LOGINValeria was just a wife on paper. Three years of a hellish marriage with the only man she had ever loved but it ended in divorce one rainy night. “Sign them. I can no longer stand to see your face or pretend like I don't want to strangle you with my bare hands everytime I lay eyes on you.” He barked coldly, throwing the papers on the table in front of her. She couldn't say it was unexpected. It had always been a matter of time. Once childhood friends, everything had gone to hell because of one woman, Isis Whittaker, Luka's late fianceé. An unfortunate accident. An incriminating message. Somehow, Luka came to believe Valeria was responsible for the death of the woman he loved and took it upon himself to punish her personally. Three years of torment and being labelled a murderer. She'd never thought the ending would be so…cathartic. Her hand lightly grazed her stomach as she signed the papers. Terrified of how she would explain she was pregnant from a night of passion he didn't even remember, she no longer needed to tell him. She would make sure he was never going to find out that she was carrying his son, the heir to the Thorne Empire. But then again, things never quite go as planned, she should have realized this by now… FB: Author Ireti
View MoreLuka's POV I swerved violently through traffic, cutting off a yellow taxi with a sharp screech, swearing viciously under my breath as a fresh gust of wind lashed rain against my windshield."Time is running out, Gregory, and I could be minutes away from losing Valeria forever to a psychopath we thought was six feet under!" I yelled, my knuckles straining against the wheel. "Whatever administrative mess you made seven years ago, handle it later!""Luka, stop and listen to me!" Gregory’s voice cracked sharply over the speaker, cutting through my rage. In the background, I could hear the heavy rustle of thick paper files being frantically shuffled. "You can't resolve this later because it changes everything right now! Seven years ago, after Valeria signed the dissolution agreement and fled the country, you ordered my firm to rush the process and finalize it instantly. There was no property division and she didn't fight for alimony. She wasn't even present for the final court proceeding
Luka's POV The rain hit the windshield of my Porsche in violent, relentless sheets, the rhythmic snap of the wipers doing little to clear the blur of red taillights stretched across the wet asphalt of Manhattan.My hands were clamped so tightly around the leather-wrapped steering wheel that my knuckles had gone completely white. Underneath my ribs, my heart hammered like a trapped beast, slamming against my chest with a wild, terrifying cadence that made it hard to draw air into my lungs.Every single instinct in my body was screaming.Just an hour ago, Valeria’s voice had come tearing through my phone's speaker—frantic, breathless, laden with a raw, primal terror that I had never heard from her before. She had confirmed that Cassandra was Isis. Told me Isis had attacked her and was trying to kill her.In that moment, I had done everything I could to force my voice into a state of controlled calm. I had forced myself to play it cool, tried to ease her fears and directed her on what t
Valeria's POVA bitter laugh escaped her."Eren is a horrible man and we will never be able to tell how his mind works. The investigator found out that Eren cut off all connection with his mistress and I'm just speculating but I think he tried to harm her because she fled to a small town in Rhode Island and laid low for a couple of years."I listened silently."She got married there, had a bunch of kids and is divorced now."There wasn't even a trace of sympathy in her voice anymore."I like to think karma visited her because her husband was abusive and they had a bad divorce."She looked directly at me."I also believe Isis does not have a relationship with her because they've not been in contact since Isis left the town when she was sixteen."I rubbed my temples slowly."Wow."The word escaped me before I could stop it."That's... a lot to take in."Terra nodded knowingly."It took me a month to fully accept," she uttered. "But I had to come to terms with everything because if I all
Valeria's POVIt wouldn't have been an exaggeration to say that my world exploded for the second time in the span of an hour.I had thought learning the truth about my mother had already shattered every foundation my life had been built upon, but apparently fate wasn't done with me yet.The words themselves were simple enough. There was nothing complicated about them. Yet as they echoed over and over inside my head, they became impossible to comprehend.They simply refused to fit into the reality I'd known my entire life.I stared blankly at my mother, convinced that I must have misheard her."What did you just say?"Terra looked at me sadly, as though she already knew how devastating it would be to repeat those words."Isis is Eren's illegitimate daughter and your half sister."For several long seconds, I could only blink at her.My brain simply stopped functioning."I—But—"The words wouldn't come.I shook my head over and over, trying to reject the absurdity of what I'd just heard.


















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