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Chapter 9
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“Let them enjoy themselves. I’m finally going to live.”Then he returned to Lena.She was still sitting, her hands on her stomach, silent.He knelt slowly before her, lowering his eyes.Not a gesture of pity. Just… a presence.“You deserve better than all this,” he murmured.“But I’m here. And I won’t move.”It took her a long time to reply.And her voice, when it finally came out, was barely a breath:“Then… prove it.”The drive home was silent.Ilyes drove with a sure hand, but his gaze remained fixed straight ahead.Lena, sitting beside him, felt her heart pounding. She felt her breath coming in short gasps, her throat tight.Everything that had happened during that dinner hung suspended above them, like a heavy, electric cloud.Silvia. The words. The slap. The looks.And that last image, the most unsettling: Ilyes on his knees before her.She hadn't known what to say. She still didn't know.When they arrived at the villa, Ilyes turned off the engine without a word. He got out, wal
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The table was set with military precision.Ivory tablecloth. Silverware perfectly aligned. Candlesticks lit despite the still-bright daylight.The Blackwood estate displayed all its cold majesty.Lena sat upright in the black dress that Ilyes's mother had had delivered earlier.Not too flashy. Not too understated either.Just enough not to be embarrassing.But every crease of the fabric against her skin reminded her that she wasn't at home.And above all, that she wasn't welcome.Opposite her, Ilyes's mother—elegant, icy, with the sharp eyes of a woman used to being in control—sliced her salmon with mechanical grace.The father, for his part, remained silent, his gaze more tender, almost worried.Only Ilyes seemed relaxed.But Lena knew him now. Too good.That calm was just a mask. Armor."So," the mother finally said, putting down her fork, "you are... the surrogate mother."The word fell like a stone into water. Lena lowered her eyes. She felt her stomach churn."Her name is Lena,
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Silvia recoiled, shocked."Are you kidding? Is that a threat?""No. It's a decision."She glared at him, her eyes filled with rage."You'll regret this, Ilyes. You think your 'experience' with her is going to make you a new man? You're just a monster in a suit. And even she knows it."He replied without flinching:"Maybe. But at least I'm trying to change. You've never changed. And you never will."Then he opened the door."Get out."Silvia froze for a few seconds. She clenched her fists, fuming... but finally left, her heels clacking like whips on marble.The door slammed shut behind her.On the other side, in the bedroom, Lena remained motionless, unable to move.Her hands trembled slightly.She hadn't expected… this.That he would defend her.That he would reject Silvia, not with anger or vengeance, but with calm and firmness.She didn't know what it meant.Or whether she should be happy about it.But one thing was certain: Ilyes had made his choice. And it was no longer Silvia.La
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The third morning after the incident, Lena opened her eyes slowly, awakened by an unusual smell.It wasn't lavender or toast.It was something else.Something… salty? Burnt?She blinked and sat up slightly. Dalia entered at that moment, a dishcloth in her hand.“You're awake? That's perfect. Come see what he dared to do.”Lena raised her eyebrows, confused.“Ilyes? What did he do?”Dalia gave a small smile, shaking her head.“He wanted to make you eggs. But you can't just become a chef overnight. You narrowly escaped a fire.”She placed a carefully prepared tray on the bedside table.Orange juice, French toast, an omelet (clearly made by Dalia herself), and a small jar of jam."He asked me what you liked. I said what you'd been putting up with since you got pregnant. He looked at me like he was going to collapse. You scare him more than all his investors combined, you know that?"Lena looked down, embarrassed.She didn't know how to react. This concern, however clumsy, made her uncomf
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She gritted her teeth, her hands clutching the sheet, her face contorted with pain."The baby…" she whispered. "I'm scared…"Ilyes froze.His gaze, hard as stone, wavered."You mustn't lose it… No, not this… not now…"He pulled out his phone with a trembling hand and called their personal doctor immediately, his voice tense and authoritative."Come right away. Lena is bleeding. It might be a miscarriage. If you don't come now, you'll lose your job, understand?"Then, turning to Dalia:"Get some clean towels. And fresh water. Now."Lena, meanwhile, could barely hear. The world was blurring. She could hear the voices, the orders, the hurried footsteps, but everything echoed as if through a wall of cotton.Her thoughts became muddled.She heard Ilyes scream.She felt the weight of the emptiness, immense.She wept silently.Not for herself.Not even for her pain.But for that tiny heartbeat inside her.Her baby.The doctor arrived urgently, accompanied by an assistant."Lay her on her bac
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Lena watched the landscape go by, her belly cradled in her arms.She knew she was returning to her prison.But a small voice, deep in her chest, whispered softly:You still have two arms, two legs… and a beating heart.You're not dead.When they arrived home, Silvia wasn't there.Dalia opened the door with a small, sad smile."Welcome back, my dear," she said simply.Lena nodded.Then, without another word, she went up to her room.She put down her bag.Sitting on the bed.And sighed deeply.She was back.But she wasn't quite the same anymore. 🖤 The phone trembled in her fingers.For three days, Lena had been pacing the house like a lost soul.Silvia had resumed her toxic routine.Ilyes was becoming icy again.And the pregnancy was progressing, silent, unbearably visible.That morning, she hadn't slept.Her eyes, ringed with dark circles, searched for light, a way out.And that light could only come from a name she still sometimes murmured at night:Riot.She took the small crumpl
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