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Ruin Me, Brother 175
HenryI scrolled through my contacts and dialed David’s number.“Sir.”“David, I need you to conduct an investigation. A very thorough, very discreet investigation.” I kept my voice low. “Twenty-three years ago, my wife gave birth at The Queen’s Hospital. I need to know everything that happened that day—who was on duty, who had access to the nursery, and any unusual incidents reported. Everything.”“That’s going to be difficult, sir. Records that old—”“I don’t care how difficult it is. I need answers. And David? No one can know about this investigation. Especially not my daughter, Amelia.”“I understand, sir. I’ll start immediately.”I ended the call and went back into Sienna’s room. She was resting with her eyes closed, but I could tell she wasn’t asleep. Amelia sat in the chair on the other side of the bed, scrolling through her phone.Whatever had happened in that hospital twenty-three years ago, I was going to uncover it. Every dark corner of it. And then I would decide what came
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HenryAt the hospitalI stood outside the hospital room, pacing back and forth while the doctors worked on Sienna. My mind was racing, my chest tight with fear and suspicion and a growing certainty that nothing about this situation was what it seemed.“Dad, she’s going to be fine,” Amelia uttered, standing beside me with her hands clasped in front of her. “You don’t want to make yourself sick with worry before Mother finally wakes up.”I could barely hear her. Every word she spoke felt so calculated and rehearsed. And I couldn’t stop thinking about that smirk I’d seen on her face earlier, that flash of satisfaction when she’d warned me not to show Sienna something that would make her faint.She’d known. Somehow, she’d known exactly what was in that envelope.“Dad—”“Be quiet,” I snapped, my patience finally breaking completely. “Before I say something I’ll regret.”“I’m just worried about you,” she spoke softly, widening her eyes in what I supposed was meant to look like genuine conce
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HenryThree Days Later“How is this possible?”My voice came out shaking despite my best efforts to control it. I stared down at the document in my hands, the DNA test results that David had just delivered, and felt the world tilting beneath my feet.Subject: Celeste Monroe. Relationship to Henry Parker: No genetic match found. Probability of paternity: 0%“She’s supposed to be my daughter,” I whispered, more to myself than to David. “I could feel it. I was so certain—”“Sir, are you alright?” David asked.I couldn’t answer him. Couldn’t look away from those damning words on the page. Celeste wasn’t mine. That beautiful, kind, gentle girl who looked so much like Sienna, who had that same grace, that same warmth—she wasn’t my daughter.“Sir?” David said again.I forced myself to look up. “I’m fine. Thank you for handling this so discreetly. You may go.”David hesitated as if he wanted to say something else, then nodded and left my office, closing the door quietly behind him.The moment
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CelesteThe tears came before I could stop them, hot and fast down my cheeks. “You love me?”“Yes.” He reached out like he wanted to touch me, then dropped his hand. “I know what happened between us is forbidden. I know it’s wrong by every rule society has. But I don’t regret it. I can’t regret loving you.”Jace loved me. He loved me.This whole time, while I’d been drowning in self-hatred and trying to convince myself to stop loving him, he’d loved me back. We’d both been suffering for the same impossible thing.Then Jace did something that shocked me so completely I forgot how to breathe.He dropped to his knees in front of me.“Please forgive me,” he said, his voice raw with emotion. “I know I sinned against you. I know I hurt you by standing by while she tormented you. I should have found another way, been stronger, and protected you better. But I hope—” His voice cracked. “I hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me.”“Brother, please—”“Can you forgive me?” He reached out
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Celeste“Is this how people die?” I asked Joy quietly, standing beside her near the coffee station. “So suddenly. So violently.”The entire office was subdued today—voices hushed, movements careful, as if everyone was afraid to make too much noise. The news had broken yesterday morning: Mina’s body was found in Riverside Park by joggers. The details that had leaked were horrifying.“I still can’t believe it,” Joy whispered back, her face pale. “I know she could be... difficult. But no one deserves that.”“No,” I agreed softly. “No one does.”Despite everything Mina had done to me—the humiliation, the cruelty, the deliberate torture—I’d never wished her dead. Never imagined anything like this. Who could have done something so brutal? What kind of person could hurt another human being that way?“I’m sorry,” I said, looking at Joy’s stricken face. I knew she and Mina had been close, in their own toxic way. “Please accept my condolences.”Joy nodded, her eyes filling with tears she was tr
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AmeliaWith that, I followed Jace to his office. The door closed behind us. I turned to face him, ready to argue, but he spoke first.“What are you doing here?” His voice had turned quiet, controlled, and dangerous.“I came to see you,” I said, letting my voice soften. “To talk. To apologize for last night. I know I behaved badly, Jace. I was overwhelmed, and I said cruel things, and you deserved better than that.” I took a step toward him. “I’m sorry. Genuinely.”He watched me for a long moment. “And you thought assaulting my staff was the best way to begin that apology?”“She provoked me—”“You slapped her twice, Amelia.”“She was smirking at me!”“And that justifies violence?” His eyes were hard and unreadable. “Go home. We are not engaged. I made that clear last night.”“But I love you,” I said, the words coming out with the right amount of vulnerability. I walked toward him until I was close enough to feel the warmth radiating off him.I let my hands slide up to his chest, to his
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