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Chapter 5: The Man Who Was Supposed to Be Dead
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2026-08-18 19:31:33“Dad?”
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His Wife, His weakness Chapter 20: The Woman Who Gave Birth to Me
The woman Aria had spent weeks believing was her sister might actually be her mother—and she was the only person who could prove that the man Aria loved wasn't her brother.Aria read the message until the words stopped looking real.ELENA IS YOUR MOTHER.She looked at the photograph again. The woman in the hospital bed had a pale face, dark hair, and a thin scar near her left temple.Elena Sterling.The woman who had once been engaged to Julian.The woman Alexander had raised as his daughter.The woman who had handed Aria the key to the hidden register.Her mother?“No,” Aria whispered.Julian rose unsteadily from his chair.“What is it?”She held out her phone.He read the message, and every trace of color vanished from his face.“This could be another trap.”“Everything is a trap now.”“Aria—”“First, Alexander says Daniel is our father. Then Isabelle's records suggest she gave birth to you. Now someone says Elena is my mother.” She laughed, but the sound was broken. “Who am I suppo
His Wife, His weakness Chapter 19: The Man Inside the Vault
Aria wasn't alone in the dark—and whoever stood behind her knew the truth about her birth.She stopped breathing.The message glowed on her phone.YOUR REAL FATHER IS ALREADY INSIDE THE VAULT WITH YOU.Aria spun around, illuminating the darkness with her trembling flashlight.Shelves. Boxes. A desk. The open safe.Nothing else.“Who's there?”Her voice sounded painfully small.No answer.She backed toward the steel door, clutching the original birth register against her chest.“I'm warning you. I know you're in here.”A soft metallic click came from behind the desk.Aria swung the flashlight toward it.A man stepped out of the shadows.He was tall and thin, wearing a dark coat. A fresh bandage covered his forehead, and one hand rested against his ribs as if he were struggling to remain upright.Aria recognized him.She had seen his face in old photographs, on hospital records, and in the memories Victoria had described with tears in her eyes.“Daniel?”The man lifted his head.For a m
His Wife, His weakness Chapter 18: The Man I Must Never Love
The man Aria loved might be her brother, and the man who had spent eighteen years hiding her identity was pointing a gun at the only woman who could explain why.“No.”The word escaped Aria before she could think.She stared at the paternity report in her trembling hands. The paper blurred beneath her tears, but the result remained painfully clear.BIOLOGICAL FATHER: ALEXANDER STERLING.Her gaze moved to Julian.He was on his knees beside her, one hand pressed against his bleeding side. His face had turned pale, but he was watching her with an expression she had never seen before.Fear.Not fear of death.Fear of what the truth might do to them.“Aria,” he whispered.She shook her head violently.“Don't.”“Listen to me.”“Don't say my name!”Her voice cracked through the chapel.She pushed herself away from him, stumbling until her back struck the altar. The man she had kissed, trusted, and loved stood only a few feet away.And suddenly, every memory between them felt contaminated.Th
His Wife, His weakness Chapter 17: The Engagement He Buried
The man Aria loved had once promised to marry another woman—and the proof was sitting in his pocket while her family waited to die.“Tell me it's a lie.”Aria's voice barely reached the end of the corridor.Julian stood motionless, his face drained of color. The photograph of Victoria and Richard remained on the laptop screen, and the message demanding that Aria come alone to the old chapel glowed on her phone.Thirty minutes.That was all she had to save the people who had raised her, given birth to her, or might somehow be connected to her by blood.And now she had discovered another secret about the man she loved.“Julian.” She stepped closer. “Who were you engaged to?”He swallowed.“Elena.”For a moment, Aria heard nothing.Not the rain beating against the windows. Not the faint ringing of a telephone somewhere downstairs. Not even her own breathing.“Elena Sterling?”“Yes.”“The woman your father raised? The woman everyone told me was your sister?”Julian closed his eyes briefly
His Wife, His weakness Chapter 16: The Woman Who Stole Me
The woman Aria had called Aunt Isabelle for eighteen years was coming to kill her mother—and might have stolen Aria from her real family before she could even cry.For several seconds, Aria couldn't move.The photograph on her phone showed Isabelle standing beside Victoria's hospital bed, a syringe poised between her fingers. Victoria's eyes were closed. Her face looked frighteningly pale.Aria called her mother.No answer.She called Nathaniel.Straight to voicemail.Then she called the hospital where Marcus was recovering.The nurse who answered barely finished speaking before Aria interrupted.“Is my brother alive?”“Miss, please calm down—”“Is Marcus alive?”“Yes, but he's still in surgery recovery. You cannot—”Aria ended the call.Julian was already examining the blue room's steel door.“There's no handle on this side.”“Then break it.”“Aria, look at me.”She spun toward him.“Don't tell me to calm down. My mother could be dying, my brother is barely alive, and the woman who m
His Wife, His weakness Chapter 15: The Son Victoria Never Lost
The gunshot had barely faded when Aria saw blood spreading across Marcus's shirt.“Marcus!”He collapsed against the wall, one hand clamped over his side. Julian lunged forward, dragging him behind the heavy wooden staircase as a second bullet shattered the mirror above them.“Get down!” Julian shouted.Aria dropped to her knees.Nathaniel pulled Victoria behind a marble pillar while Richard stumbled toward the nearest doorway. Alexander was already retreating, his expression calm enough to make Aria's stomach turn.He had known someone would fire.He had planned for it.“Don't let him escape!” Aria screamed.Julian looked at Marcus, then at Alexander disappearing down the corridor.“I can't leave him.”“Then I'll go!”“Aria, no!”But she was already running.She chased Alexander through the rear hall, her shoes slipping on the polished floor. A door slammed ahead of her. She threw herself against it and stumbled into the garden.Two black cars waited beside the gate.Alexander stood
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