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Chapter 162- FORTY- EIGHT HOURS(Part 2)
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THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 163- THE DAUGHTER WE FAILED
At the Vale's mansion. Lia had barely left the house when silence filled the living room. Serena’s parents remained where they were, neither willing to speak. The argument with Lia these past few days still hung between them. Her angry words had forced them to face things they had spent years avoiding. Lia’s mother looked toward the door. “The envelope.” Her husband looked at her. “Yes I know. We left it at Serena’s house, don't bring it up please.” Then silence. The envelope contained the documents they had planned to use against Serena. They had wanted to shake her confidence and distract her from her business. But, when they saw the faces of her kids, it was their own confidence that was shaken instead. So they forgot it there. His face slowly fell. “She must have found it,” his wife whispered. Neither of them spoke. If Serena had opened that envelope, she now knew the truth. She knew she had been adopted. Serena’s mother covered her mouth as tears filled her eyes. “She k
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 162- FORTY- EIGHT HOURS(Part 2)
Chapter 162: Forty-Eight Hours I didn’t remember how I got to Sunshine Academy. One moment, I was standing inside Lumina with Emma and the investigators. The next, I was rushing through the school entrance, my heart pounding so hard that it hurt. “Where are they?” I asked. Nobody answered. I saw Adrian near the security room. His face was pale, his eyes red. The moment he saw me, he walked toward me. I stopped in front of him. “Where are my children?” His lips parted, but no words came out. “Adrian!” He lowered his eyes. “I told you they're gone.” My knees almost gave way. “No.” He reached for me, but I stepped back. “No. You couldn't protect them? How could you let them take my children?” “I came as fast as I could.” “But they were already gone?” “Yes.” I covered my mouth as tears filled my eyes. “My kids…” Adrian nodded slowly. “They’re alive.” I looked at him. “What? How do you know that.” He pulled out his phone and showed me the photograph. My children. They we
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 161- FORTY-EIGHT HOURS
Adrian’s car stopped so hard outside Sunshine Academy that the tires scraped against the road. He was out before the engine had fully gone silent. “Where are my children?” His two security men arrived seconds later, rushing toward him. “Sir!” He slaps them immediately. “Didn't I tell you to get here before I do?” They bowed their heads immediately. “We are sorry sir!” “Get inside.” They followed him through the entrance. Teachers stood in the hallway with frightened faces. One woman stepped forward, but she could barely speak. “Mr. Laurent…” Adrian grabbed her shoulders. “Where are Lila and Elias?” Her eyes filled with tears. “They’re gone.” Adrian froze. “No.” The teacher swallowed. “They took them.” “No.” His voice became louder. “No, that’s not possible. I was told they were here.” “We tried to stop them.” “Where are they?” Nobody answered. Adrian pushed past them and ran through the school. The classroom was a mess. Chairs were overturned. Bags lay across the floo
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 160- TOO LATE
Adrian’s eyes remained fixed on the photograph on the administrator’s phone. Sunshine Academy.His children were there.For one second, the noise around him disappeared. He could only think about Lila and Elias. Alexander had found the one thing that could make Serena panic.Adrian turned toward the exit and stormed out of the building without telling anyone, he was in so much hurry. He pulled out his phone as he walked. The first call went to one of the security men at the Laurent mansion.“Get to Sunshine Academy at the center of the city now.”The man immediately became alert. “Sir?”“My children are there. I want you at the school before I arrive.”“Yes, sir.”“And listen carefully. Nobody takes them. Nobody. If anyone claims Serena or I sent them, verify it with us first.”“I understand.”Adrian ended the call and dialed another security man. “You heard the same order?”“Yes, sir. I’m already leaving.”“Good.”He rushed outside, got into his car and started the engine. His hands
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 159- CLOSER THAN WE THOUGHT
I stared at the phone in the investigator’s hand. The call had ended, but those words were still ringing in my ears. You were supposed to leave before they found you. Then the voice. I knew that voice. Emma reached my side. “Elena, what happened?” I looked at her. “That was Alexandra, the one that offered to make Lumina global back then but turned out to be a fraud.” Her face went blank. “Oh, that Alex?” “Yes.” The investigator frowned. “Who is Alex?” Nobody moved. Even the investigators seemed unsure what to say. I took a breath. “He is a man who was arrested for fraud a few months ago.” The investigator looked at the IT administrator. “Is that who contacted you?” The man lowered his eyes. “Yes.” My stomach twisted. “You knew it was him?” He swallowed. “Yes.” “You let him do this after working with us so long?” “I didn’t have a choice.” “You always have a choice, if you had come to me.” He looked at me, terrified. “Not when someone threatens your f
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 158- THE MAN BEHIND THE SYSTEM
“Do you have access to every file in my company?” Nathan was silent for a moment. “Why are you asking me that?” “Because something is wrong at Lumina.” I looked across the conference room. Employees were still gathered together. Investigators stood near the door while Emma was speaking quietly with security. The IT administrator was nowhere to be seen. Nathan’s voice became serious. “What happened?” I told him everything. The fake financial records. The maintenance worker. The missing visitor log. The eleven-minute camera blackout. Then I told him about the IT administrator disappearing during the blackout. Nathan listened without interrupting. “Serena,” he finally said, “if that man has access to your internal network and security system, you need to check his computer.” My eyes moved toward Emma. “You’re right.” “Do it now.” “I will.” I ended the call and walked straight toward Emma. “Where is the IT administrator?” Emma’s face tightened. “The police has deployed officer
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 3- THE BRIDE BENEATH THE VEIL
The days before the wedding passed like a blur I couldn’t escape. People moved in and out of the house carrying fabrics, jewelry, flowers, and invitations while I stood in the middle of it all feeling completely detached. Measurements were taken and dresses were fitted. Every room was filled with
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 2- THE WRONG BRIDE
“There’s a family willing to help us,” my mother explained quickly. “Very powerful. Very wealthy. But they have conditions.”My stomach tightened. “What kind of conditions?” I asked.My sister let out a soft, shaky breath. “They want their son to be married so that they can get a grandchild out of
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 1- THE SPARE DAUGHTER
That night, I sat alone in the vast bedroom that wasn’t mine, wearing a white light robe they had given me after the wedding with no panties under. My hands were clenched so tightly in my lap that my nails left little crescent marks on my palms. I felt nervous.The door opened.He stepped in, jacke
THE BRIDE HE NEVER WANTED Chapter 8- LINES DRAWN
I spent the morning trying to make myself useful. Anything to feel less like a shadow in this house. One of the younger maids was struggling with heavy flower vases in the main hall, so I stepped in to help carry one. Her eyes widened in surprise, but she gave me a small, grateful smile.We were ha
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