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Chapter 50: The Warning
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THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 51: The Jealousy
Vivian returned to the mansion before dawn.She had spent the night in the city, wandering through streets she did not know, trying to decide whether to run or return. In the end, she had chosen to come back. Not because she wanted to. But because leaving meant abandoning Marcus, and she could not do that.The service tunnel was still unlocked. She slipped through it and made her way back to the servant's quarters, her heart pounding with every step. No one saw her. No one stopped her. She reached her room and locked the door behind her.But as she sat on the cot, she thought about the footsteps she had heard in the tunnel. Someone had followed her. Someone had seen her leave. And she did not know who.---The morning passed in a blur.Vivian moved through her tasks mechanically, her mind elsewhere. She carried trays. She folded linens. She avoided eye contact with everyone she passed. But she felt watched. She felt the weight of unseen eyes on her back.By midday, she understood why.
THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 50: The Warning
Two days passed without a word from Marcus.Vivian counted the hours. She counted them while she scrubbed the kitchen floors, while she folded linens in the laundry room, while she carried trays to rooms she was not supposed to enter. She counted them until the counting itself became a kind of prayer.On the first day, she told herself he was simply being careful. Marcus had contacts to meet, evidence to hand over, people to warn. These things took time. On the second day, she began to worry.By the evening of the second day, she was standing at her window, staring out at the darkened grounds, searching for any sign of movement. There was none. The garden was empty. The gates were closed. The house was silent.Marcus had promised two days. The two days were almost gone.---That night, Vivian did not sleep.She sat on the cot with her back against the wall, the key to the service tunnel clutched in her hand. She had not let it go since Marcus had given it to her. It was the only thing
THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 49: The Cage Returns
The days that followed passed like a slow poison.Vivian noticed the changes immediately, though they were so small that anyone else might have missed them. The doors to the west wing were locked now every single one. The corridors she had learned to move through so easily were sealed off, one by one, like a house slowly closing its eyes.She tested each lock in the quiet hours before dawn and found them all the same. New locks. Heavy and cold.---The garden was next.Five days after Damian's confession, Vivian was sent outside to gather herbs and found the gate at the eastern wall padlocked. She stood there for a long moment, staring at the metal chain, and felt something cold settle in her stomach.She had used that gate before. She had stood at that gate with Marcus and whispered about evidence and plans and the night they would break into Richard's study. That gate had been her way out. Her way to breathe.Now it is closed.---The servants noticed nothing.They still gossiped in
THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 48: The Confession
Vivian did not sleep that night.She could not stop thinking about the photograph Damian had shown her. The garden. The roses. The places she used to hide. Whatever Damian knew about her past, he had known it long before she realized he was watching. But she had not broken. She had not given him what he wanted. And that was something.The next morning, Vivian rose before dawn. She dressed quickly and made her way to the kitchen, her mind still churning. She needed to act normal. She needed to be invisible. But as she stepped into the corridor, she saw him. Damian stood at the end of the hallway, waiting."Sarah." His voice was calm. "Come with me."Vivian's heart pounded. She wanted to refuse. She wanted to run. But she couldn't. She had to play her part. She followed him.---He led her through a series of corridors she had never seen before, past rooms that had been sealed for years. Finally, he stopped in front of a door. "This was Emilia's room," he said.Vivian's blood ran cold.
THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 47: The Memory
The next morning, Vivian woke before dawn.She had barely slept. The documents were hidden beneath her mattress. The photograph was tucked inside her uniform. She had spent the night staring at the ceiling, thinking about what she had found in Richard's study.But as she stepped into the corridor, she heard a voice."Sarah."She froze. Damian stood at the end of the hallway. He was dressed in his usual dark suit, his expression unreadable. He walked toward her slowly, his footsteps echoing against the stone floor."I was hoping I would find you."Vivian forced herself to remain calm. "Is something wrong, sir?""No." Damian stopped a few feet away. "I just wanted to talk."---He studied her for a long moment. Then he said, "I've been thinking about our conversation at dinner."Vivian said nothing."You reminded me of someone. Someone I used to know." Damian paused. "Someone I lost.""I'm sorry to hear that, sir.""Are you?" Damian tilted his head. "Because I think you might know who I
THE FAKE HEIRESS and Her OBSESSIVE BROTHER Chapter 46: The Dinner
Three days passed.Three days of scrubbing floors and folding linens and pretending she was invisible. Three days of watching the corridors, listening to whispers, and waiting for something to happen. Three days of wondering what Damian knew and when he would make his next move.Nothing happened. No more notes appeared on her pillow. No more chairs were placed in abandoned rooms. Damian did not summon her. He did not look at her strangely when she carried his tea. He did not mention the west wing again.It was worse than if he had done something. The silence felt like a held breath. The calm felt like a trap.---On the fourth morning, Mrs. Albright called Vivian into the kitchen.The cook was standing by the stove, her expression unreadable. She looked at Vivian for a long moment before speaking. "The master has requested your presence at dinner tonight."Vivian's heart stopped. "Mine?""You." Mrs. Albright's voice was flat. "He said he wants to meet the new staff. He's been doing it
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