, trying to find where the shot had come from, but all she could see were shadows. Then she heard a groan. Nathan. Her heart nearly stopped. Without thinking, she ran toward him. "Nathan!"

Claire was already beside him, pressing both hands against his wound. Blood stained her fingers. Nathan's face had become pale, but his eyes i
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  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   218 - Shattered Trust

    Ariana's ears rang after the gunshot. For a moment, nobody moved. The paper slipped from her trembling fingers and floated to the ground. Her eyes searched the darkness, trying to find where the shot had come from, but all she could see were shadows. Then she heard a groan. Nathan. Her heart nearly stopped. Without thinking, she ran toward him. "Nathan!"Claire was already beside him, pressing both hands against his wound. Blood stained her fingers. Nathan's face had become pale, but his eyes immediately found Ariana as she dropped to her knees beside him. "You shouldn't be here," he said weakly.Ariana felt tears filling her eyes. "Stop talking."A faint smile touched his lips. "You always tell me what to do.""This is not the time."His smile widened slightly before pain crossed his face. Around them, chaos erupted. Some people were searching for the shooter. Others were gathering the scattered documents. Voices echoed through the road, but Ariana barely heard any of it.All she car

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   217 - What Her Mother Knew

    Ariana could not move. The words echoed inside her head. "Hello, daughter."The stranger stood beneath the headlights, watching her calmly. Everything around her faded into the background. The vehicles. The armed men. Nathan bleeding on the ground. None of it mattered. Only those two words remained. Daughter. Ariana stared at him. Her chest felt tight. "No."The man smiled faintly. "I expected that reaction.""You are not my father."The smile disappeared. Around them, nobody spoke. Not David. Not Claire. Not Vanessa. Not even Sofia. The silence itself frightened Ariana. Because nobody was denying it. Nobody was laughing at the idea. Nobody was calling the man crazy.The stranger slowly walked forward. He appeared to be in his late fifties. His dark hair was touched with gray. His face looked familiar in a strange way. Ariana could not explain it. The more she looked at him, the more she noticed small similarities. The shape of his eyes. The curve of his smile. Things she had never se

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   216 - The Shooter

    Time seemed to stop. Ariana stood frozen as Nathan collapsed to his knees. The folder slipped from his fingers and landed on the ground. Shock spread across every face around her. Nobody had expected the shot. Nobody except the person holding the gun. Slowly, Ariana turned toward the shooter. Her heart nearly stopped. "Sofia?"The name left her lips as a broken whisper. The gun remained steady in Sofia's hand. Her expression was calm. Far too calm. Ariana stared at her best friend in disbelief. This couldn't be happening. Not Sofia. Not the woman who had comforted her. Not the woman who had listened to her fears. Not the woman she trusted more than anyone. The gunshot echoed in Ariana's memory. Again and again. Each time making the truth harder to deny. Sofia had pulled the trigger. Nathan groaned in pain as he fell sideways. Blood stained his shirt. Claire immediately rushed toward him. Several men moved forward, but David raised a hand. They stopped. Nobody seemed sure what to do.

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   215 - The Return

    The approaching headlights cut through the darkness. Nobody moved. Nobody spoke. Ariana could hear the engines growing louder every second. The vehicles were coming fast, and judging from the expressions around her, everyone knew exactly who was arriving.David's face remained pale. Vanessa looked as if she wanted to run. The men surrounding the warehouse tightened their positions. Ariana had never seen fear spread through a group so quickly. The first vehicle finally came to a stop. Then a second. Then a third. The engines died.Silence settled over the road. Ariana's pulse hammered inside her chest. The driver's door of the first vehicle slowly opened. A pair of black boots touched the ground. Then a woman stepped out. Ariana felt the air leave her lungs. It was impossible.Just like David, she recognized the woman instantly. She remembered the funeral. She remembered the tears. She remembered standing beside hundreds of people who believed this woman was gone forever. Yet there she

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   214 - Ghost

    Ariana could not breathe. The world around her seemed to disappear. The black SUVs. The men surrounding the warehouse. Vanessa standing frozen near the entrance. None of it mattered. Her eyes were locked on the man standing in front of them. It was impossible. Absolutely impossible. Yet he was there. Alive. Looking directly at her. Ariana felt her knees weaken. "No," she whispered.The man gave a small smile. The same smile she remembered. The same smile she had not seen in years. "Ariana."The sound of her name coming from his mouth sent a chill through her body. It was him. There was no mistake. No misunderstanding. No trick. The man she believed had died years ago was standing only a few feet away. "David."The name escaped her lips before she could stop it. The tall man nodded slowly. "I was wondering how long it would take you to recognize me."Ariana stared at him in disbelief. Years ago, David had been one of the company's founders. He had worked alongside the original leadersh

  • CRAVING THE BAD BOY   213 - The Betrayal

    Ariana could not move. She stood frozen in the middle of the warehouse, staring at the person who had stepped out of the darkness. For a moment, her brain refused to accept what her eyes were seeing.It was Vanessa. The woman stood several feet away from them, calm and composed. She looked nothing like someone who had just been caught. There was no panic on her face. No fear. No surprise. Only silence. Ariana's heart pounded so hard that it almost hurt. "Vanessa?" she whispered.The name felt strange coming out of her mouth. Vanessa looked at her and gave a small smile. "Hello, Ariana."The stranger beside Ariana took another step back. His hands were shaking. "I told you she was dangerous," he muttered.Vanessa's eyes briefly moved toward him. "You should have stayed quiet."The man's face turned pale. Ariana looked from one person to the other. Nothing made sense. Vanessa had supported her from the beginning. She had helped investigate the leaks. She had arranged interviews. She had

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