LOGINAmelia Hart spent five years loving Damian Vale, the powerful CEO of Vale Corporation. She believed their cold marriage would eventually become real love… until the night she discovered another woman wearing the necklace Damian once claimed was “only for his wife.” Before Amelia can even explain herself after a staged misunderstanding, Damian humiliates her publicly during a company gala, accusing her of betrayal and greed. Crushed and secretly pregnant, Amelia leaves without telling him about the baby. Everyone thinks she disappeared in shame. But Amelia doesn’t break. She starts over in another city, finishes her medical training/business career, and slowly transforms into a confident, successful woman admired by everyone around her. Five years later, she returns. More beautiful. More powerful. Untouchable. And not alone. By her side is Adrian Cross — the man who helped raise her child and became the emotional support Damian never was. Damian is shattered the moment he sees her again. Especially when he notices the little boy with Amelia has his eyes. Now the CEO who once coldly signed divorce papers is the same man desperately chasing after the woman he destroyed. But Amelia isn’t the same woman anymore. And forgiveness may cost Damian everything.
View MoreThe words slammed into Damian like a physical blow.“Don’t touch her.”For a second, nobody moved.Amelia’s body trembled weakly in Adrian’s arms, her face pale enough to terrify everyone in the room.“Move aside,” Damian said coldly.Adrian ignored him completely.“Get water,” he told Sophie calmly. “And call the nearest clinic.”Sophie snapped out of her shock immediately and rushed toward the kitchen.Damian’s jaw tightened violently.The sight before him ignited something ugly inside his chest.Another man holding Amelia.Protecting her.Touching her like it was natural.And the worst part?Amelia wasn’t resisting.Years ago, Damian would’ve dismissed the feeling as irritation.Tonight, it felt dangerously close to jealousy.“She’s my wife,” Damian said sharply.Adrian finally looked up.“No,” he answered calmly. “She’s a pregnant woman under severe emotional stress.”The emphasis on pregnant made the room heavier instantly.Damian’s expression darkened.“I know she’s pregnant.”“
Amelia’s heartbeat stopped for a second.No.Not now.Not tonight.Sophie looked between the door and Amelia in confusion before opening it wider.Standing outside was a tall man dressed in a dark coat, rainwater still glistening faintly on his shoulders. His sharp features carried the calm confidence of someone completely in control of himself.But his eyes—The moment they landed on Amelia, they softened instantly.“Amelia.”Her throat tightened unexpectedly.It had been years since she last saw him.Yet Adrian Cross still looked exactly the same.Warm.Steady.Safe.Sophie blinked. “You know him?”Amelia slowly stood from the couch.“Yes.”Adrian stepped inside after Sophie moved aside cautiously.The apartment suddenly felt smaller with his presence.His gaze carefully swept over Amelia’s pale face, swollen eyes, and exhausted posture.The warmth in his expression disappeared immediately.“What happened?”The simple question nearly broke her.Because unlike Damian—Adrian noticed
Damian Vale did not sleep that night.By three in the morning, the entire top floor of Vale Corporation remained brightly lit while executives and assistants moved nervously through the hallways like soldiers preparing for war.Nobody dared ask questions.Nobody dared mention Amelia.But everyone could feel the tension radiating from Damian’s office.A glass shattered violently against the wall.Nathan flinched outside the door.Inside, Damian stood near his desk, breathing slowly as fragments of crystal scattered across the floor beside him.The investigator’s report remained open on his laptop.The photographs were fake.Edited.Manipulated.Every single one.Damian stared at the screen coldly, jaw tight enough to hurt.Someone had deliberately framed Amelia.And he—He had humiliated her publicly before even confirming the truth.His chest tightened unpleasantly.Again.That strange pressure had been growing stronger ever since she walked away from the gala.Damian hated it.He hate
For one terrifying second, Damian thought he misheard.The noise of the ballroom faded into the background.“What did you say?”On the other end of the call, the hotel manager sounded nervous.“Mrs. Vale collapsed near the west entrance. Security said she nearly fainted in the rain.”Damian’s grip around his phone tightened instantly.“Is she injured?”“We’re not sure, sir. By the time staff reached her, she had already left in a taxi.”“What?”His voice came out sharper than intended, causing nearby conversations to stop.Vanessa looked at him in confusion.“Damian?”He ignored her completely.“Where did she go?” he demanded into the phone.“We couldn’t stop her, sir.”Damian ended the call immediately.Something ugly twisted inside his chest.Anger.Not concern.Definitely not concern.Amelia always did this.Running away instead of explaining herself properly.Acting fragile whenever things became difficult.Yet despite the thoughts running through his mind, his feet were already m












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