LOGINI saved Ethan's life when we were children but he always believed it was my younger sister who rescued him. From that day on he loved her. Then everything changed. After an accident left my sister unable to walk everyone blamed me for what happened even Ethan. Before long, my sister disappeared without a trace leaving me alone to carry the guilt and hatred. Because my sister and I look almost identical... Ethan drunk and broken mistook me for her one night. By the time he realized the truth it was too late as he forced me into a marriage swearing he would make me suffer for ruining the woman he loved. For years I lived beside a man who despised me. Then my sister came back healthy and beautiful and determined to take Ethan away from me. She demanded a divorce and Ethan didn’t stop her. I walked away with nothing except the divorce papers in my hand and the secret I carried. While they built the life they wanted I built myself from nothing. Years later, I returned as the owner of a powerful company no longer the weak woman they once knew. That was when Ethan finally discovered the truth. I had been the one who saved him all those years not my sister. But now the question remains… Can love survive betrayal, lies and a lifetime of secrets?
View More"You're still here?"I looked up sharply and saw Ethan at the entrance of the archive room.The clock on the wall showed almost nine at night and everyone else had gone home hours ago."Apparently." I quickly closed one of the folders in front of me."You've been doing this all day?" his eyes moved across the mountain of documents covering my desk."Some people actually work for a living." I responded. "I see..." his mouth twitched."And yet somehow I still work for a living."For a second the corner of his mouth moved then it disappeared.The moment vanished before either of us could acknowledge it."What are you looking at?" Ethan came closer."Financial records." I answered. "Still?""Still.""You look exhausted." his gaze lingered on the papers and then on me."I feel exhausted.""Then go home.""I can't.""Why not?"
"You've got to be kidding me."My voice echoed through the empty conference room while Ethan stood beside me looking at the report on the screen.For a minute, neither of us moved.The company receiving the suspicious payments sat there in black and white…. One of Hale Industries' biggest competitors."This can't be a coincidence," I looked at him."It isn't." his answer came instantly."How long have they been targeting Hale Industries?"Ethan folded his arms, "A long time.""How long?""Years." the word landed heavily.Years of losses that nobody fully understood and now money from inside Hale Industries had somehow ended up connected to them."Someone helped them." my stomach twisted."Yes." Ethan looked at the screen again.The simplicity of his answer made everything worse because he wasn't arguing
"Who signed these?"My voice came out sharper than I intended.Victor looked down at the authorization forms spread across my desk.It was already morning. "The signature belongs to an executive-level account ma." "What executive?""I don't know."“Victor.""I don't ma… the approvals were processed through the headquarters.” he rubbed his forehead."And this one?" I pushed another file to him. He checked, "Same authorization.""And this?""Same."I stared at the stack, there were too many, millions leaving Hale Industries over several years, always to companies connected to the same overseas city and always hidden inside ordinary reports.Someone had worked very hard to bury these transactions.Victor sat carefully on the chair opposite me, "You think something illegal happened?""I think somebody doesn't want these payments noticed." I respon
My phone nearly slipped from my hand, I stared at the screen and the unknown number remained there silent, waiting.The message sat in front of me like a challenge.‘Stop looking, you're asking the wrong questions.’My pulse pounded and I typed immediately.Who are you?The message showed delivered but I didn't get a reply.I waited for thirty seconds, one minute… five minutes and still got nothing.The sender was gone just like that.I tried calling but the number didn't exist.I called again, same result.I looked down at the documents spread across the library table.The city, transfers, photograph, messages… someone knows exactly what I am investigating.I closed the files immediately and gathered every document and returned them to my room.For the first time I locked my bedroom door before while sl
Getting there, Ethan’s parents were seated and to crown it all my parents were present too.“Mom… Dad… you know about this? I can’t get married to him.” I stared at them in disbelief. I expected shock, anger, but not betrayal.My parents already agreed to give me out to Eth
“Mmmm… ughhhh… E…Ethan please…” I moaned loud begging but he didn't listen, his strong hands gripped my thighs, lifting one leg high against his waist as he pressed me hard on the wall. I felt his fingers slide between my legs teasing my entrance before pushing two thick fingers deep in
“What truth are you talking about?”The moment Ethan’s voice entered the room every drop of blood in my body turned cold.“You misunderstood baby.”His mother reacted first faster than fear itself.Her expression softened instantly to calm elegance as she turned to him.
Layla disappeared that night and with her disappearance, my life became hell.Three days passed but the Hale mansion and the hospital still looked like war zones. We all assembled in the Hale mansion because home didn't feel safe anymore. Ethan's family pleaded we stay close to each othe






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