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CHAPTER 21: COME ALONE
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2026-08-08 23:24:45
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HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE CHAPTER 23:THE FATHER WHO KNEW
Olivia left the abandoned hotel with her mother’s confession still heavy in her chest. Every answer she received only opened another door she was not prepared to walk through. Exhaustion and anger warred inside her, but one clear purpose remained. She told Lucien they needed to go to the hospital. This time she was not going because she feared Richard might die. She was going because she needed answers only he could give. Lucien offered to wait outside if she wanted privacy. Olivia surprised him. “No. I want you there.” It was a small shift, but it mattered. She still did not trust him completely, yet she no longer saw him only as the man who had destroyed their marriage. Olivia entered Richard’s room and sat beside the bed. He remained unconscious, the machines rising and falling with each assisted breath. She took his hand carefully and began to speak. She told him everything she had discovered about Jonathan Ashford’s name on her birth record, the paternity test, her
HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE CHAPTER 22: WHO IS MY FATHER?
Olivia turned around. A masked man stood only a few steps behind her. Her first instinct was to place herself between him and her mother. She demanded to know who he was. He did not answer. Instead he told her she had been searching for the wrong truth. Richard had lied to her. Her mother began to cry. Olivia demanded that the man remove his mask. He refused. He told her the answers would come from her mother, then turned and left the room without another word. Olivia faced her mother at once. “Tell me the truth.” Her mother finally admitted that Richard was not Olivia’s biological father. The words landed like a physical blow. Olivia struggled to understand how everyone closest to her could have kept such a secret for her entire life. Her mother explained that Richard had known from the beginning. He had chosen to raise Olivia as his own daughter without hesitation. “He loved you more than anything,” she said through tears. Olivia asked the next question. “Who is
HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE CHAPTER 21: COME ALONE
Olivia stared at the darkened screen of her phone long after the call ended. Her mother’s frightened breathing still echoed in her ears. The location the man had given burned in her mind. She reached for her keys. Lucien stopped her. “He ordered you to come alone. Walking into an unknown place without any plan could get both of you killed.” Olivia’s voice cracked with desperation. “They have my mother.” “I’m not trying to control you,” Lucien said, steady and low. “I’m trying to keep you alive.” After a long, painful silence she agreed to let him help on one condition. If her mother was harmed because of any decision he made, she would never forgive him. Lucien contacted the one security officer he still trusted completely. He ordered the man to track their location from a distance without being seen, and he sent the address to a contact who had no connection to the Ashford family. He refused to involve Victor. Olivia noticed the caution. “Why?” “Because I don’t know w
HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE CHAPTER 20: THE TRUTH BEHIND THE RESULT
The gunshot echoed through the dark storage facility. Olivia dropped to the floor on instinct, clutching the paternity report against her chest. Lucien pulled her behind a heavy metal cabinet before the second echo had faded. The lights remained out. The only sound was their own breathing and the distant drip of water somewhere in the corridor. “Are you hit?” she whispered. “I’m fine.” Lucien’s voice was low and steady. Another soft scrape of movement came from the hallway. Someone was advancing toward them with deliberate care. Lucien understood at once: the attacker was not there to frighten them. He was there to recover the report. He reached for the document. Olivia shook her head and held it tighter. She knew it might be the only remaining proof of the truth. Lucien did not argue. Instead he told her to hide it. While he created a distraction by knocking over a stack of empty boxes, Olivia tore the report free of its folder and slipped it inside her clothing. The attack
HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE CHAPTER 19: THE BLOOD BETWEEN US
Olivia stared at Lucien after the phone call ended. The possibility that Victor Ashford could be connected to her birth felt almost impossible to process. The room around them seemed too small, the air too thin. She asked the question directly, voice low and unsteady. “Could your father be my biological father?” Lucien was visibly shaken. He told her they did not know that yet the damaged report proved nothing conclusive. Olivia’s anger rose at once. Everyone kept telling her to wait while the truth remained hidden. She asked whether Lucien had known anything about her before they married. He swore he had known nothing about the paternity test. Olivia did not fully believe him. The silence between them carried years of unanswered questions. Lucien examined the damaged laboratory report more carefully. Something important stood out. The document contained no final result, only the request for testing and the identification of the person who had provided the sample. The actual
HE MARRIED ME FOR REVENGE Chapter 18:The Signature Before My Birth
Olivia stared at the Ashford signature on the copy of her birth record. The ink was faded but clear. She held it beside one of the documents they had taken from the abandoned property an old contract bearing the signature of Lucien’s father. The resemblance was unmistakable. “Was it Victor?” she asked. Lucien could not deny the similarity. The loops, the pressure of the pen, the way the final letter trailed off all of it looked the same. Olivia’s voice rose. “Why would Victor Ashford sign a document connected to my birth three days before I was even born?” Lucien had no explanation. He only shook his head. Olivia’s mother, standing in the doorway, grew visibly distressed. She stepped forward and spoke in a low, urgent tone. “Stop asking these questions in this house. Someone may be listening.” Olivia refused to let the truth slip away again. She faced her mother directly. “What happened before I was born? Why was Victor there?” Her mother finally admitted that Victor
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