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Chapter 17: The First Lie
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2026-09-10 02:38:50
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The CEO’s Substitute Bride THE END
— The EndOne year later, Lena stood at the window of the new Blackwood headquarters and watched the city move beneath her.For the first time in years, she was not looking over her shoulder.There were no anonymous messages waiting on her phone. No hidden files. No unfamiliar cars parked outside. No locked rooms containing secrets that had been kept from her. The names that had once haunted her life had finally become part of the past.The Blackwood Group had survived, but it was no longer the company it had been before.Adrian had rebuilt it from the ground up, removing the old board, opening its financial records to independent investigators, and creating a new leadership structure. Every hidden account connected to the old network had been exposed. The families who had participated had been investigated, and the remaining evidence had been handed over to the authorities.The truth about Jonathan Carter had also been officially established.He had not been a murderer.He had not be
The CEO’s Substitute Bride Epilogue — The Choice
The ChoiceSix months later, Lena stood in front of the Blackwood Group headquarters and watched the last police vehicle disappear around the corner.The building looked different.Not because the glass walls or steel structure had changed, but because she no longer associated it with fear. The investigation had stripped away the old board, exposed the hidden accounts, and forced the company to rebuild itself under independent oversight.For the first time, Blackwood Group belonged to the future rather than the secrets of the past.Behind Lena, the doors opened.Adrian walked toward her.“You’re early.”She smiled. “You said the meeting was at nine.”“It is.”“Then I’m not early.”He glanced at his watch.“I’m the one who’s late.”“You are.”He smiled.It was still strange seeing that expression on him.The man who had once frightened entire boardrooms now laughed more easily. He no longer carried every problem as though the weight of the world belonged to him.Lena had changed too.
The CEO’s Substitute Bride Chapter 75 — The Fall
— The FallThe first thing Lena heard after escaping the collapsing archive was Adrian calling her name.She turned so quickly that her shoulder struck the wall.“Adrian!”“I’m here.”He emerged through the smoke, coughing, one hand pressed against his side. A thin line of blood ran from his temple, but he was standing.Lena crossed the distance between them and touched his face.“You’re hurt.”“It’s nothing.”“This time, don’t decide for me whether something is nothing.”Despite everything, a faint smile appeared on his face.“You’re right.”Behind them, Michael stumbled out carrying the black ledger against his chest. Sophia and Maria followed, then Alexander.But Henry was nowhere to be seen.The floor beneath the archive had completely collapsed.For several seconds, everyone simply stood there listening to the alarms.Then Michael looked down at the ledger.“We didn’t lose everything.”Lena stared at him.“I thought the evidence was destroyed.”“The physical archive is gone,” he
The CEO’s Substitute Bride Chapter 74 — The Confrontation
— The ConfrontationThe smoke cleared slowly, revealing the man standing in the shattered doorway.Lena’s breath caught.Henry Blackwood lowered the weapon in his hand just enough for her to see his face clearly. He was no longer hiding behind screens, documents, or other people’s decisions. For the first time, he stood directly in front of the people whose lives he had spent years manipulating.Adrian stepped in front of Lena.Henry smiled.“You really haven’t changed, Adrian. Still standing between danger and everyone else.”“Put the gun down.”Henry laughed softly.“You still think you can give orders.”Behind him, several armed men entered the archive.Sophia moved closer to Lena. Maria remained beside them, her face drained of color.Lena stared at Henry.“You gave the order.”Henry’s smile disappeared.“Yes.”The word struck harder than she expected.“You ordered Jonathan’s disappearance.”“Yes.”“Why?”Henry looked at the black ledger on the table.“Because Jonathan discovered
The CEO’s Substitute Bride Chapter 73 — The Person Behind Everything
The Person Behind EverythingFor several seconds, Lena could not move.The warrant for Maria’s arrest remained on Michael’s phone, glowing against the darkness of the archive as though the words themselves had become a verdict.Jonathan’s disappearance.Maria’s name.The car.April 19.Everything had suddenly converged on the one person Lena had spent years believing was trying to protect her.“She didn’t kill Jonathan,” Lena said.Michael looked at her carefully. “The warrant doesn’t necessarily mean murder. They’re charging her as a principal suspect in his disappearance.”“That still means someone has given them evidence.”Adrian nodded. “And that evidence probably came from the ledger.”Lena turned toward the black book.The pages had exposed enough of the network to destroy reputations, but the most important truth still remained hidden. Someone had deliberately placed Maria at the center of the story.“Henry knew this would happen,” Sophia said quietly.Lena looked at her.“He k
The CEO’s Substitute Bride Chapter 72 — The Final Piece
Chapter 72 — The Final PieceHenry Blackwood smiled at the camera as though he had been waiting for Lena to see him.Behind him, Robert sat in a chair inside what appeared to be a police interrogation room. His hands were restrained, his face bruised, but he was conscious. A uniformed officer lay motionless on the floor nearby.Lena’s stomach turned.“Dad.”Robert lifted his head.“Lena, don’t—”Henry pressed the gun against his shoulder.“Be careful, Robert. You don’t want your daughter making a mistake because of you.”Adrian stepped toward the screen.“What do you want?”Henry’s smile widened.“You still think this is about money, Adrian. That’s why you’ve spent so many years looking in the wrong direction.”Lena stared at the screen.“You said someone from my family took Jonathan.”Henry glanced toward Sophia.“Your sister knows.”Sophia’s fingers tightened around Lena’s.“I didn’t take him.”Henry laughed quietly.“No. But you saw who did.”Lena turned toward Sophia.Her sister l
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