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One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 82
Lia’s POVThe morning sun was soft mocking, even as it poured through the tall windows of the estate.But nothing about this morning felt soft. Nothing about it felt warm.It felt like fire on her skin.She stood by the massive window in Ruben’s private study, her arms folded tightly around herself, heart pounding in anticipation. The folder she had hidden under her blouse last night now lay open on the desk. Names. Ledgers. Photos. A bloody empire built on bodies and secrets.Her fingers trembled as she waited.The heavy door opened.And he walked in, tall and calm, as if he hadn’t nearly lost everything.As if the silence between them wasn’t ripping them apart.She turned around slowly. “Sit down.”His jaw clenched. “Lia”“I said, sit. Down.”He did.She pointed at the file. “Tell me what all of this is.”He didn’t flinch. Didn’t blink.“That’s none of your concern,” he said coldly.Her hand slammed the desk. “Don’t you dare gaslight me, Ruben. I saw everything. I read everything!”
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 81
Ruben’s POVThe house was quiet. Too quiet.His phone had been ringing all night, his security team, his personal assistant, even Daph had called. But none of them mattered.Because she was gone.Lia.She didn’t take her phone. She didn’t leave a note.She just... vanished.And it was tearing something primal inside him apart.He stood at the edge of her dressing room, eyes locked on the soft silk scarf she always wore when she felt overwhelmed. It was folded neatly on the bed. She’d never leave without it unless… unless she didn’t want to come back.Ruben closed his eyes, pinching the bridge of his nose, willing himself to stay composed. But rage scratched at his insides like fire against skin.How much had she found?How much did she know?And the worst question:Who did she run to?He already knew the answer. Ken.The name was poison in his mouth, but he swallowed it down. This wasn’t about war, not yet. This was about her.His wife.His heartbeat.The one thing he had never planne
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 80
Lia’s POVThe world stopped feeling like home.Everything that made sense was now tangled in blood, deceit, and silence. The deeper I searched, the more terrifying it became.It started with a simple drawer in Ruben’s private study. Then it became encrypted files, strange codes, offshore accounts… and finally pictures. Dozens of them.Some of them were men I recognized from the news. Dead men.Others were images of Ruben. In meetings. Holding weapons. Giving orders. Watching executions.I dropped the folder and stumbled back like the room was on fire.This wasn’t just "mafia."This was an empire.He wasn't a man surviving in darkness. He owned the darkness.He lied to me. Every day. Every night. While kissing my forehead and rubbing my back, while promising protection and claiming love.My vision blurred.I couldn’t breathe in this house. I couldn’t think. I couldn’t even feel.I left without thinking. Without packing. Without shoes.The air outside hit my face like a slap, but I didn
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 79
Lia’s POVIt started with a drawer.Not a scream, not a gunshot, not even one of Ruben’s terrifying moods. Just… a drawer he thought she wouldn’t open.He had been called away for an urgent meeting, something about one of the warehouses, and while he left in a storm of hurried footsteps and hushed voices, she remained behind, trying to shake the unease that had been gnawing at her lately.Ever since the visitors with sharp suits and colder eyes. Ever since she heard whispers behind closed doors. Ever since Ruben started acting more like a man with walls than a husband with a heart.She wasn’t snooping at least, that’s what she told herself. She had wanted to get her book from the study, the one she left during her late-night attempt to study.But the drawer was slightly open. Barely. Like an invitation.Her fingers hovered.Her gut screamed.She pulled it open.Stacks of documents. Files labeled with names she didn’t recognize. Maps with red markings. Schedules. Photos some grainy, so
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 78
The villa’s warmth felt distant when I woke the next morning. Sunlight spilled across the marble floors, the ocean humming softly beyond the arched windows, but something inside me wouldn’t settle.Ruben had already gotten out of bed no surprise there. His side of the mattress was cool, his cologne faint in the sheets. It felt... emptier than usual.I padded into the sunroom in a silk robe, half expecting him to be on the phone again. But he wasn’t. Just silence.Until I heard voices. Low, urgent ones.I followed them quietly, careful not to let the floor creak beneath my bare feet until I reached the study, a room Ruben kept locked most of the time.The door was open this time.I paused.Ruben was inside with two men. Not strangers I remembered them from the day those well-dressed, unplaceable “businessmen” visited our home. They looked sharp, confident, and out of place in paradise.The man with the scar spoke.“You sure she doesn’t suspect?”“She doesn’t know anything,” Ruben’s voi
One Heart, Which Brother? Chapter 77
I wasn't expecting company especially not in the middle of a honeymoon that was finally beginning to feel like something out of a fairy tale. Ruben and I had just returned from a peaceful walk along the lemon grove paths behind the villa when a familiar laugh echoed from the front garden.I turned, confused… then froze.“Daph?”She stood there grinning in oversized sunglasses and a crop top that screamed confidence, pulling a bright yellow suitcase behind her like she owned the Amalfi Coast.“Oh my God!” I rushed forward, nearly tripping over the gravel as I ran into her arms. “What are you doing here?”“You think I’d miss a chance to crash your honeymoon?” she teased, squeezing me tight. “Ruben told me you missed me. So I hopped on a plane the moment I got the greenlight.”I turned to Ruben, who was now standing at the doorway with that faint smirk he wore when he wanted me to know he’d done something good.“You did this?” I asked.He just shrugged casually. “You’ve been smiling more
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