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79~An Illusion
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2026-08-25 20:39:53
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The Billionaire DNA Match 85~Two Blue-Eyed Ghosts
[Emily]The next Friday arrived wrapped in golden October sunshine, the kind of day that made New Orleans feel like a painting come to life. Elias had postponed his trip, and so he was arriving seven days later. I woke up this morning before my alarm, my heart already racing with anticipation, my mind rehearsing the words I'd been waiting six years to say."Elias, Hayden is your son."I'd practised it in the mirror a dozen times. Also, in the shower, while chopping vegetables for dinner the night before. And each time, my reflection smiled back at me, nervous, hopeful and ready. The DNA results sat in my nightstand drawer, the paper slightly crumpled from how many times I'd folded and unfolded it.99.9997% probability. The numbers didn't lie. Elias Lockwood was Hayden's father. I'd spent all these years running from the wrong man, and it was time to make everything right again.I called Elias early that morning to confirm whether he was still coming. The phone rang four times before h
The Billionaire DNA Match 84~Finally Answers?
[Emily]The call came on a Wednesday. Six days since Lisa and I sat in that clinic, handing over a ziplock bag with a single strand of dark hair, like it was evidence of a crime. Which, I supposed, it was. The crime of not knowing. The crime of six years spent running from a man, only to find out that I might have been wrong all along.I was at my desk at LensCorp, staring at a spreadsheet, when my phone buzzed. The caller ID made my heart literally stop. It was Genetix Laboratories."Ms Matthews? Your results are ready. You can pick them up anytime during business hours."The receptionist's voice was cheerful, oblivious to the fact that she'd just discharged a bomb in the centre of my chest."I'll be there in twenty minutes." I hung up and texted Lisa with shaking hands: "Girl, it's time."The clinic smelled the same as before, like antiseptic and anxiety. Lisa met me in the waiting room when she arrived. She'd been out on a work errand, and from her ID badge still on her neck, it lo
The Billionaire DNA Match 83~The Forgotten Son
[Lucent Volkov]The elevator ride to the forty-second floor took exactly forty-seven seconds. I counted every one of them, my reflection staring back at me from the polished steel doors; dark hair cut short for the first time in years, clean-shaven, wearing a suit I'd spent more than I cared to admit. I looked like him now. My blonde dyed hair was gone now, packed away in the dustbin of a hair salon two days ago. I'd stared at myself in the mirror after, and it felt like seeing an exact copy of my brother.Or maybe a ghost. Maybe I'd always been the ghost. A ghost of my brother, the man the whole world knew of while I was the one kept in the shadows. The one forgotten and erased from a legacy I should be part of.The doors slid open onto a marble hallway, and abstract pieces of art filled the walls. It was the kind of wealth that didn't announce itself so much as assume you already knew.There was a receptionist or a secretary; I wasn't sure. She was polished, pretty and looked profes
The Billionaire DNA Match 82~Waiting For Answers
[Lisa]The clinic on the twenty-third street smelled like antiseptic and my anxiety. I'd been sitting in this uncomfortable plastic chair for the past twenty minutes, my leg bouncing like it had a mind of its own, watching Emily fill out form after form at the reception desk. She looked calm. Too calm for someone who was about to find out if her boss was also her baby daddy.I wasn't calm. I was the opposite of calm. I was whatever word meant "mentally preparing for every possible disaster scenario."Emily finally walked over, a small paper bracelet around her wrist and a folder clutched to her chest. She dropped into the chair beside me and let out a long breath."They said five to seven business days before I get the results," she announced."Five to seven days?" I nearly choked in disbelief. "That's forever. What happened to those one-hour results we always saw on daytime television?""This isn't Maury, Lisa." She smiled, but it didn't reach her eyes. "They're very thorough as they
The Billionaire DNA Match 81~'His Woman'
[Emily]Elias's expression changed. The cold, controlled mask I'd seen him wear a thousand times shattered into something terrifying: pure and primal fury."What the hell are you doing here?" Elias's asked Axel, his voice low and deadly calm. The kind of calm that hid a bigger emotion, one that promised violence if one didn't tread carefully.Axel gave Elias a smug smile. Wrong move! "I should be asking you that, Lockwood. I'm just here to see my girlfriend."I snapped my head sharply to look at him. "I'm not your girlfriend!""Shut up, whore. Do you think you can play with my feelings?" Axel shouted back, the veins on his neck almost popping out. He advanced towards me, as if to continue what he didn't finish.But Elias beat him to it. He moved so fast I barely saw it. One moment he was in the hallway, the next his fist connected with Axel's face with a sickening crack."Ouch, you broke my fucking nose." Axel staggered backwards, clutching his face before crumbling to the ground in p
The Billionaire DNA Match 80~Disillusioned
[Emily]The rest of the day passed in a blur. I couldn't stop glancing at the bag that held the answers to all my questions whenever I could. It felt surreal to know that the truth about everything would be discovered soon.By seven in the evening, I'd finished wrapping everything up. Tomorrow, I had a free day, and the day after that I'd finally be leaving New York and returning to my sunshine.God, I missed him and his chubby cheeks.The hotel room felt too quiet. I'd been back for almost two hours, having taken a taxi from Lockwood Industries since Elias had been tied up in back-to-back meetings. He'd texted me earlier: "I'll stop by tonight. We need to talk."Those words had been looping in my head ever since. What did he want to talk about? What happened between us in my hotel room? Or about the Axel situation?I paced the room, still in my work clothes, my mind too wired to even think about changing. The small Ziploc bag with Elias'shair sat in my purse like a ticking time bomb.
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