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Chapter 15: The Kingsley Syndicate

Author: Gloria
last update publish date: 2026-09-19 23:53:32

The line disconnected with a sharp, hollow tone that echoed through the damp boathouse. Rain pounded against the tin roof, and water dripped from the broken window pane above, splashing onto the floorboards near Julian’s boots.

Aria pulled Ethan closer to her chest, her arms wrapped around the small boy. She stared at the phone in Julian’s hand, her skin pale under the dim light.

"Who was that, Julian?" Aria asked, her voice quiet, tight, and steady. "Who is Marcus’s father?"

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  • The CEO'S Secret Twins   Chapter 15: The Kingsley Syndicate

    The line disconnected with a sharp, hollow tone that echoed through the damp boathouse. Rain pounded against the tin roof, and water dripped from the broken window pane above, splashing onto the floorboards near Julian’s boots.Aria pulled Ethan closer to her chest, her arms wrapped around the small boy. She stared at the phone in Julian’s hand, her skin pale under the dim light."Who was that, Julian?" Aria asked, her voice quiet, tight, and steady. "Who is Marcus’s father?"Julian slowly lowered the phone, his face rigid as a carved stone. "Lord Thomas Kingsley. He runs Kingsley & Partners in London. He’s the senior chairman of the international banking board."Aria looked down at Ethan, who was resting his head against her shoulder, his small fingers holding onto the collar of her coat. "The same firm that represented my foundation’s European registration?""Yes," Julian said, stepping over the shattered glass on the floor. He dropped to one knee beside her, his dark eyes locked on

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    The digital screen in the back of the SUV went pitch black as Julian slammed his palm against the power button. The sharp click echoed through the heavy silence of the cabin."She's bluffing," Marcus whispered from the back seat, his hands trembling violently against his knees. "She can't legally move Ethan out of the UK. The trust agreements were filed under—""Shut up, Marcus!" Julian didn't turn around, but his voice was laced with a dark, lethal tension. "You gave her the keys to my family five years ago. You don't get to speak about legalities."Aria sat frozen in the leather seat, staring straight at the dark dashboard screen. Her skin was deathly pale, but her fingers had stopped shaking. The terror that had gripped her at the press conference was gone, replaced by a cold, sharp clarity."Turn the car around," Aria said softly.Julian turned his head to look at her, his dark brows drawing together. "Aria, we are forty minutes from the private terminal. We can go to London, secu

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    The auditorium busted into instant, deafening chaos. Sounds of camera shutters were overwhelming; white flashbulbs that were almost blinding were shone on the stage. Reporters surged over the velvet ropes, their voices overlapping into a noise of frantic questions.Aria didn't hear a single word they were shouting.Her gaze was locked onto the thirty-foot LED screen above her head. The video loop played in agonizing recognition —from the white hospital room to her pale, unconscious young self to marcus that she trusted with her whole life. Her trusted confidant. The man who had helped her fake her death, who had held her hand through five years of hiding, taking an envelope from Chloe Bennett."Make sure she thinks the third baby died at birth," Chloe’s recorded voice looped through the speakers once more before the audio violently cut to static.Aria felt as if the oxygen in the room had seized. Her chest tightened, her knees began to buckle on the verge of giving out.Julian reacted

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    The blue glow of the laptop screen cast long, sharp shadows across the bedroom wall. Outside, the rain had settled into a quiet, steady drizzle, tapping against the windowpane like cold fingers.Aria stared at the digital timestamp on the screen, her thumb hovering over the touchpad.Access Origin: Vance Estate – Primary Terminal.Date: October 14, 2020."Mom?" Leo whispered, his little voice breaking through her shock. "Is that Julian's computer?"Aria didn't answer right away. Her fingers moved across the keys, pulling up the file metadata. The document was an archived medical dossier from six years ago—her private blood panels, her mother’s historical psychiatric records, and a drafted prenuptial agreement that had never been presented to her. All of it had been exported to Dominic Sterling’s shell company three months before she had married Julian."Close the laptop, Leo," Aria said, her voice dropping into a flat, terrifying calm."Mom, I can trace the MAC address to confirm if i

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    The heavy oak door of the study clicked shut as David retreated into the hallway, leaving Julian alone in the silence.Julian stood frozen beside his desk, his hands resting flat against the dark wood to steady his posture. The white paper sat between his palms, the red seal of the high court glowing like an open wound under the soft desk lamp.A third birth certificate.His mind raced, piecing together the timeline. Five years ago, when Aria fled across the Atlantic, she was carrying his children. But the London clinic's archived file—unsealed by the emergency judicial petition—listed a third record. A baby boy. Born forty-eight hours after Leo and Maya. Marked with a black official stamp: Deceased at Birth.Julian dropped into his heavy leather chair, burying his face in his hands. A sharp, burning ache tightened in his throat. While he had been sitting in his air-conditioned boardrooms five years ago, drowning in self-pity and corporate deals, Aria had been alone in a foreign hospi

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    The cold barrel of Chloe’s handgun remained fixed on Aria’s chest, steady despite the rain lashing through the shattered window frame behind her."Drop it, Julian!" Chloe shouted, her voice trembling with manic intensity over the roar of the wind. "Drop the gun, or I swear to God I'll end her right here!"Julian didn't look at Chloe. His eyes remained locked on Dominic, who stood fifty feet away on the main warehouse floor, holding a heavy iron bar while two guards hovered near the tied-up children."Put the gun down, Julian," Aria said quietly, her voice smooth, almost entirely devoid of fear. She stood frozen in the dark doorway, her arms slightly raised. "She's nervous. Her finger is shaking.""Shut up, Aria!" Chloe shrieked, taking half a step closer. "You ruined everything! He spent five years obsessing over a ghost! You think you can just come back, play the famous artist, and take what's mine?"Julian lowered his right arm slowly, his fingers unclenching from the grip of his he

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