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Chapter 12

Penulis: Confidence Chigozirim Emeka
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"Sometimes the people protecting you are the same ones who buried the truth that broke you."

Arielle’s POV – The Unopened Box

My mother’s old storage box sat on the dining table like a ticking bomb.

Aunt May had handed it to me an hour ago and left the room.

Said it was time.

My hands trembled as I opened the lid.

Inside were newspaper clippings, hospital bills, a broken pendant… and a journal.

My mother’s.

The first line read:

> “If you’re reading this, I’m probably gone. But the truth had to come out, one way or another.”

I flipped the page.

And with every line, my childhood shattered.

>Flashback Journal Entry

“His name was Maxwell Knight. We met when I was twenty. I didn’t know he was married. I didn’t know he’d ruin my life.”

“I kept the pregnancy secret. But when he found out… everything changed. He said no child of his would be raised without control.”

“The accident that killed your ‘father’? It wasn’t an accident.”

My breath hitched.

I read it again.

And again.

Until I dropped
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  • Married to the arrogant senior    Chapter 45

    The Polaroid was still warm.I knew because when Xavier held it out, my fingers brushed the glossy edge and felt the faint residual heat from the camera’s internal flash.That meant whoever took it… had been here moments ago.My eyes darted to the cabin windows, the shadows in the tree line. My skin prickled with the suffocating certainty that if I looked long enough, I’d see them still standing there, smiling in the dark.The storm’s drizzle had tapered off, leaving the night unnervingly still. Even the pine branches, heavy with moisture, seemed to hold their breath.“They’re close,” I whispered, my voice barely audible.Xavier’s gaze was locked on the photo, his jaw set like stone. His thumb traced the edges before he slipped it into the inside pocket of his jacket, along with the note and my house key.When he finally looked at me, his expression was unreadable. “Inside. Now.”I wanted to argue. I wanted to demand answers—how they’d gotten my key, how they’d managed to sneak up wit

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