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Chapter 10

Author: Adam
After dealing with Eve, Theo was left wandering through the empty estate. He felt lost.

He mobilized every resource at his disposal to find me, but the answer was always the same: no trace.

It was as if I had vanished from the face of the earth. There were no flight records, no purchases, no surveillance footage. Nothing.

My complete disappearance broke him far more than any accusation ever could.

He returned to the attic and replayed the video again and again.

He watched it frame by frame, sear
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  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 11

    Eve didn't survive the basement for long.The woman who had once turned heads wherever she went slowly lost her mind under the endless torment. In the end, she bit through her own tongue to end it.When Theo heard, he merely gave a dismissive wave. "Burn it. Clean the place out."He grew more violent by the day. And somehow, more fragile.He covered the walls with carved numbers.Starting at 1,826, he counted down one day at a time... Then I started counting back up again.As though he were waiting for a day that would never return.Then one night, a violent storm rolled in. Thunder shook the estate.Blind drunk, Theo stumbled toward the basement entrance—long ago sealed beneath solid concrete—and clawed at it with his bare hands. "Bella! Bella! I was wrong! "I'm letting you out now!"Rain mixed with blood as his fingers split open against the concrete, streaking the steps crimson.But he had ordered that door welded shut himself. No key in the world could open it again.Thousands of m

  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 10

    After dealing with Eve, Theo was left wandering through the empty estate. He felt lost.He mobilized every resource at his disposal to find me, but the answer was always the same: no trace.It was as if I had vanished from the face of the earth. There were no flight records, no purchases, no surveillance footage. Nothing.My complete disappearance broke him far more than any accusation ever could.He returned to the attic and replayed the video again and again.He watched it frame by frame, searching for the smallest clue.He remembered all the nights I stayed awake until dawn helping him finish paperwork.He remembered me calling his name while burning with fever.He remembered the brief flash of hurt in my eyes every time he wrongly accused me.And what had he given me in return? A whip across my back and imprisonment in a freezing basement cell.Every replay made the guilt cut a little deeper.Then, at the very end of the video, he noticed something.Behind Eve hung a landscape pain

  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 9

    Theo rose without a word. He didn't call for his bodyguards. Alone, he walked toward Eve's bedroom, one slow step at a time.The bedroom door exploded inward beneath a single kick, the crash shattering the stillness of dawn.Eve was still asleep. She rolled over lazily.The moment her eyes opened and landed on Theo—covered in blood, his eyes burning with a murderous red—the sleep vanished from her face, replaced by sheer terror."Theo? What happ—" She instinctively started putting on her usual helpless expression."The weapons network. The Swiss bankcode." Theo cut her off. His voice was so hoarse it sounded as though he had crawled out of hell. "And you would make me kill Bella with my own hands?"Eve's pupils shrank. Her face was pale.She jerked upright, ready to defend herself, but then she noticed the tablet in Theo's hand. The screen was lit, replaying her own confession—every vicious word impossible to deny."No! That's not real!" Eve shrieked, scrambling backward like a cornere

  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 8

    The plane broke through the clouds, and the lights of New York faded into specks below.I leaned against the window, a glass of water in my hands. My mind was blank. There was no hatred. No love. Only a bone-deep exhaustion that left me feeling hollow.George Bennett, my father's former bodyguard, spoke softly. "Ms. Bella, you should try to get some sleep. We've got a long flight ahead."I shook my head.He sighed heavily. "The late Don worried about you more than anyone before he passed. In the end... Theo failed you."We've gathered all the evidence. Why not expose Eve yourself?""Soon."I closed my eyes, hiding the last trace of light in them.The truth would come out eventually. Soon enough, Theo would learn just how badly he'd been fooled.Three days later, Theo received no news of me. What arrived instead was my parting gift.A flash drive, containing every piece of evidence I had gathered before I left.Theo plugged it into his computer. The screen flickered to life. The first v

  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 7

    It felt as though an invisible hand had wrapped around Theo's heart and squeezed until he doubled over in pain.The faint scent of medicine still lingered in the room. But Bella was gone.Only the gifts he had given me remained, laid out one by one like a silent record of how his devotion had decayed over five years.At first, each gift had been carefully chosen and engraved by his own hand. The later ones had become little more than thoughtless obligations.The quietest accusation cuts the deepest.Only now did Theo realize I had been planning to leave him for a long time.This wasn't an impulsive decision.It was a goodbye I'd prepared long before tonight.He had always assumed I would wait for him forever.No matter how badly he hurt me, I would endure it like she always had, quietly nursing my wounds until he finally remembered to look her way.But I was gone.Without so much as an explanation, I had vanished from his world."Bella." The name tore from Theo's throat. The composure

  • Day 1,826 as the Don's Secret Wife   Chapter 6

    At the same time, in the primary bedroom, an uneasy feeling settled in Theo's chest.Ever since he'd left the attic, a strange restlessness had refused to leave him.My eyes kept flashing through his mind. Calm. Empty.They haunted him more than any screaming match or tearful breakdown ever had.Eve's silk nightgown slipped off one shoulder. She leaned toward Theo, but he pushed her away, his expression cold."Theo, what's wrong?"Do you even remember what today is? My words echoed through his mind again.What day?He frowned, searching his memory, but came up empty.Maybe it's some insignificant anniversary.Bella always got upset over little things like this.But somehow... Tonight felt different.The thought had barely formed before Theo was on his feet, moving on pure instinct. "I'm going to check on Bella."Eve's smile froze, but only for a split second before she quickly replaced it with her usual worried expression. She carefully reminded him, "Theo, my ankle actually doesn't hu

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