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Trapped in Flames
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THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT EPILOGUE
Four Years LaterLucien’s POVI wrapped up the meeting at one of my hotels with a polite smile that didn’t quite reach my eyes. The investors were still talking—numbers, projections, expansions—but my attention had drifted long before the meeting ended. I answered when necessary, nodded when expected, and signed the documents placed in front of me.Everything felt slow today.Unnecessarily slow.Usually, I thrived in this environment. Business meetings sharpened my focus. Negotiations kept my mind busy. Control came naturally to me.But not today.Today, my patience was thinner than usual, stretched tight by something I couldn’t ignore no matter how hard I tried to bury it under work.It was the date.I’ve hated this day for years.Today is my birthday.Or as I prefer to call it—my bad memory day.The past never truly disappears. People like to say time heals everything, but that isn’t entirely true. Time simply teaches you how to live around the pain. The memories remain, tucked away
THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT Truth, Flames, and a Shattered Promise II
Lucien’s POVI ran.The heat hit me immediately, suffocating and brutal. Smoke burned my lungs as I pushed deeper inside, ignoring the pain clawing at my throat.“Elara!” I shouted, my voice breaking.No answer.The front area had already been extinguished, but deeper inside, flames still raged. The ceiling groaned ominously. Sparks fell around me.“Elara, please!”Fear unlike anything I had ever known gripped my chest.Not fear for myself.Fear of being too late.Then I saw it.The office corridor.Fire creeping along the walls.And the bathroom door at the end.I kicked it open.She was lying on the floor.Still.Too still.For one terrifying second, my heart stopped beating.“Elara…”My voice came out as a whisper.I dropped to my knees beside her, my hands trembling as I checked her pulse.Weak.But there.Relief hit so hard it nearly knocked the air from my lungs.I lifted her into my arms immediately, holding her close as if letting go would mean losing her forever. Her skin fel
THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT Truth, Flames, and a Shattered Promise I
Lucien’s POVToday was supposed to be the day I finally told her everything.I had rehearsed the conversation in my head countless times—during sleepless nights, long drives, and quiet moments when Elara laughed beside me, unaware of the storm slowly building around us. Every version ended differently. Sometimes she cried. Sometimes she walked away. Sometimes she forgave me.But in every version, she was safe.That was all that mattered to me.The truth had waited long enough.The truth about her uncle.The truth about his wife.The truth about how our lives were tied together long before either of us knew the other existed.Blood. Fire. Betrayal.I had convinced myself that delaying it was an act of love. That I was protecting her fragile peace. That she deserved a little more time to be happy before the past came crashing back into her life.But deep down, I knew the real reason.I was afraid.Afraid that once she knew everything, she would see me differently. Afraid that she would
THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT Trapped in Flames
Elara’s POVLucien has been acting strange lately.Not in a bad way. Not cold or distant like before. If anything, he has been warmer than ever—gentler, more attentive, always close enough that I can feel his presence even when he says nothing.But something about it feels different.He watches me more carefully now. His eyes follow me when I move around the house, when I laugh, when I leave a room. At night, he pulls me closer in his sleep, his arm tightening around me as if afraid I might disappear if he lets go.At first, I thought it was just the afterglow of our wedding. Newly married couples were supposed to be like this, right? Protective. Affectionate. Attached.But this feels deeper than that.He checks his phone more often. Takes calls in private. Pauses before answering simple questions.And whenever I ask what’s wrong, he smiles and brushes it away.“Work,” he says. “Nothing you should worry about.”I want to believe him.I really do.But deep down, there’s a quiet unease
THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT The Calm Before the Storm
Ethan Coast’s POVIt has been one month since Elara and Lucien’s wedding.One month—and the city still refuses to move on.Every television channel, every business magazine, every social event I attend carries the same conversation. The Blackwood wedding. The woman who captured Lucien Blackwood’s heart. The love story that supposedly transformed one of the coldest men in the corporate world into a devoted husband.A fairytale.That’s what they call it.I stare at the television screen in silence as another segment plays, showing clips from their wedding reception. Elara laughing. Lucien looking at her like she’s the only person in the room. Reporters praising their “unexpected romance” and “powerful union.”The remote tightens in my grip until my knuckles turn white.They look happy.Too happy.The media calls them perfect. Untouchable. A symbol of love overcoming hardship. They talk as if the past never existed—as if everything that happened before simply disappeared.But I remember.
THE WOMAN HE BOUGHT Today, I Say Yes
The wedding day is finally here.I can’t stop smiling.I can’t stop shaking.And I can’t stop wondering how my life changed so completely in just one year.The morning sunlight spills softly through the tall windows of the bridal suite, warming the room in golden light. Everything feels unreal, like I’m standing inside someone else’s dream. The air smells faintly of roses and fresh fabric, and everywhere I look, there are signs that today is real—my wedding dress hanging near the window, makeup brushes scattered across the vanity, laughter drifting in and out as people move around me.Today, I get to marry the man I love.Not because of contracts.Not because of debts.Not because someone decided my future for me.But because we chose each other.Even now, saying that feels strange. For so long, love felt like something that belonged to other people—people with easier lives, happier beginnings, and families that didn’t fall apart overnight. I never imagined I would stand here one day,
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