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LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 13
Chapter 13ADRIAN POINT OF VIEW My phone won't stop buzzing. Notifications pour in messages, calls, emails, alerts, a digital nightmare that started at 5:43 AM and shows no sign of stopping. I sit on the edge of my bed, dawn barely breaking outside, scrolling through the chaos with terror clawing up my throat.The headline blazes from my screen like fire: "LANCASTER LEGACY: DYNASTY BUILT ON DECEPTION?"Marcus Dane's byline beneath it feels like a death sentence.I skim the article, my heart hammering so hard I think it might explode. Vague accusations. Unnamed sources. Hints about "long-buried secrets" and "questionable business practices" and "personal scandals hidden from public view." Nothing specific enough to sue over, yet damaging enough to destroy everything.The stock is already dropping. The damage control team already scrambling.My hands shake as I count six missed calls from the PR director.The bedroom door opens. Celeste enters, already dressed, phone in hand. Her face
LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 12
Chapter 12ELIAS POINT OF VIEW I stare at my phone screen, the message I sent to Adrian three hours ago still hanging there unanswered like a wound that won't heal:*Meeting at the cabin tonight? Need to talk about London.*No reply. Not even those three dots to show he's typing something. Just silence that gets heavier with each passing minute, crushing my chest like I'm drowning.Rain pounds the windows of my hotel room, drops racing down the glass like tears. Five days in town, and I've seen Adrian exactly twice, hurried moments stolen between meetings, physical connection without real conversation. Always him rushing away, always promises of "more time soon" that never come.I'm dying inside, piece by piece, and he doesn't even know.A knock at the door pulls me from my spiral. I shove the phone in my pocket and cross the room, checking the peephole before opening up.Claudia stands there with shopping bags, dark curls damp from rain. My cousin's surprise visit from Chicago was s
LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 11
Chapter 11CELESTE POINT OF VIEWDinner sits untouched between us, steam rising from plates of food neither of us wants to eat. The dining room feels huge for just two people, the long table stretching between us like a canyon I can't cross. I watch Adrian push salmon around his plate, his mind clearly somewhere else.Somewhere that isn't here with me.A clock ticks somewhere in the house, marking seconds of silence that feel like hours. Forks scrape against china. Wine glasses empty and fill again. Small sounds that seem loud in the absence of any real conversation."You're quieter than usual tonight," I say finally, my voice soft but pointed.Adrian looks up, startled, like he forgot I was sitting across from him. "Am I? Just tired, I suppose.""You've been 'just tired' for weeks now." I keep my tone gentle, though the words themselves cut. "Almost since we came back from our honeymoon."His fingers tighten around his fork. A tiny tell, but I've become an expert at reading his face
LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 10
Chapter 10CELESTE POINT OF VIEWI wake to the sound of a shower running, morning light barely filtering through heavy curtains. Three forty-three, the bedside clock glows in neon green. Adrian has come home, finally. I lie still, listening to water rushing through pipes, trying to piece together a puzzle that keeps changing shape.Three nights this week he hasn't returned until dawn. Business emergencies, he's explained. Important client meetings. Strategy sessions that couldn't wait for morning.I believe him, mostly. The dark circles under his eyes testify to sleepless nights. The constant calls from the office confirm his busy schedule. But something feels wrong. Something gnaws at my gut like hunger, keeps me awake counting the hours until he comes home.The water stops. I close my eyes, pretending to sleep. I've learned that Adrian speaks more freely when he thinks I can't hear, when he mutters to himself while dressing or makes late-night calls he thinks are private.The bathro
LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 9
Chapter 9ANDRIAN POINT OF VIEW The Lancaster dining room stretches long and dark, family portraits watching from wood-paneled walls like silent judges. I sit at one end of the mahogany table, Grandfather at the other, twenty feet of polished wood and family history between us. The weekly Sunday dinner ritual, unavoidable as death in the Lancaster world."The board is asking questions," Grandfather says, cutting into his steak with surgical precision. "About the future. About succession plans."I sip my wine, buying seconds before responding. My heart already knows where this is heading. "I've been CEO for less than two years. Isn't talk of succession a bit early?""Not succession for your position." His knife scrapes against fine china like nails on a chalkboard. "Succession for the family line. For the Lancaster name."The air thickens around me. I set down my glass carefully, keeping my face blank despite the storm building inside me. My stomach drops like I'm falling off a cliff.
LOVE AGAINST LEGACYย ย ย Chapter 8
Chapter 8WRITER POINT OF VIEWMarcus Dane's desk overflowed with coffee cups and documents. The newsroom bustled around him, but his attention remained fixed on an email from an anonymous sender.*The perfect Lancaster marriage is a sham. Adrian Lancaster's heart belongs to Elias Voss. Follow the money. Follow the meetings. Find the truth the Lancasters want hidden.*Short. Direct. Potentially explosive.The Lancasters were untouchable royalty, old money, powerful connections, spotless reputation. Their recent merger with the Moreau family had made headlines for weeks.If this tip was legitimate...Marcus typed "Elias Voss" into a search window. Not a celebrity, just professional mentions. Architectural awards. A recent move to Chicago. An architect with no obvious connection to Adrian Lancaster or the family business.Digging deeper, Marcus discovered Voss had returned to the city three days ago, a brief mention in an industry newsletter about consulting on a downtown project. The t
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