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Was I that predictable?

ผู้เขียน: Riley_Steverose
last update วันที่เผยแพร่: 2025-12-25 16:25:11
Veronica's POV:

Trigger Warning: This chapter contains themes of emotional abuse, public shaming, manipulation, and coercion.

While Max chased Macy down the beach, laughing like carefree children, my phone buzzed in my hand.

Theo.

I answered immediately. "Theo—"

I stepped a little away from the noise, my heart already sinking even before I answered.

“Veronica,” Theo said the moment I picked up. His voice was calm, controlled... but I could hear the tension beneath it which was odd for him. “Don’
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This chapter marks the moment where the attack turns public—and merciless. 💔 Lies spread faster than truth, and Veronica is pushed into a corner by media, betrayal, and her father’s ultimatum. But pressure doesn’t just break people… sometimes, it forges them. Stay with her—this is far from over.

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  • Desired by the Billionaire Brothers   He is drinking again

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  • Desired by the Billionaire Brothers   Three of us

    Max's POV:How stupid had I been?The question wouldn’t leave me alone.It followed me down the hallway, down the elevator, out into the cold night air like a shadow I couldn’t outrun. I should have known better. I did know better.And yet I still stood there, watching them like some fool who needed proof of what was already obvious. Veronica never let Theo go. Not really. Not in the way I needed her to.I let out a harsh breath and ran a hand through my hair, pacing once before pulling my car door open.The city lights blurred as I drove, but I barely registered anything around me.My mind kept replaying the same image.Veronica sitting there, looking at him like he was the only thing supoorting her. Theo standing too close of his place in her world.And me?I wasn’t in that moment at all.I laughed under my breath, bitter and sharp.What a joke I have become.She agreed to marry me, yes. But love? That wasn’t fully just for me.Even if she loves me... she will never forget me brothe

  • Desired by the Billionaire Brothers   Look into my eyes

    Veronica's POV:"You cannot keep me in the dark forever," I said. "That is not a sustainable arrangement, Theo. You cannot make decisions about what I am and am not allowed to know about my own situation and then expect me to remain grateful.""Veronica, I need you to stop for a moment...""Don't do that.""You are spiraling... this is not good for your health.""I am not spiraling, I am responding rationally to information I should have been given months ago, and the fact that you are framing my response as spiraling is exactly what I am talking about." I pulled my hands back from his and gripped the armrests of my wheelchair instead."You are doing it right now. You are gaslighting me right now, in real time, while we are having a conversation about the fact that you have been doing it."Theo stood up from his knee and looked down at me."I came to you," I said. "I came to you and Max specifically because I believed you were different. I had a father who controlled every room I walk

  • Desired by the Billionaire Brothers   The weight of the truth

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  • Desired by the Billionaire Brothers   What you need to know

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