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10. A Debt Paid in Smoke
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2026-07-18 10:03:20At that very moment the Moretti cargo ship exploded.
Sara stood on the lifeboat, hugging her shivering frame. In the distance, the blaze from the explosion clawed at the night sky, casting dancing orange shadows across the dark water.The sight mirrored the nightmare of her past.That night, years ago, when her family first arrived in San Marito, Albert had intended to pay a courtesy call to the Lockwood family—Damon’s parents. Instead, they had walked straight into hell. Fire dev
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The days rolled by just as they always had. Damon stayed by Sara’s side, working from home despite Dominic’s constant demands for his immediate return to San Marito.Iris still called relentlessly, pulling every trick in the book to carve out time together. Yet Sara was always there, an unyielding wall between them.Damon gave his wife no room for doubt, making sure Sara was right beside him whenever he dealt with Iris. A month later, Iris finally gave up and flew back to San Marito, her pathetic ploys having failed to soften him.“Won't you take Iris to the airport?” Sara asked softly.“Felix’s accompanying her,” Damon answered briefly.Whenever Iris was discussed, Sara always caught a frown on Damon's brow. Whatever the man was thinking, she now completely ignored it.“Then, Damon, when will you let me return to work? Alexa is getting older, and I can also bring her to the office.” Sara hurriedly changed the subject.As long as she stayed by Damon's side, her feelings became increas
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That question finally managed to break Damon’s threshold of patience. The man instantly turned around, staring with intense disbelief at the woman he had always considered fragile in his presence.“Have you forgotten who it was that used to push and tell me to marry your sister?” Damon asked in return, his voice low yet laced with a piercing emphasis that shredded the air. He paused for a moment, letting the question strike precisely at Iris’s chest. “So, Iris... tell me the truth, what is it that you actually want from me now?”Iris swallowed hard, her throat feeling utterly dry as if she had swallowed shards of glass. Meeting Damon’s sharp gaze—a cold look that had never once been directed at her during the time they spent together—her fleeting common sense abruptly returned.“I only... I only...” Iris stammered, struggling to string her words together. Yet, this time she truly ran out of wit. She failed to make a single reason or explanation sound plausible to defend herself.“Tell
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Damon intended to use this opportunity to persuade Iris to speak and reveal the truth about her true identity in front of Sara. In truth, there was a powerful reason why Damon had chosen to remain silent and conceal that dark chapter of the past; one of them was a form of respect toward the agreement that Iris herself had made.However, the situation had changed drastically. Regardless of everything, Iris remained Sara's biological sister, and Sara deserved to know the truth so she could reunite with her actual family. That moral burden weighed heavier and heavier on Damon's chest, leaving him exhausted and tormented as he had to keep hiding a secret of that magnitude from the woman who was now lawfully his wife.“Damon, what on earth did Sara say to make you turn on me like this?” Iris cried in disbelief, her voice trembling violently as she tried to keep her fury in check.Hearing that accusation, Damon's brow instantly furrowed, displeasure etched clearly across his face. “What do
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Blood seemed to freeze throughout her body, then suddenly boil and explode at the most painful point within her chest. Damon’s words continued to echo inside her head, spinning endlessly like a psychological terror that crushed her sanity. Iris never imagined, even in her worst nightmares, that Damon—the man who had long been her sanctuary—would utter that devastating sentence.“W-What did you say?” she stammered, her voice nearly lost amid the thunderous pounding of her heart.On the other side, Damon knew very well that this brutal honesty would shatter Iris into a million pieces. He was fully aware of the risks. He knew the depth of her affection and dependence upon him, yet he could no longer allow the deception to continue.He couldn’t bear to pretend to offer the same affection as before, as if they were an unburdened couple deeply in love. Besides, was it not Iris herself who had once urged and commanded him to marry and protect Sara?Now, as reality turned to strike them, Damo
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Damon fell silent for a moment, then gazed at his wife. Yet, before he could open his mouth, Sara had already risen from her chair with a serene movement.“I will take Alexa for a walk,” Sara said, curving her lips into a faint smile—a smile far too transparent to conceal the storm raging within her chest.Sara knew the exact limits of her position. Even though Damon had acted kindly lately—or perhaps was facing turmoil with Iris—she remained nobody to him, other than the woman forced to carry his flesh and blood.Right at the threshold of the lounge, her steps halted for a fraction of a second. She glanced inside to find Iris still staring at her intently, while Damon’s back faced the door.The ominous foreboding that had lingered in her chest from the beginning now intensified. She could no longer lie to herself. The suspicion and jealousy creeping into her heart were not mere hallucinations.There was something hidden, something involving the past between Damon and the woman in the
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