LOGINLiora POVThe document is still in my hands.I keep staring at the name.The name that is supposed to explain everything.The name that is supposed to answer why my entire life was built on secrets.“My half-brother.” I whispered to myself.The son who inherited everything.The son who had the family name, the wealth, the protection.The son who got the life I was never allowed to have.I look at Darius.“Are you sure?”My voice is barely above a whisper.Because accepting this means accepting something painful.Someone from my own blood wanted me gone.Darius does not rush to answer.He knows me well enough now to understand that I am not asking because I doubt him.I am asking because I am trying to survive the truth.“We’re still investigating.”He pause.“But everything points to him.”I lower the document.My entire life, I thought I was forgotten.I thought I was abandoned because I was a mistake.But now I am discovering something worse.I was remembered.I was watched.And som
Liora POV“Ravenna was the reason you survived.”The words keep replaying in my mind.I sat there frozen.Because everything I believed about Ravenna is suddenly uncertain.For years, I thought she hated me because I was proof of my father’s betrayal.I thought every cruel word.Every cold look.Every moment she made me feel like I didn’t belong…Was because she blamed me.But now Adrian is telling me something different.Something impossible.That Ravenna protected me.That she knew the truth.And that she kept a secret that shaped my entire life.I look at Darius.He is watching me carefully.Not demanding answers.Just waiting.The way I asked him to.And somehow, that makes the confusion even heavier.Because the people I trusted hurt me.And the person I hated might have saved me.I call Adrian back.This time, Darius stays beside me.Not taking over.Just present.I ask the question that has haunted me my entire life.“Why did my father hide me?”The silence on the other end las
Liora POVThe name stays in my mind.My father’s old lawyer.For years, I thought my father took his secrets to his grave.I thought everything that happened before his death was lost forever.But now…Someone who knew him is back.And they are not returning to bring peace.They are returning to expose something.Something about me.Something about why I was hidden.Darius watches my expression carefully.“What do you remember about him?”I shake my head.“Almost nothing.”Because the truth is, my father was never someone I truly knew.I knew his mistakes.I knew the pain he caused.I knew the consequences of his choices.But I never knew the man.And now someone from his past is threatening everything I built.“Can i investigate it?”Daruis ask.I nodded.Darius made some calls to investigate it immediately.But this time, he includes me in every step.No decisions without me.No protecting me by hiding information.The lawyer’s name is revealed.“Adrian Vale.”A respected attorney
Liora POVThe voice behind me freezes my entire body.I slowly turn around.My heart refuses to accept what my eyes are seeing.Because standing in front of me is not a stranger.Not an enemy I prepared myself to face.It is someone I trusted.Someone who sat beside me when I cried.Someone who told me I finally had a family.Someone who helped me believe I belonged.“Gerald…”“My boss…”The name leaves my lips quietly.He stands there calmly.Almost too calmly.The man who gave me a chance at a new life.The man who introduced me to the business world.The man who encouraged me when I thought I had nothing.Now he is the person standing behind everything.I observed for a moment.Gerald does not look guilty.That hurts more.I expected anger.I expected hatred.But instead, he looks disappointed.As if I am the one who failed him.“You were never supposed to find out this way.”My chest tightens.“What way?”I take a step closer.“By finding out you were the person trying to destroy
Liora POVThe folder sits between Ravenna and me.I stare at it.I do not touch it.Because something inside me already knows whatever is inside will change something.Ravenna watches me carefully.For the first time since I met her, she does not look like the woman who hated my existence.She looks like someone carrying a burden.A secret.A regret.I slowly open the folder.The first thing I see is a photograph.A man.My eyes widen.Because I recognize him.Not because I know him personally.But because I remember seeing him that night.The night I met Darius.The night that destroyed and changed my life at the same time.“The bartender…”I whisper.Ravenna nods.“Yes.”My heart starts beating faster.“What does he have to do with this?”Ravenna takes a deep breath.“He was not just a bartender.”Ravenna explains: “before Darius entered the club, i had already been investigating the place.”She immediately added:“Not because of Liora.”“But because of a business connection.”She
Liora POV“This is the beginning of my downfall.” I muttered to myself.The photo remains on my phone.I cannot move.I cannot breathe properly.Because it is not just a picture to me .It is proof.Proof that someone has been digging into the part of my life I buried.The part I spent years trying to escape.The club.That night.Darius.The baby.My hands tremble as I look at the message again.“I know the truth about the baby.”A cold feeling spreads through my body.Because there is only one truth about the baby.And only two people alive who know what really happened.Me.And Darius.I slowly look at him.For the first time, I see fear in his eyes.Not fear for himself.Fear for me.Darius immediately takes the phone.He studies the picture carefully.I watched him.His expression becomes unreadable.“Who else knows?”I shake my head.“No one.”The silence between us becomes heavy.Because we both know what this means.Someone has been watching.Someone has been waiting.Darius
Liora’s POVLiora is working at Claudette’s hotel when her phone keeps beeping with notifications. It begins interrupting her focus repeatedly.At first, she ignores it, concentrating on works.She assume it is routine communication or some background noise she can address later.But the persisten
Darius wakes up in the morning with a stillness; this was not coming from a space of peace or healing. It is also not the violent internal chaos that has been consuming him for weeks.Using his hands to rub his face, for the first time, the anger does not feel like it is actively dragging him in d
Darius POVI woke up feeling dizzy from the drink I had with James, but I have a business meeting to attend this morning. I quickly showered, got myself ready, and returned to work with forced structure, filling every hour to avoid my thoughts. Today's meeting was a blur; conversations passed wit
Liora's POVI couldn’t forget what Ravenna said; my mind kept thinking about what she said in the suite before leaving. She would rather not dwell much on that thought; Darius is now her past, and I need to focus on my present. I went to my motel room and counted the cash; it’s enough to get me







