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Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 117. Our Happy Ending
* Alex Hamilton *I had never seen her like that before.Not when we first met, not during the worst nights we chased shadows through cold data and colder memories. Not even when she stood over Jason's ruined rumors, careless and free.But today, walking toward me on her brother's arm, veil trailing like mist, eyes fixed on mine, she was the fiercest thing I had ever known. Not because she was unafraid, but because she was, and she walked anyway.My throat tightened. She looked like the truth made flesh. My truth. My choice and my bride. I love her with my life and I swear to protect her for as long as I live.The crowd disappeared. The guards faded. Even the goddamn cameras stopped mattering. All I could see was Penny. She's the most beautiful woman that I have ever laid my eyes upon.I didn't think, I didn't breathe, not until her hand slid into mine."Hi," she whispered."Hi," I said, and it felt like a promise.But then—"WAIT!"Chaos cracked the moment open.I saw Calder react fir
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 116. Wedding Day
* Penny *Three days passed.Three days of surveillance, of tracing calls, of coded messages and sleepless nights. Of strategy meetings held behind locked doors and visits to places I thought I'd buried. Three days of peeling back the truth until it bled. Until I could see every shadow cast in my name, every threat hiding behind Jason's twisted legacy.And now it was finally the wedding day.Magnolia Manor was unrecognizable, transformed from fortress to fairytale. The courtyard was a bloom of ivory and blush roses, draped with white silk that danced in the summer wind. Crystal chandeliers hung from ancient oaks, their light catching in the breeze like fireflies. Cameras flashed from behind velvet ropes where press huddled with microphones, jostling for a view. A drone hummed above, catching aerial shots for the official media team. And behind it all, security moved like shadows, unobtrusive but everywhere.Calder stood at the edge of the inner perimeter, his dark suit sharp and delib
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 115. Jadon’s Threat Unraveled
* Penny *Three days before the wedding, I was still wide awake at Magnolia Manor, curled up in the dim amber light of my study, the clock ticking closer and closer to midnight like a countdown I couldn't stop.I couldn't sleep.I told Alex I would. Even kissed him goodnight with a smile stitched into my lips, like everything was normal. Like I wasn't quietly unraveling. Like the guest rooms weren't being checked every other hour, like off-duty guards weren't pretending to look casual under my window, like the woman I used to be hadn't started bleeding through the cracks again, brought back to life by the sound of Jason Hamilton's voice and the memories it dragged behind it.But I didn't sleep.Instead, I sat cross-legged on the floor, the thick rug cold beneath me, the folder open like a corpse waiting for autopsy. Its contents were chaos incarnate, letters, black-and-white photos, receipts, emails printed and annotated, napkins with his handwriting scrawled like curses, each loop an
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 114. Alex Hamilton
* Alex Hamilton *I didn't speak much on the way back. Penny sat beside me, her shoulders tight beneath her coat, her gaze fixed on some distant point outside the windshield. But I wasn't watching the road anymore, I was turning over everything she'd said. The flowers. The photo. The message. Wrong girl again.That wasn't just a threat. That was strategy. Cold. Efficient. Like someone sending reminders that they were always three steps ahead. Someone with reach. With intel. With obsession.But one thing kept churning in my gut like acid, the method. It was too specific, too psychological. Whoever was behind this didn't want to just scare her. They wanted to rattle her sense of safety, of identity. That wasn't just a criminal, it was someone who knew how to break people from the inside out.And that was when the thought hit me. A sick, slow crawling suspicion.I waited until we got home. Until Penny had gone up to shower. The moment the door clicked behind her, I pulled out my phone an
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 113. Wedding trials
* Penny *The kettle hissed softly behind me, but I didn't move. The sharp whine of steam curled up and into the silence, unanswered. The laptop screen cast a dull glow over the kitchen island, washing my fingers in pale blue as they hovered above the keyboard, motionless. There were open tabs, bridal suppliers, music lists, flight schedules for out-of-town guests, but my gaze wasn't on any of them.My wedding dress was scheduled for its final fitting tomorrow. White peonies had been ordered, my mother's favorite. My vows, half-written and trembling with hope, waited folded on the nightstand beside my bed.And yet all I could see was her. That woman. Lighting a cigarette under the flickering sign of the Honeywell Motel, her features bleached by surveillance static, but unmistakable. She looked through the camera like she knew I was watching. Like she was daring me to blink first."Don't let your tea go cold," Alex said gently, from the far end of the kitchen.I didn't answer. Couldn't
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 112. Claire Alive or Not?
* Penny *The photo blurred in my vision for a second, not from the grain, but because my breath hitched so sharply it stole the focus from my eyes. My fingers were ice around the phone, locked in place, and for a beat I couldn't even remember how to speak. Claire.She was supposed to be dead. I'd mourned her, quietly, not with tears but with the still ache that had settled in my chest ever since Alex told me. A private sort of grief, followed by the relief that someone who wished me dead is already gone.But the woman in the photo?She looked straight at the camera, head tilted ever so slightly, like she knew. I swallowed hard and handed the phone back to Alex with trembling fingers. "This... this can't be real."Alex stared at the screen like it might catch fire. His jaw was rigid, his thumb hovering just over the image without touching it. "It could be old. Or faked.""No," I said, voice barely a whisper. "That's the motel on 47th. Look, see the torn sign by the ice machine?"He zo
Love Lies and Deceit Chapter 27. Fiancee
* Julliane *As soon as we arrived at the back entrance of Magnolia Manor, the golden afternoon sun bathed the sprawling estate in a soft glow. The scent of blooming roses lingered in the air, carried by the breeze that rustled the ivy-covered walls. The sound of hooves on gravel faded as we dismou
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* Julliane *"Shall I let the visitor in, Jullie?"I immediately shook my head and answered Mrs. Perez firmly. "No, Nana, there's no need to let him in. Just ask if he knew my grandpa or if there's something he needs to know. But there's no reason to entertain guests right now. I'm going upstairs
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