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The Threat

Author: Astral
last update publish date: 2026-05-28 07:59:19

The first letter after the wedding came on a Tuesday.

Emma was alone in the penthouse. Nick had gone to the office — his first real day back since the wedding — and she was sitting on the couch, her hand on her stomach, still marveling at the secret growing inside her. The morning sickness had been relentless. She had spent an hour in the bathroom, kneeling on the cold tile, waiting for her stomach to settle.

But she didn't complain.

Not once.

This baby was a miracle. A gift. A future she had n
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  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   The Rescue

    Nick ran.He didn't think. He didn't plan. He just ran — past the police cars, past the barricades, past the officers who shouted at him to stop. His legs carried him through the warehouse doors, into the darkness, toward the sound of Emma's scream.The building was a maze of crumbling hallways and rusted machinery. The air was thick with dust and mold. Nick's shoes crunched on broken glass. His heart pounded in his ears."Emma!" he shouted.No answer.He turned a corner. Then another. The scream had come from somewhere below — a basement, like the one that had haunted him for twenty-five years. He found a stairwell, metal and rusted, leading down into darkness.He ran down the stairs.---The basement was cold and damp.Concrete walls. A single bare bulb hanging from the ceiling. Chains bolted to the floor. And Emma — chained to the wall, her dress torn, her face bruised, her eyes wild with fear."Nick," she whispered.Nick crossed the room in three strides. He dropped to his knees b

  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   Kidnapping

    The days that followed were a study in waiting.Emma tried to live normally. She went to her appointments at Healing Hearts. She had lunch with Olivia. She sat on the couch with Nick and watched movies and pretended that her life wasn't being watched through a stranger's lens. But the letters kept coming. Every few days, a new envelope would appear — slipped under the door, tucked into her bag, once even left on her pillow. The police couldn't find the source. The building's security cameras showed nothing. Whoever Mara was, she was good at hiding.The photographs changed. Emma at the grocery store. Nick leaving the office. Emma laughing with Rachel. Nick kissing Emma on the street. The messages grew darker."You're still here. I told you to leave.""He's mine. He's always been mine.""You're carrying his child. That should have been me."Emma stopped sleeping. She lay awake at night, staring at the ceiling, listening to the sounds of the city. Every creak of the building made her hea

  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   The Threat

    The first letter after the wedding came on a Tuesday.Emma was alone in the penthouse. Nick had gone to the office — his first real day back since the wedding — and she was sitting on the couch, her hand on her stomach, still marveling at the secret growing inside her. The morning sickness had been relentless. She had spent an hour in the bathroom, kneeling on the cold tile, waiting for her stomach to settle.But she didn't complain.Not once.This baby was a miracle. A gift. A future she had never dared to imagine.She was drinking ginger tea — the only thing that helped — when she noticed the envelope on the floor. It must have been slipped under the door. White. Plain. No return address. Just her name written in that same neat, unfamiliar handwriting.Emma.Her hands started shaking before she even opened it.She stared at the envelope for a long moment. Don't open it, a voice whispered in her head. Wait for Nick. Call the police.But her fingers were already tearing the seal.Insi

  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   The Joy

    The drive home was silent.Not the heavy silence of fear or anger — the full silence of wonder. Emma sat in the passenger seat, her hand on her stomach, staring out the window at the city lights. Nick drove with one hand on the wheel, the other resting on her knee. Neither of them spoke. There were no words for what they were feeling.A baby.Their baby.The girl from the basement and the boy who held her hand were going to be parents.Nick pulled into the garage. He turned off the engine. They sat in the darkness for a long moment."Emma," Nick said.She looked at him. The scar on his jaw. The tears in his eyes."We're having a baby," he said."We're having a baby.""I'm going to be a father.""You're going to be a father."Nick laughed — a wet, shaky laugh. "I don't know how to be a father."Emma reached across the console and took his hand. "Neither do I. But we'll figure it out. Together."Nick lifted her hand to his lips and kissed her knuckles."Together," he said.---The penth

  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   The Honeymoon Suite

    The hotel was called The Chandler — an old stone building in the heart of the city, with ivy climbing the walls and windows that glowed gold in the darkness. Nick had booked the penthouse suite. Of course he had. Emma stood in the doorway, her wedding dress bunched in her hands, staring at the room.Candles flickered on every surface. Rose petals covered the floor. A bottle of champagne sat in a silver bucket, sweating cold droplets. The bed was enormous — draped in white linens, scattered with more rose petals, looking like a cloud she could fall into and never leave."It's beautiful," Emma whispered.Nick stood behind her. His hands rested on her shoulders."You're beautiful," he said.Emma turned to face him. The man she had married. The man she had loved since she was eight years old, even when she didn't know it."We're married," she said."We're married.""I can't believe it."Nick smiled — a real smile, soft and wondering. "Neither can I."He kissed her.Slow. Tender. The kind

  • Loving Mr. Vance in Silence   The Reception

    The reception was held in a glass-walled pavilion at the edge of the garden. Chandeliers hung from the ceiling like frozen waterfalls. Tables draped in white linen held centerpieces of pink peonies and ivory roses. The dance floor was polished oak, waiting for footsteps. A string quartet played softly in the corner — something classical, something romantic, something that made Emma's heart ache with happiness. She stood at the entrance, Nick's hand in hers, looking out at the sea of familiar faces. Olivia was already crying. Chloe was taking photographs of everything. Eleanor was directing the caterers with military precision. Daniel was holding a glass of champagne and smiling at nothing. "We did it," Emma whispered. "We did it," Nick said. She looked up at him. The scar on his jaw. The happiness in his eyes. The silver tie she had bought him years ago. "I love you, husband." Nick smiled — a real smile, bright and unguarded. "I love you too, wife." He kissed her. The string

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