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The Secret Damian Feared

作者: Sarah Richard
last update 最終更新日: 2025-12-21 00:40:15

Silence pressed against Damian Cross’s chest like a living thing, heavy and unyielding.

The apartment felt smaller than it ever had, as though the walls themselves were closing in, conspiring with the truth he had buried for years. Elena had left only hours ago, yet her absence screamed louder than any argument they had ever shared. Every room carried traces of her—her scent, her warmth, the quiet defiance she wore like armor.

Damian stood near the window, jacket still on, tie loosened but not removed. He hadn’t sat. He hadn’t slept. His mind replayed her final words over and over, each repetition cutting deeper.

Some truths don’t give refunds.

She was right.

And now the worst truth of all hovered dangerously close to the surface.

A sharp knock broke the stillness.

Damian didn’t turn. “Come in.”

Adrian entered cautiously, closing the door behind him. His usually composed expression was fractured, shadows clinging beneath his eyes.

“She checked into a hotel,” Adrian said quietly. “Near
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  • Married to the cold CEO   Crossing Silent Bridges

    Footsteps echoed softly along the marble corridor, each sound measured, deliberate, as if Elena were walking across something invisible that might collapse if she moved too fast.The Cross estate had always felt vast, almost intimidating—but tonight it felt suspended, like a place holding its breath. Lamps glowed low against the walls, casting elongated shadows that seemed to stretch and retreat as she passed. She had returned here willingly for the first time since everything had fractured, and the realization settled in her chest with equal parts fear and resolve.This wasn’t about comfort.It was about courage.At the far end of the corridor, a door stood slightly ajar.Damian’s study.She stopped a few feet away, fingers curling slowly at her sides. In the past, she would have hesitated—waiting for permission, bracing for rejection, preparing herself to retreat with dignity intact.Now, she knocked.“Come in,” Damian’s voice answered, low and steady.Elena stepped inside.Stacks o

  • Married to the cold CEO   The Weight of Forgiveness

    Silence stretched between them like a living thing, breathing in and out with every unspoken memory that hovered in the room.Elena stood near the wide glass windows of the penthouse lounge, city lights blurring beyond the pane, her arms wrapped around herself—not from cold, but from the effort of holding together everything that had nearly torn her apart. The quiet was not empty. It was heavy, layered with the aftermath of confessions, revelations, and choices that could not be undone.Behind her, Damian remained still.For the first time in a long while, the infamous CEO of Cross Enterprises looked uncertain. Not calculating. Not controlled. Simply human.“What happens now?” he asked quietly.Elena did not turn immediately. Forgiveness, she had learned, was not a single moment or a neat decision. It was weighty. Complicated. Sometimes painful. And always earned.“What happens now,” she said slowly, “depends on whether you’re finally ready to carry the truth without hiding behind it.

  • Married to the cold CEO   Fragile Hearts Align

    Uncertainty settled quietly over the city, not as a threat but as a question waiting to be answered.Elena noticed it while standing at the edge of the balcony, fingers resting against the cool railing. Below, traffic moved in patient lines, people carrying on with lives that didn’t feel suspended by secrets or consequences. For once, she didn’t envy them. She was learning that clarity often arrived only after chaos had burned itself out.Behind her, Damian was on a call—voice low, measured, stripped of the steel that once defined every syllable. When he ended it, he didn’t speak right away. He joined her instead, shoulder brushing hers, presence steady without demanding attention.“That was the legal team,” he said finally. “Vivienne’s investors are pulling back.”Elena exhaled slowly. “So she’s losing ground.”“Yes. But she won’t disappear quietly.”“I wouldn’t expect her to.” Elena turned toward him. “Some people don’t know how to exist without conflict.”Damian studied her face. “

  • Married to the cold CEO   When Shadows Fade

    Stillness wrapped the penthouse in a way that felt unfamiliar.Not empty, not cold—just quiet, as though the walls themselves were adjusting to a new reality. Elena sat near the wide window, knees pulled close, watching the city stretch endlessly below. Lights flickered in patterns that no longer felt threatening. For the first time in a long while, the world outside didn’t resemble a battlefield.Behind her, Damian stood silently, jacket discarded, sleeves rolled up. The sharp edges that once defined him seemed softened—not weakened, but reshaped. Something had shifted between them after the confrontation in the garden. Words had been spoken. Truths exposed. Lines redrawn.Yet healing, Elena knew, was never instant.“You’re thinking too loudly,” Damian said at last.She smiled faintly without turning. “You always notice.”“I had to learn,” he replied. “Silence used to hide things. Now I listen for what it carries.”That made her turn.He wasn’t looking at her the way he once had—with

  • Married to the cold CEO   A Step Toward Tomorrow

    Elena lingered at the edge of the terrace, the city sprawling beneath her like a constellation of ambition, power, and endless possibilities. A gentle breeze teased the strands of her hair, but it was the quiet that struck her the most—a silence so profound that even the faint hum of distant traffic seemed muted, as if the world itself was holding its breath. Tonight marked a turning point, though she could not yet see the full shape of what it would become.Damian appeared beside her without a sound, his presence firm yet unintrusive. His hand brushed against hers briefly, a simple gesture, but one that carried the weight of unspoken promises and tentative trust. “Tonight,” he said quietly, “we step beyond old fears. Every decision, every challenge… this is where we begin to rewrite the rules of our lives.”Elena turned toward him, searching the familiar intensity in his eyes, and found something she had rarely seen: hope. It was fragile, delicate, but unmistakable. “I want to believ

  • Married to the cold CEO   Secrets in the Light

    Shadows retreated into the corners of the mansion as Elena stepped carefully across the polished marble floor, her heart still drumming with the remnants of the night’s reconciliation. It felt surreal—almost dreamlike—that after months of unspoken tension, harsh words, and hidden agendas, Damian had finally begun to lower the walls that had once seemed impenetrable. But reality intruded swiftly: there were still truths to uncover, secrets long buried that demanded confrontation.Adrian had insisted that the next step required honesty without half-measures, and now Elena felt the weight of that expectation pressing on her chest. She had chosen to trust Damian, chosen to face what lay ahead, yet uncertainty lingered like a whisper. In the soft glow of the library lamps, her eyes scanned the stacks of leather-bound books, the meticulous order a reflection of the man she had come to know and—against all odds—care for deeply.Damian appeared then, stepping out from the shadow of a tall boo

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