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Chapter 37: Do You Still Love Me?

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last update 게시일: 2025-07-04 18:44:24

Cher Waverly sat on the cold pavement, covering her face as tears streamed uncontrollably. Her sobs cut through the night, raw and unrelenting.

Allison Brooks stood still, her gaze fixed on the woman before her. Memories flashed in her mind, unbidden but vivid, of a simpler time—a time before betrayal had carved a chasm between them.

It had been the first week of high school. The PE teacher had insisted all students wear sneakers for class. Anyone without them had to stand on the field in humil
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  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage    Chapter 251: Painful and Torn

    "All right, both of you. Stop arguing." Lisa Ruyan's voice cuts through the room. Not loudly. With the specific, controlled precision of a woman who has spent decades learning how to say devastating things quietly. She picks up the check from the table. She places it in front of me. "Allie," she says, her voice soft, "don't be upset. Vivian is young. She's not the sharpest. But she means well." A pause. "Since this money has caused you trouble, take it back. Even in the worst of times, we've never stooped so low as to argue over five million." The words are gentle. The meaning is not. Each sentence carries a barb. Blaming Vivian's behavior on youth and naivety lets her off the hook. Praising the family's dignity while implying that I'm the one who caused the scene. And the final line, delivered with the specific, practiced sweetness of a woman who has been passive-aggressive for so long it's become her native langu

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 250: Starlight Faces Bankruptcy

    David Brooks looks up from his desk. The smile he gives me is the one I've known my entire life. Forced. Careful. The smile of a man who has been caught in something he doesn't want to explain and is trying to buy time with warmth. "Allie," he says. "Why did you come back?" I walk in without preamble. "I ran into Vivian at Liam's office. She borrowed five million from him. What's going on?" David's face changes. A flush moves up his neck. "That girl," he says. His voice is tight. "I told her not to bother Liam. This is our family's business." "Then tell me what the business is." He sighs. The specific, heavy sigh of a man who has been holding something alone and is too tired to keep holding it. "I invested in several projects over the past two years. All of them failed. Bad timing, bad markets, bad judgment. Take your pick." He pauses. "Starlight is short on funding. The contracts for our top-tier

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage    Chapter 249: I Borrowed This Money. It Has Nothing to Do with You.

    The shame arrives before the anger. I'm sitting on my husband's lap in his office, and the shame arrives, specific and sharp, the feeling of being the kind of person who needs her husband to hand her sister a check because her father couldn't bring himself to ask for help directly. "I'll pay you back," I say. "If Dad's company really is in trouble, I'll treat the five million as a loan. I'll find a way to repay you." Liam looks at me like I've said something absurd. "Do you have to be this formal with me? It's five million." "There's a difference between formality and principle. You didn't give that money to Vivian because you believe in her. You gave it to her because she's my sister and you didn't want to say no in front of me. That's not the same thing." He's quiet for a moment. "Let's set this aside for now," I say. "Tonight, I'll go to Dad's house. I'll ask him directly. If the company really is struggling, we

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 248: Shamelessly Asking for Money

    I can't take it anymore. "Vivian, what are you doing here?" The words come out harder than I intended. Not that I care. I step fully into the office and get my first clear look. Vivian is clutching something in her hand. A piece of paper. I can't make out the amount from here, but I know what it is. Liam wouldn't hand her anything else. "Give it to me," I say. Vivian shoves the check into her purse with the quick, defensive motion of someone protecting something they know they shouldn't have. Her face arranges itself into the expression her mother taught her. The wounded look. The misunderstood daughter. The woman who is only trying to help and is being punished for her kindness. "It's a gift from my brother-in-law," she says. Her voice is sweet. Too sweet. The specific, saccharine sweetness that means she's performing. "Allie, it's been so long since you visited home. Don't you know Dad's company is in trouble? Liam is fam

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 247: Vivian Comes to Find Liam

    The hallway exhales. Someone behind me gasps. Not dramatically. Just a small, involuntary release of breath from a person who has just heard something they didn't expect. The crowd is doing the math. I can see it happening behind their eyes. Mia Stone: international film star, three consecutive Silver Hugo wins, two Film Queen titles, ten years at the top of the industry without a single misstep. Allie Brooks: debut actress, one television role, nominally famous for being married to Liam Hart and nominally infamous for everything that's happened since. The math doesn't work. Everyone in this hallway knows it. George knows it. Amy knows it. The photographers with their phones know it. Even Mia knows it, because the expression she's wearing right now is the expression of someone watching a insect walk onto a road and knowing what's about to happen. "Are you sure?" Mia asks. Her voice is almost gentle. The gentleness of certainty. The

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage    Chapter 246: Whoever Loses, Leaves the Industry

    "All right," I say. "I'll do the endorsement." George raises an eyebrow. "That was fast. What changed your mind?" I lean back in the chair and give him the honest answer. "People can be foolish about a lot of things," I say. "But money isn't one of them." George laughs. The real kind, not the boardroom kind. "Liam has enough money to buy the whole city. Why do you care about this?" "His money is his. The money I earn is mine. Those are two different things." George studies me for a moment. Something moves behind his eyes, the specific expression of a man who is reassessing someone and finding the reassessment interesting. "If there's nothing else, I have a shoot," I say. I stand. From the moment I walked into his office to the moment I left, George didn't mention the conflict with Mia. Not the hospital. Not the media campaign. Not the fact that his sister and I have been at war for months.

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 92 - Masquerade Deceptions

    Julian leaned back against the plush armchair, swirling the glass of bourbon in his hand. "You know, Allie, if something’s bothering you, you should just say it. Maybe I can help."Allie exhaled, running a hand through her hair. "You can’t help with this, Julian. No one can."Julian clicked his ton

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  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 85: Confronting Scarlett

    Allie Brooks stood frozen, staring at the chaos around her.The two eggs aimed at Julian Ford’s head hadn’t cracked; instead, they fell onto the table with a loud thud.Allie reached out hesitantly, her fingers brushing over one of the eggs. “Ice?” she muttered in disbelief. A cold chill ran down h

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  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 89: Unyielding Longing

    After leaving the hospital, Allie couldn’t help but feel a twinge of regret for agreeing so quickly.There were so many factors she hadn’t considered—especially with Julian Ford being such a high-profile figure. The paparazzi were always lurking, waiting to snap something that would feed into the w

    last update최신 업데이트 : 2026-03-29

  • Secrets of a Hidden Marriage   Chapter 80: The Allergy Incident

    “Allie, what’s going on with you?” Scarlett leaned in, gently patting Allie’s flushed face.Allie’s skin was burning, and Scarlett quickly realized something was seriously wrong.“Allie, you’ve got a fever—a bad one,” Scarlett murmured, her voice tinged with worry.Earlier that day, an offhand comm

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