เข้าสู่ระบบChapter 132Blake’s POVI sat in my car, my hands resting loosely on the steering wheel, my gaze fixed on nothing in particular.Outside, the world moved on as if nothing had happened, but inside me, a myriad of emotions were so tangled together that I had no idea how to deal with the mess.Anger, grief, sorrow, disbelief… it was all jumbled up together inside me.I exhaled slowly, leaning my head back against the seat.Arya… I had spent five years hating her, pretending like she was dead to me just like she left me for dead, and now she was back like a ghost.I clenched my jaw, the image of her standing there still in my mind. The way she had looked at me distantly like I was just someone she used to know. My grip on the steering wheel tightened, and I shut my eyes briefly, trying to push away my thoughts and think of something else, anything else but the anger coursing through my veins.She abandoned me, humiliated me, stole from me, and now she's back and pretending like nothing h
Chapter 131Arya’s POVThe door shut behind me, and it finally felt like I could breathe. Seeing Blake today was…unexpected. I always knew that I was going to run into him after coming back. Hell, it was part of the plan anyway. But the shock on his face as he stared at me, the way his voice had sounded when he said my name. I dragged in a slow breath, but it didn’t help.“This wasn’t how it was supposed to happen,” I said finally, my voice quieter than I intended. “How did you not know he’d be there? Of all the roads in the city, that’s where we run into him?”Milo exhaled softly, then glanced at me.“I didn’t plan that,” he said simply.I let out a short, disbelieving laugh.“Look at me,” he said gently.I hesitated for a second before turning to stare at him. “Take a deep breath,” he said.I almost rolled my eyes at his attempts to calm me down, but I decided to humour him. “Your plan is not ruined,” Milo continued. “If anything, this works in your favor. After all, you're the la
Chapter 130Blake’s POVThe meeting room was filled with voices, numbers, projections – things that should have demanded my full attention. But my mind was somewhere else. It was still on that road, still on the little girl who looked just like her mother. Arya…the woman who broke my heart. Not just broke it, she shattered it so much that I don't think it would ever be whole anymore.I stared blankly at the presentation screen in front of me as one of my executives spoke about projected returns and expansion strategies. His voice blended into the background, reduced to nothing more than a distant hum.Five years. Five years, and she had just… appeared. My jaw tightened slightly.Gabriella and Gabriel. The names echoed in my head. What would life have been like if they had grown up with me as their father?My fingers curled subtly against the armrest of my chair and I forced myself to focus.This deal was too important for me to get distracted. The Donovan Group had been working toward
Chapter 129Blake’s POV(FIVE YEARS LATER)They say time heals all wounds. They lied. Time only buried things. It layered other things — work, responsibilities, expectations — over them, but underneath it all, everything remained exactly the same. And on some days, on days like this, it all came rushing back like it had never left.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel as I drove down the quiet street, my eyes were fixed on the road ahead, but my thoughts were elsewhere.The company had grown in the last five years, larger than even I had expected. Now we had other companies practically begging to work with us, and Donovan Group carried more power than it ever had. My phone buzzed in the cup holder beside me, and a glance at it told me it was a notification for my next appointment. I was running a bit behind, but I would make it in time, or they would have to wait. A flash of movement caught my eye and something small ran to the middle of the road. My eyes widened as a small
Chapter 128Blake’s POVThe first thing I felt was pain. It felt like all the bones in my body were broken, and even breathing hurt my chest. For a few seconds, I had no idea where I was. Everything around me felt blurry, and I slowly opened my eyes to see a white ceiling facing me. I looked around, staring at the machines beeping around me, and then it suddenly hit me.I was on my way to see Arya, and then…. The truck, the pain, everything came back in full focus. I tried to move, but pain shot through my side so sharply that I let out a rough groan.Immediately, someone moved beside me."Blake?"I turned my head slightly to see my mother was sitting by the bed.She looked exhausted, and her eyes were red and swollen like she had been crying nonstop for hours.My father stood behind her with one hand on her shoulder. Danielle was there too… and Ivy.I frowned weakly. Why was Ivy there? And where was Arya?I forced myself up slightly despite the pain."Arya," I croaked. My voice ba
Chapter 127Arya’s POVCancer? I stared at Emilia in school, still trying to process what I just heard. "I was very young when I got pregnant with you. Younger than you are now. At first, everything was fine. I was scared, but I was happy because I had you."Her fingers trembled slightly in her laps as she spoke."The doctors told me it was bad… very bad, and there was a very good chance that I was going to die. And I had no family, I didn't even know who your biological father was because I was… raped.”A gasp escaped my lips as I stood rooted in shock."I was so terrified," she whispered. "I was a young mother to a little baby who was depending on me, but I was sick and alone and I didn't have much time left, and I had no idea what to do.”“Your dad, he was my closest friend and the only person I trusted, so I asked him to take care of you while I was in and out of the hospital. He visited me a few times after that but my condition kept getting worse, and I didn't want him to see
Chapter 96Blake’s POVThe sound of my mother’s soft laughter drifting down the hallway, directed at Milo, of all people, only sharpened the tightness in my chest. I muttered something under my breath and took the stairs two at a time, not trusting myself to remain there for another second.The mai
Chapter 95Blake’s POVThe meeting dragged on longer than I expected, my patience running thin with every passing minute that I had to listen to these people spout bullshit and try to get me to agree to work with them while giving me subpar designs.I rolled my eyes and looked at my watch, growing
Chapter 94Arya’s POV“Hey,” Milo said, a smile still on his face. “I hope I’m not interrupting anything. I was just in the area and thought to drop by.”I stared at him, speechless. Just in the area? This was a secluded estate with only six massive mansions. How in the hell was he just in the area
Chapter 93Arya’s POVI got up the next morning, my movements mechanical as I got ready for work and left the house. Even at work, I could barely concentrate, my body was present but my mind was somewhere else entirely as I stared at the papers on my desk for a long time without really seeing it.I







