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CHAPTER 62
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The morning after the gala arrived with deceptive gentleness.Sunlight streamed through the tall windows of the Devereaux complex, turning marble floors warm and honey-colored.The estate as usual woke itself quietly. There’s no rush, no disorder as the staff moved with their usual precision. Breakfast was automatically laid out in the common dining room as always, as if the night before had not cracked something open beneath the surface.Althea stood just outside the threshold with Nicholas cradled in her arms.She had freshly bathed him and his dark hair still soft and faintly damp at the edges. She let him choose his attire and he wore a pale blue sweater with a print of a dinosaur on the front, too big in the sleeves, and as always, clutched his dinosaur plushie tightly against his chest as though it were part of him.His head rested against her shoulder, content, humming under his breath.That thought alone steadied her.Althea drew a quiet breath and stepped inside, smiling at t
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The gala ended without incident and that outcome alone should be an enough warning.In the Valtieri world, silence is never considered an absence.It’s a preparation.When the last remaining guests drifted out beneath chandeliers and polite smiles, the Valtieri machinery had already begun to turn.No dramatic exits or any public scenes. Any retaliatory gestures that could not be traced back to the family name.Escalation, the Valtieri way, was subtle.But relentless.It started before dawn, before the entire city will become chaotic for the day.In offices that never slept, directives that are sealed, moved through private networks older than modern law. Calls that were never logged and agreements are now activated which had been dormant for decades, waiting only for the right name to resurface.Althea Valtieri.Nicholas.The heir.Inside the Valtieri ancestral estate, the chamber was lit again
His Dead Wife: No Longer the Surrogate Bride CHAPTER 71
The night did not loosen its grip after the gala.If anything, it tightened even more.The moment the doors closed in the Devereaux complex behind her, Althea felt it. The subtle shift in air pressure, the quiet recalibration of security protocols humming beneath polished floors and immaculate walls. The building was alive tonight, alert in a way that went beyond routine because of one thing.Nicholas.Her hand curled instinctively around the small clutch she brought with her, she moved briskly down the corridor, heels silent against stone. She had immediately changed out of the gala gown the moment she returned, trading silk and illusion for soft clothes that allowed her to move, to think, to breathe.After she was back in her comfortable clothes, she immediately went to her son’s room.Nicholas slept curled on his side with his one small arm wrapped around his dinosaur plushie, chest rising and falling in steady rhythm.His nightlight illuminated his face and the sight hit her with
His Dead Wife: No Longer the Surrogate Bride CHAPTER 70
The drive back to the Devereaux complex was silent.Not the familiar, companionable silence Michael was used to after long operations or late diplomatic functions. The kind punctuated by shared exhaustion, muted humor, or the quiet satisfaction of having survived another evening intact.Tonight, the silence was deliberate and self-imposed. Dense with everything he had chosen not to say.The car he was in, moved smoothly through the city, tires whispering against asphalt as private roads peeled away from public ones.Gates immediately recognized the vehicle and checkpoints opened without question. Access, immediately and always granted.That was how it had always been.Privilege had never felt so hollow.Michael sat in the backseat, jacket folded with care beside him, tie loosened but not removed. Appearances mattered.Even now.Especially now.Habit had trained him too well to abandon it when it counted. Outside, the city lights blurred into streaks of gold and white. He watched them
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Dominic remained standing at the balcony after Althea had left him, his hands resting on the cold stone with his shoulders squared in posture. A pose that had been trained into him since he was a child.The balcony emptied slowly.One by one, guests, several feet from where he is, drifted back inside, laughter resuming, music swelling as if the night itself had not witnessed his humiliation. Dominic did not move.Never show weakness. He thought angrily. Never chase. Never beg.Those were the rules of the Valtieri bloodline whispered in his bones.But the rules had never accounted for her.He closed his eyes.For a moment, he imagined himself, what it would have looked like if he had followed her. What would happen if he had reached for her wrist, lowered his voice, said her name the way he used to when the world narrowed to just the two of them.Althea.Not Miracle Hands or Althea Valtieri.Not the woman everyone
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The terrace doors closed behind Althea with a quiet finality, leaving Dominic at the balcony.The night air pressed against him, sharp and unyielding. It’s carrying the distant hum of the city below.Inside, the gala continued seamlessly as if nothing had fractured on that balcony, as if carefully curated lives hadn’t momentarily cracked open.He gripped the stone railing, jaw clenched, pulse hammering in his ears.She had walked away.Dammit, Dominic thought darkly.She did not storm off or was even shaken.She had chosen to leave him standing there, anger still burning in his chest with nowhere to land.For a fleeting moment, Dominic considered going after her. He was set on pushing past his pride, the years of restraint, past the silent war lines he had sworn never to cross publicly. But the image of her back, straight and resolute as she disappeared through the doors, stopped him.She had meant it.You have no right to be jealous. She told him, the words replaying with surgical pr
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