LOGIN“I can’t believe you are coming back after all this years Aria, you still haven’t learnt your lessons after all this years.” Jessica said harshly. Aria look at her deceptive sister dead in the eyes, “ The only lesson I learnt is never to underestimate a mother trying to take the rightful heir for her children.” Eight years ago, Aria’s world shattered when she caught her billionaire husband Michael cheating with her own sister Jessica. Divorcing with a little money in her account, She left the city. Now, Aria is back, much stronger than ever before with her twin sons Alex and Austin. As betrayal unravels, Micheal realizes his greatest mistake was losing Aria. Can Aria conquer this high-stakes games of secret and lies within the elite billionaire world with her sons on her sides ?
View More~ Alex POV ~The elevator hums beneath my feet as it carries me to the thirty-second floor. Same building, same office, but everything feels different now. A year ago, I would've checked my phone three times during this twenty-second ride, firing off emails or scanning stock reports. Today, my hands stay in my pockets.The doors slide open with a soft ding. Austin's already at the conference table, spreading architectural blueprints across the polished surface. He looks up when I enter, and for a split second, I catch that familiar spark in his eyes. The one that used to light up whenever he had a new idea."Morning," I say, setting my coffee down beside his. Black for me, cream and sugar for him. Some things never change."Morning." He straightens, rolling his shoulders. "Ready for this?"I move around to his side of the table, studying the blueprints. The proposed community center stretches across three city blocks. Art studios on the ground floor. Youth programs on the second. A ga
THREE MONTHS LATER~ Alex POV~"You're actually going to eat that whole thing?"I look up from my plate of pancakes to find Austin grinning at me across the diner table, syrup dripping from his fork. It's been three months since Isabella left, and this is the first time we've done this. Just breakfast. Just brothers. No agenda, no business meeting disguised as family time."Says the guy who ordered enough bacon to feed half of Manhattan." I cut another piece, savoring the simple pleasure of eating something that doesn't cost fifty dollars and come with a wine pairing. "Remember when we used to do this in college? That place near campus with the terrible coffee and the waitress who always called us 'hon'?""Millie's." Austin's smile turns nostalgic. "She'd mix up our orders every single time and then insist we were wrong about what we'd asked for.""And we'd just eat whatever she brought because arguing with her was impossible.""Still is, probably." Austin takes a sip of his coffee, m
~Isabella POV~I press my forehead against the cool airplane window and watch Manhattan shrink beneath me, all those glittering towers becoming toy blocks in a child's playroom. The city that almost broke me is just geography now, lines on a map, coordinates that exist in my rearview mirror.My phone buzzes one last time before we reach altitude. A message from Tessa: "San Francisco better treat you right, or I'm flying out there to kick some West Coast ass."I smile despite the tightness in my chest. Despite the way my fingers keep reaching for the empty space where my engagement ring used to sit before I remembered I never had one. Never would have one, not from either of them.The woman next to me is reading a romance novel, something with a shirtless man on the cover and a title involving the word "billionaire." I want to tell her it's all lies. That real billionaires don't sweep you off your feet and carry you into the sunset. They make you choose between pieces of your heart unt
~ Alex POV ~The elevator doors slide open with their familiar whisper, and I step into the penthouse foyer where Mom is arranging white orchids in a crystal vase. Her movements are precise, practiced, the kind of ritual she uses to center herself when the world gets messy."Alex." She doesn't look up, but there's something lighter in her voice today. Something I haven't heard in weeks. "How did it go at the gallery?"I loosen my tie, letting the silk slip through my fingers. "Nora was there. Packing Isabella's things.""Good." Mom sets down the orchid she's holding and finally meets my eyes. There's no sympathy there, no maternal concern about my broken heart. Instead, there's something that looks almost like... relief. "It's time."The bluntness catches me off guard. I expected questions, maybe gentle probing about how I'm handling Isabella's departure. Not this calm acceptance that borders on satisfaction."Mom...""Where's Austin?" She moves to the window, her silk dress catching
~ Austin POV ~The newspaper hits the marble floor of the Walton penthouse with a sound like breaking glass. My hands shake as I stare at the headline screaming across the front page: "WALTON TWINS BEWITCHED BY CON ARTIST: Gallery Curator's Criminal Past Exposed."Isabella's photo stares back at me
~ Few Hours Later ~ The Plaza's restaurant gleams like something out of a movie. Crystal chandeliers cast warm light over pristine white tablecloths, and the soft murmur of conversation mingles with the gentle clink of expensive china. I feel underdressed despite wearing my best black dress, the o
*The restaurant at the Plaza. Seven thirty. Don't keep me waiting. - Alex*The presumption in it makes my jaw clench. Don't keep me waiting. Like I've already agreed. Like I don't have a choice.But underneath the irritation, there's something else. A flutter of anticipation that I hate myself for
"Someone safer."The admission hit me like a punch to the chest. Safe. God, I was so tired of being safe, of second-guessing every instinct, of letting fear make my choices."I'm many things," I said, meeting his gaze directly. "But safe isn't one of them."His smile this time was different, sharpe






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