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CHAPTER 7 – ECHOES OF GUILT
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Shattered Vows CHAPTER 44 – THE RETURN OF DARIUS
CHAPTER 44 – THE RETURN OF DARIUSAlthea’s POVI didn’t know Darius was back.That was the first thing that told me everything had changed.A year ago, his return would’ve arrived like a tremor—rumors first, whispers next, his name carried through hallways before his body ever appeared. The Navarro empire had always reacted to Darius like that. Like he was a fault line nobody wanted to admit existed.Now?Nothing.No warning. No anticipation.Just silence.Which meant he’d learned how to disappear.And that terrified me more than his presence ever had.---The Unspoken ShiftI was reviewing Damian’s contract again—because that was the kind of masochist I’d apparently become—when my assistant knocked.“There’s someone here to see you,” she said carefully.“Do they have an appointment?” I asked without looking up.“No,
Shattered Vows CHAPTER 43 – THE COLD INVITATION
CHAPTER 43 – THE COLD INVITATIONAlthea’s POVI thought that seeing Damian again would be the hardest part.I was wrong.The hardest part was realizing he hadn’t come back into my life by accident.---The CallThe call came two days after the summit.I was in my office, shoes kicked off beneath my desk, reviewing a campaign pitch while sipping coffee that had gone cold twenty minutes ago. My phone buzzed once.Unknown number.I almost ignored it.Something told me not to.“Althea Reyes,” I answered.There was a pause.Then—“It’s Damian.”Of course it was.My jaw tightened, but my voice stayed calm. “You could’ve texted.”“I wasn’t sure you’d reply.”“That was wise of you.”Another pause.“I won’t take much of your time,” he said. “May I come by your office?”“No.”He
Shattered Vows CHAPTER 42 – THE REUNION
CHAPTER 42 – THE REUNIONAlthea’s POVI felt him before I saw him.That was the thing I hated most—that after a year of distance, silence, and deliberate forgetting, my body still recognized Damian Navarro before my mind allowed it.The air shifted.Not dramatically. Not like the movies.Just… subtly. Like the room had inhaled and was waiting.I steadied my breathing, eyes still on the tablet in my hands, scanning notes I already knew by heart.Don’t turn yet.You’re not that woman anymore.The hum of conversation around me softened into background noise. Glasses clinked. Laughter rippled across the ballroom. The summit was already in full swing—power suits, practiced smiles, ambition wearing expensive perfume.I told myself he was just another executive in another room.A lie.“I didn’t expect to see you here.”There it was.His
Shattered Vows CHAPTER 41 – ONE YEAR LATER
CHAPTER 41 – ONE YEAR LATERAlthea’s POVTime doesn’t heal everything.That’s the lie people tell when they don’t know what else to say.Time doesn’t heal. It separates. It puts distance between you and the moment that broke you, enough space that the pain no longer screams—but it still breathes. Quietly. Patiently. Waiting.One year later, I learned how to live with that kind of pain.One Year LaterMy office sat on the twenty-third floor of a glass building overlooking the harbor. It wasn’t large, but it was mine—clean lines, warm wood, sunlight that poured in every morning like a promise.Althea Reyes Consulting.The name still felt surreal.A year ago, I had walked out of Navarro Enterprises with nothing but a box of personal items and a hollow ache in my chest. I had been someone’s wife. Someone’s asset. Someone’s problem.Now, I was my own name on th
Shattered Vows CHAPTER 40 – THE AFTERMATH
CHAPTER 40 – THE AFTERMATHAlthea’s POVThe silence after a storm is never peaceful.It’s heavy. Unnatural. As if the world is holding its breath, waiting to see what’s left standing.That’s how the house felt when I came back that night—too quiet, too large, too empty for a place that was supposed to be a home. The lights were still on in the living room, the soft glow spilling across the marble floors like nothing had shattered hours earlier.As if two brothers hadn’t torn each other apart.As if my marriage hadn’t finally collapsed under the weight of its own lies.I closed the door behind me gently, though there was no one to disturb.Damian wasn’t there.I knew he wouldn’t be.He always disappeared when things became real.I set my bag down by the console table and stood there for a long moment, staring at the reflection in the mirror. The woman staring back at me l
Shattered Vows CHAPTER 39 – THE CONFRONTATION
CHAPTER 39 – THE CONFRONTATIONAlthea’s POVThe room smelled like blood and broken things.Not just the sharp metallic scent lingering in the air, but something heavier—years of resentment, guilt, love twisted into something unrecognizable. The conference room no longer felt like glass and steel. It felt like a battlefield.Damian stood a few feet away from me, chest heaving, knuckles split and red. Darius leaned against the wall, jaw already swelling, a thin line of blood at the corner of his mouth.Two men who shared the same face in fragments.Two men who had just torn each other apart.And me—standing between them like the fault line that split the ground open.“Stop,” I said again, my voice shaking. “Both of you.”Neither of them moved.Damian’s eyes never left Darius.“You lied to me,” Damian said hoarsely. “Every day. Every look. Every time you stood beside m
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